Education
Moscow Theological Academy.
Moscow Theological Academy.
Metropolitan Paul was born on 19 February 1952 in Karaganda. In 1973-1976, he attended the Moscow Theological Seminary. In 1980 he graduated from the Moscow Theological Academy with a degree in theology.
29 December 1999 he was appointed Bishop of Vienna and Austria.
23 February 2001 he was elevated to the rank of Archbishop. 7 May 2003 he was appointed Archbishop of Ryazan and Kasimov.
He became Exarch in December 2013 after the former Exarch, Philaret (Vakhromeyev), stepped down.