Vitaly Ustinov

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Bishop Vitaly in 1959

Metropolitan Vitaly (

ROCOR(V) [ru
] from 2001 until his death.

Biography

Early life

Rostislav Petrovich Ustinov was born to naval officer Peter Ustinov and Lydia Andreevna (née Stopchanskaya), daughter of the General of Police in the Caucasus. In 1920, during the Civil War in Russia, Rostislav Ustinov moved with his family to Crimea. There he enlisted into a

Carpathian mountains (at the time, the territory of Czechoslovakia). In 1939, Rostislav Ustinov was professed a monk
with the name of Vitaly, and received the Little Schema a year later.

The

Anthony (Bloom)
serially served in one church.

Bishop and First-Hierarch

On 12 July 1951, on the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, Vitaly was consecrated Bishop of

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
. 75 miles from the city, he erected the Dormition monastery.

He was appointed ruling bishop of Montreal and Canada, Bishop Vitaly founded a skete in Mansonville, Quebec. In Montreal, Bishop Vitaly built and magnificently equipped a large cathedral. The fine house of his(its) monastic farmstead and a residence is near to a cathedral. In this farmstead, a printing house operated, publishing service-books and the periodical "The Orthodox Bulletin".

The death of

Metropolitan Philaret
in 1985 necessitated the election of a new Metropolitan. On 22 January 1986, Vitaly was elected Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, also retaining management of the Canadian diocese.

Retirement and schism

Citing his declining health in 2001 Metropolitan Vitaly announced that he was going to retire the same year. During the council of Bishops of 2001, Metropolitan Vitaly announced his resignation. Immediately afterwards, he left to his residence at the Holy Transfiguration monastery in Mansonville, accompanied by his supporters.

After the election of the new First-Hierarch of ROCOR,

ROCOR-Vitaly [ru
] in common parlance).

The episcopate of ROCOR asserted that Metropolitan Vitaly was being held hostage by

schismatics
who took advantage of his failing health and used his name to produce a schism. The episcopate made numerous attempts at contacting Metropolitan Vitaly, but were unable to get through to him personally, so that his own position regarding the schism remains unknown.

Metropolitan Vitaly reposed on 25 September 2006. He was buried in his Mansonville skete by the clergy of the Russian Orthodox Church in Exile. ROCOR bishops were not permitted to be present, consequently they celebrated his funeral separately.

See also

  • Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
  • White Emigre

References

External links
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