Background
IOSIF, Iosif was born in 1871.
IOSIF, Iosif was born in 1871.
Graduate Kiev Theological Academy as Candidate of Theology.
1894 ordained priest. Subsequently ordained senior priest. Took monastic vows; 1945 consecrated Bishop of Voronezh and Ostrogozhsk.
1950 consecrated archbishop. From 1954 Archbishop of Voronezh and Lipetsk. 1959 consecrated metropolitan.