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Entry No. 426ReligionRussia

Innocent of AlaskaOrthodox bishop and missionary

Popov derives from pop (priest) in Russian; he was ordained and became Metropolitan of Moscow.

Trade
Orthodox bishop and missionary
Field
Religion
Country
Russia
Attached to
Russian Orthodox Church
Dates
1797–1879
Name origin
Russian: priest’s son

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Took monastic name Innocent; born Ivan Popov.