Background
TOVIYA, Aleksandr was born in 1884.
TOVIYA, Aleksandr was born in 1884.
1900 graduate Moscow Theological Seminary. 1915 graduate Moscow Archeological Institute.
From 1919 priest, then archpriest in Vladimir Eparchy. 1944 took monastic vows as Toviya and appointed Bishop of Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk. 1945 appointed Bishop of Sverdlovsk and Irbit.
Until 1947 also administered Chelyabinsk Eparchy. From 1953 archbishop. 1955 one of seven selected hierarchs who signed address to Patriarch of Moscow on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of his patriarchal rule.
From 1957 Arbhishop of Molotovsk and Solikamsk.