Background
Stalberg, Jonah was born on August 12, 1894 in Ossovetz, Russia. Son of Michael G. and Anna I. (Antonovsky) Shtalberg.
Stalberg, Jonah was born on August 12, 1894 in Ossovetz, Russia. Son of Michael G. and Anna I. (Antonovsky) Shtalberg.
Student Special
Came to the United States, 1923, naturalized, 1940. Laborer line Northwestern Pacific Railroad, 1923-1924. An establisher Saint Nicholas Orthodox Church, Portland, Oregon, 1925-1938.
Reader, sub-deacon San Francisco Cathedral, 1938-1941.
Monk Saint Tikhon’s Russian Orthodox Monastery, South Canaan, Pennsylvania, 1941-1944. Lecturer, provost Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, New York City, 1945-1949.
Dean Holy Trinity Cathedral, San Francisco, 1949-1951. Consecrated bishop of Washington, December 1951.
President Saint Tikhons Theological Seminar, since 1953.
Served as officer, Russian Imperial Army, Poland, Gaeitzia, Turkey-Armenia, Persia-Iran, Iraq, 1914-1917, White Army of Siberia, 1918-1920. Member National Geography Society.