Hilarion Kapral
Hilarion | |
|---|---|
Metropolitan Hilarion in 2010 | |
| Church | Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia) |
| See | Eastern American & New York Diocese, Australian and New Zealand Diocese (locum tenens), Diocese of Great Britain and Ireland (locum tenens) |
| Appointed | 12 May 2008 |
| Term ended | 16 May 2022 |
| Predecessor | Laurus (Škurla) |
| Successor | Nicholas (Olhovsky) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 10 April 1976 by Laurus (Škurla) |
| Consecration | 10 December 1984 by Philaret (Voznesensky) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Igor Alexeyevich Kapral 6 January 1948 Spirit River, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | 16 May 2022 (aged 74) New York City, U.S. |
Metropolitan Hilarion (born Igor Alexeyevich Kapral, Russian: Игорь Алексеевич Капра́л; 6 January 1948 – 16 May 2022) was a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR), Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, First-Hierarch of the ROCOR since 18 May 2008; as the first person elected to that position following the Act of Canonical Communion between the ROCOR and the Russian Orthodox Church, he was the first whose election required approval by the Holy Synod of the Moscow Patriarchate.
On 17 May 2007, upon the signing of the Act of Canonical Communion between the ROCOR and the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), Kapral became a part of the episcopate of the Moscow Patriarchate.