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Nathaniel (Popp)

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The Most Reverend Dr. Nathaniel Popp (b. June 12, 1940) is an American Romanian Orthodox clergyman, the current archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America's Romanian Episcopate.

Born to a family of Romanian heritage in Aurora, Illinois, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1966, in the Romanian Greek-Catholic Church. He soon left the Catholic Eastern Rite and, under the guidance of Archbishop Valerian Trifa of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America, converted to Orthodoxy on February 15, 1968. After residing in a monastic community for several years, Fr. Popp became the rector of a parish in Hermitage, Pennsylvania.

On November 15, 1980, Fr. Nathaniel was consecrated Bishop of Dearborn Heights, as an auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Valerian Trifa. He served as bishop until 1984, when Abp. Valerian retired. On November 17, 1984, Bishop Nathaniel became the ruling hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America; on October 20, 1999, the Holy Synod of the OCA elevated him to the rank of archbishop.

Archbishop Nathaniel traveled to Romania in May 2003, where he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Oradea.

Ordination history of
Nathaniel
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byTheodosius (Lazor)
DateNovember 15, 1980
Preceded by
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Bishop of Dearborn Heights
1980–1984
Succeeded by
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Preceded by Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate
1984–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent

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