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Archimandrite The Right Reverend '''Daniel (Brum)of Santa Rosa''' is the Bishop-Elect of Santa Rosa, California, as an auxiliary bishop of the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]] in the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. He also serves as rector of Sts. Peter and Paul Church of Phoenix, Arizona.

David Brum was born in Fresno, California, on [[November 16]], 1954, to Orville and Marjory Brum, the eldest son in a [[Roman Catholic ]] family. He was raised in Riverdale, a Portuguese-American area, and graduated high school in 1973. He enrolled in St Patrick's College Seminary, Mountain View, where he discovered the history of Orthodoxy and attended services at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga. He began reading the [[Church Fathers ]] in the 1970s and tried to integrate his private study into his regular study. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities (specialising in hisotryhistory, philosophy and English literature) before entering St Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, graduating with a Masters of Divinity in 1981 and being ordained a Roman Catholic priest that same year. He served in a variety of capacities, including in the Portuguese-American community (and editor of the Portuguese-language page of the diocesan newspaper) and as diocesan Director of Vocations.

He was asked by his bishop to continue further studies in 1992 , and, in 1995, received a JCL (degree in [[canon law]]) from the Catholic University of America, Washington DC, D.C. During this time, his relationship with Orthodoxy continued with his research, and his study of canon law brought him closer to Orthodoxy. He nevertheless returned to his diocese and was assigned to the Diocesan Tribunal and a small, rural, mission parish.

It was ultimately his study of canon law that brought him to petition to be received into the Orthodox Church in America, and he was received by Vesting vesting by Bp [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Franciscoand Los Angeles|Tikhon]] of San Francisco and the West at the [[Monastery of St. John of Shanghai & San Francisco (Manton, California)|Monastery of St John of Shanghai & San Francisco]]. He served at St Nicholas Church, Saratoga, until he was assigned to St Paul the Apostle Church in Las Vegas. He was transferred to the [[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]] in August 1998 and assigned rector of St Gregory Palamas Mission, Flemington, New Jersey. He was appointed Secretary to Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] in 2000, continuing his service under Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]. He also served on several Church committees and commissions, including those utilising his knowledge of canon law.

In December 2005, he asked to return to parish ministry , and, in July 2006, he was transferred to the Diocese of the West and appointed Rector of Sts Peter and Paul Church, Phoenix. He was elected a member of the Diocesan Council in October 2006.

On October 21, 2014, he was canonically elected Bishop of Santa Rosa, to serve as Auxiliary Bishop to Abp [[Benjamin (Peterson) of San Francisco|Benjamin of San Francisco]] in the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]. He was elevated to Archimandrite on [[October 23]], 2014<ref>[http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-concludes-fall-sessionHoly Synod concludes fall session]</ref>. He was [[consecration|consecrated]] Bishop of Santa Rosa on [[January 24]], 2015, at Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco.

 ==External links==*[https://oca.org/holy-synod/bishops/the-right-reverend-daniel The Right Reverend Daniel, Bishop of Santa Rosa]*[https://oca.org/news/headline-news/the-episcopal-consecration-of-bishop-daniel-of-santa-rosa The Episcopal Consecration of Bishop Daniel of Santa Rosa]* [http://oca.org/news/headline-news/holy-synod-elects-nominees-for-vacant-sees-auxiliary-bishop Holy Synod elects nominees for vacant Sees, Auxiliary Bishop]  [[Category:Bishops]][[Category:21st-century bishops]]