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Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston and Oakland

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[[Image:Bishop THOMAS.jpg|thumb|right|Bp. Thomas of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic]]His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop '''Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic''' (b. 1953) is an [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] a [[bishop]] of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America]]. (''Oakland'' refers to Oakland, Pennsylvania, a borough of Pittsburgh and the location of a cathedral for the diocese. The primary diocesan see is Charleston, West Virginia.)
==Life==
In 2006, the Church of St. George in Charleston, West Virginia, purchased a chancery for the diocese, and in October of that year was elevated to a cathedral, thus adding another see to the diocese and renaming it to the ''Diocese of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic''.
 
On February 24, 2009, by a decision of the Holy Synod of Antioch, Bp. Thomas was appointed as auxiliary to Metr. Philip.
His Grace's residence is at the diocesan chancery in Charleston.
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