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[[Image:kyrillofsanfrancisco.gif|frame|right|Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America]]His Grace, '''Archbishop Kyrill of San Francisco and Western America''', is the ruling [[bishop]] of the [[Diocese of San Francisco and Western America (ROCOR)|Western American Diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. ==Life==Abp. Kyrill was born Boris Mikhailovich Dmitriev on [[November 24]], 1954 in San Francisco, California. At the age of 18, he was tonsured [[tonsure]]d [[reader ]] by [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco|Archbishop Anthony (Medvedev)]]. In 1976 he graduated from University with a degree in theology. He then attended [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|Saint Vladimir's Seminary]], where he received his masters degree. In 1981 he was tonsured [[tonsure]]d a [[monk ]] and [[ordination|ordained ]] a [[hierodeacon ]] and then a [[hieromonk ]] by [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Metropolitan Philaret (Voznesensky)]]. The same year he was appointed to the Russian Ecclesiastic Mission in Jerusalem as a teacher of Russian and English at the Bethany School. In 1982 he was transferred to the Western American [[diocese]]. In 1987, he was appointed recotr [[rector]] of the Sts Ss Cyrill and Methodius Russian Church school at the Joy of all Who Sorrow cathedral [[Cathedral]] in San Francisco and was eleveted elevated to the rank of [[abbot]]. In 1992 he was consecrated [[bishop ]] of Seattle, [[auxiliary bishop|Vicar ]] of the Western American Diocese. After the repose of Archbishop Anthony in 2000, he was appointed ruling hierarch of the Western American Diocese. In 2003 he was elevated to the rank of [[archbishop]]. The same year he participated in the first official delegation to Russia of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia to Russia, where he met which opened the process of reconcilliation with Patriarch Alexey the [[Church of Russia|Moscow and All RussiaPatriarchate]]. 

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