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December 1959, he made his perpetual vows, taking the name Bazyli. The following year he was ordained Bishop of Bielsko, vicar of the Warsaw-Bielsk diocese, where he remained for a year. Then, from 1962 to 1970, he was bishop of Wrocław and Szczecin. As the Ordinary of that
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Metropolitan Bazyli, with his participation, work on the new internal statute of Polish Orthodox Church and the parish statute were finalized. In the same year, the council of bishops, under the direction of the metropolitan, also reorganized the schools run by the
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After the death of Stefan, Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, he was elected as his successor on
January 24, 1970. The state authorities supported the candidacy of Bishop Bazyli as the new head of the Polish Orthodox Church due to the content of the
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Doroszkiewicz in the monastery of St. Onufry in Jabłeczna took perpetual monastic vows and took the name Bazyli. On January 11, 1960, he was granted the dignity of
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of pastoral care in the diocese would prevent the development of ethnic conflicts in its territory, as well as stop the departure of the faithful to the Catholic Church.
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158:Nationality
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650:References
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