05 — Bishop of Kamchatka
The turning that made the missionary priest a bishop, and the immense diocese he then governed: the 1838–39 journey to Russia, the death of his wife, Filaret’s counsel, his tonsure as the monk Innocent, and his consecration in 1840; and the twenty-eight years over a see stretching from the Aleutians to the Amur, the Yakut translations, and the first Liturgy in the Sakha tongue.
Tradition: Russian Orthodox / American (canonized 1977)
Files in This Section
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| widowed-and-consecrated.md | The 1838–39 voyage to Petersburg; Ekaterina’s death in 1839; Metropolitan Filaret’s role; tonsure as Innocent (Nov 1840) and consecration as bishop (Dec 1840). |
| the-immense-diocese.md | The Aleutian-to-Amur see; archbishop 1850; the move to Yakutsk in 1853 and the Yakut translations; the first Yakut Liturgy 1859; the Amur and Muraviev. |
See Also
- 04 — The Scientist-Missionary — the translations and Notes he went to Russia to print
- 06 — Missiology and Method — the Instruction to Missionaries he wrote for the new diocese
- 07 — Metropolitan of Moscow — the call to Moscow that ended the frontier episcopate
- Master README — the full collection