Jonah Paffhausen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jonah Paffhausen

American archbishop

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1959

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: priest

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Metropolitan Jonah (born James Paffhausen, Jr.; October 20, 1959) is a retired American Orthodox bishop who served as the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) with the title The Most Blessed Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada from his election on November 12, 2008, until his resignation on July 7, 2012.
Metropolitan Jonah was the first convert to the Orthodox faith to have been elected as the primate of the OCA. On June 15, 2015, Metropolitan Jonah was released from the Orthodox Church in America in order for him to be accepted as a bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia.