Background
ROMAN, Russian was born in 1893 in Arensburg, Sarema Island.
ROMAN, Russian was born in 1893 in Arensburg, Sarema Island.
1930 consecrated priest. 1950 took monastic vows and elevated to Bishop of Tallin and Est and vicar of Leningrad Eparchy. 1955 appointed Bishop of Luga and vicar of Luga Eparchy.
1956-1958 Bishop of Ivanovo and Kineshma. 1958-1959 Bishop of Kursk and Belgorod. 1959-1963 Bishop of Vilnius and Lithuania