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Jerome (Shaw) of Manhattan

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Life
On Saturday, [[September 4]], 1976, Archbishop Nikon suddenly reposed in the Lord, and Fr. John was reassigned at the request of Archbishop Seraphim (Ivanoff) to Holy Virgin Protection cathedral in Chicago, IL where he served from November of 1976 till March of 1991. On the feast of the Ascension in 1984, Fr. John was elevated to the rank of arch[[priest]].
Then, when a priest was suddenly needed at Holy Trinity church in Milwaukee, WI, Archbishop [[Alypy (Gramanovich) of Chicago}|Alypy]] (who had succeeded Archbishop Seraphim) assigned Fr. John to that parish, where he served from [[March 17]], 1991, till ;;November 30]], 2008.
During that period, Fr. John also translated two books from Russian into English: Vladyka Alypy's Slavonic textbook, which is now published in both Russian and English editions by [[Holy Trinity Monastery (Jordanville, New York)|Holy Trinity Monastery]] in Jordanville, and [[Monk]] Mitrophan's ''How Our Departed Ones Live'', which was published in both languages by the efforts of Fr. Stefan Pavlenko and his parishioners in Burlingame CA.
Fr. John was one of the delegates to the [[All-Diaspora Councils|4th All-Diaspora Sobor]] in 2006, and was a member of the delegation to Russia in 2007, for the restoration of communion between the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia and the Moscow Patriarchate.
On [[May 13]], 2008, Fr. John was asked by the newly-elected [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metropolitan Hilarion]] to serve as Bishop of Manhattan. After this decision was made by the ROCOR [[Synod]] of Bishops immediately afterward, it was confirmed by the Patriarch and [[Holy Synod]] of Russia. Fr. John Shaw was tonsured a monk in Jordanville on Friday, [[December 5]], 2008 by Bishop Ioann (Berzins), and given the name "Ieronim" ("Jerome").
He was then elevated to the rank of Archimandrite by Bishop Peter of Cleveland, on Sunday, [[December 7]], 2008, and consecrated Bishop of Manhattan on [[December 10]], 2008, in the Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign, on December 10 of the same year.
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