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Aftimios Ofiesh

Aftimios Ofiesh, born Abdullah Ofiesh (October 22, 1880 – July 24, 1966), was an early 20th-century Eastern Orthodox bishop in the United States, serving as the immediate successor to St. Raphael of Brooklyn under the auspices of the Russian Orthodox Church. He held the title Bishop of Brooklyn from 1917 to April 1933, founded and led the American Orthodox Catholic Church for six years, and is, perhaps, best known as being the source of various lines of succession of episcopi vagantes.

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• ▸Comodoro Rivadavia Cathedral
• ▸Byland Abbey
• ▸Athanasius of Alexandria

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