Alexis Toth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alexis Toth

Greek Catholic priest, later Russian Orthodox priest and protopresbyter; Eastern Orthodox saint

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1854

Place of Birth: Kobylnice, Prešov Region, Slovakia

Date of Death: 07-May-1909

Profession: priest

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Saint Alexis Toth (or Alexis of Wilkes-Barre; March 18, 1853 – May 7, 1909) was a Russian Orthodox church leader in the Midwestern United States who, having resigned his position as a Byzantine Catholic priest in the Ruthenian Catholic Church, became responsible for the conversions of approximately 20,000 Eastern Rite Catholics to the Russian Orthodox Church, which contributed to the growth of Eastern Orthodoxy in the United States and the eventual establishment of the Orthodox Church in America.
He was canonized by the Orthodox Church in 1994.