context: Having become a monk in 1938 and a priest in 1941, he has been a prominent figure and ideologist of the ROCA for over 50 years. In 1951, he became a bishop and served in Brazil. Since 1955 he served in Canada; Since 1957, he has managed all the ROCOR parishes in this country. He founded several monasteries in Brazil and Canada, at which he organized printing houses. He was known for his tough stance towards the loyal Soviet power of the Moscow Patriarchate and the ecumenical movement. In 1986, he was elected First Hierarch of the ROCOR with the abandonment of the Canadian Diocese. His first hierarchy was the collapse of the USSR and the end of the persecution of believers and the beginning of the mass opening of new parishes and monasteries of the Moscow Patriarchate both in the territory of the former USSR and in far abroad. Not having confidence in the priesthood of the Moscow Patriarchate, he supported the forces that demanded the opening of the ROCA parishes in the canonical territory of the Moscow Patriarchate, which greatly complicated relations with the latter.
question: In what year did Metropolitan Vitaly become a bishop?
answers.text: 1951