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Born Dmitry Diachenko (Дмитрий Дьяченко) in 1882.
He graduated from the Stavropol Theological Seminary. In 1909 he graduated from the [[Kazan Theological Academy]] with a degree of candidate of theology, and then - the historical-philological faculty of St. Petersburg University, and the St. Petersburg Archaeological Institute.
In 1914 he was ordained a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church, and in 1917 he fled from Russia during the [[Russian Revolution]]. He thereafter resided for some time in Manchuria and later in [[China]].
As an [[archimandrite]] he served as [[Dean]] of [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] from 1944 to 1947. Then December 7, 1947 he was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated]] a а [[bishop]] and served as Bishop of Pittsburghand West Virginia.
During the Eighth [[All-American Sobor]] of December 1950, he announced the election of [[Archbishop]] [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty]] as the new [[metropolitan]] of the Metropolia after the vote by the [[Synod]] of Bishops.
In 1957 the decedent was elevated to the rank of [[archbishop]].
On December 14, 1958 he was appointed аrchbishop of San Francisco and California.
Не retired in 19591960. Не died September 12, 1967 in San Francisco.
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