// Workers AI · dad joke modeWho's Irenaeus Bekish? Bishop, I renege on guessing his name.
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Irenaeus Bekish | |
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| Metropolitan of All America and Canada | |
 Metropolitan Ireney | |
| Church | Orthodox Church in America |
| Metropolis | All America and Canada |
| Elected | 1965 |
| Term ended | 1977 |
| Predecessor | Leontius Turkevich |
| Successor | Theodosius Lazor |
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| Born | Ivan Dmitriyevich Bekish 2 October 1892 |
| Died | 18 March 1981 (aged 88) |
Metropolitan Irenaeus (Ireney, Russian: Ириней, secular name John Bekish, born Ivan Dmitriyevich Bekish, Russian: Иван Дмитриевич Бекиш, Polish: Jan Bekisz; 2 October 1892, Mezhirech, Lublin Province (now Poland) – 18 March 1981, Staten Island, New York) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from 1965 until his retirement in 1977. He was succeeded by Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor).
Metr. Ireney was involved in the negotiations that led to the granting of autocephaly in 1970 to the OCA, which had previously been under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church. As the primate of a now-autocephalous Church, Metr. Ireney was granted the title of His Beatitude.[citation needed]
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