enthroned predecessor successor birth_name consecration birth_place religion other_post nationality article_title birth_date residence image ordination name archbishop_of alma_mater
october 25 , 1977 metropolitan irenaeus -lrb- bekish -rrb- metropolitan herman -lrb- swaiko -rrb- frank lazor may 6 , 1967 canonsburg , pa eastern orthodox bishop of alaska ; bishop of western pennsylvania american theodosius -lrb- lazor -rrb-
 27 october 1933 canonsburg , pa. . metropolita teodozjusz -lrb- lazor -rrb- . jpg 1961 theodosius archbishop and canada of washington , retired metropolitan of all america washington theological seminary and jefferson college , st. vladimir 's orthodox
theodosius -lrb- lazor -rrb-

metropolitan theodosius -lrb- secular name frank lazor ; 27 october 1933 , canonsburg , pennsylvania -rrb- was the primate of the orthodox church in america -lrb- oca -rrb- from 1977 until his retirement in 2002 .
on april 2 , 2002 , metropolitan theodosius -lrb- who had suffered a series of strokes -rrb- submitted a petition to the holy synod of the oca , requesting his retirement .
the holy synod granted his request , and announced an election for his replacement to be held on july 22 , at the oca 's thirteenth all-american council in orlando he was succeeded by metropolitan herman -lrb- swaiko -rrb- .
