Tikhon (Mollard)

His Beatitude Tikhon
Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
Then-Bishop Tikhon (right) and Metropolitan Jonah
Church	Orthodox Church in America
Archdiocese	Washington
Predecessor	Metropolitan Jonah
Other posts	Archbishop of Philadelphia, Senior Lecturer of Old Testament (St. Tikhon's Seminary), Deputy Abbot, St. Tikhon's Monastery
Orders
Ordination	1995 (Holy Diaconate), (Holy Priesthood)
Consecration	February 14, 2002, May 9, 2012 (elevation to Archbishop), November 13, 2012 (elected Metropolitan)
Personal details
Birth name	Marc R. Mollard
Born	(1966-07-15) July 15, 1966 (age 50) Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Residence	Washington, D.C.
Alma mater	Saint Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary

Metropolitan Tikhon (secular name Marc R. Mollard; born July 15, 1966, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Eastern Orthodox bishop and the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, holding the rank of Metropolitan of All America and Canada. Previously, he was the ruling bishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania. He was elected as Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in America on November 13, 2012 at the 17th All-American Council in Parma, Ohio.

Marc R. Mollard was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 15, 1966, the oldest of three children born to Francois and Elizabeth Mollard.

After brief periods living in Connecticut, France and Missouri, he and his family settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Wyomissing Area High School in 1984. In 1988 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Sociology from Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, after which he moved to Chicago, where he attended services at Ss. Peter and Paul Church (OCA).

In 1989 he was received into the Orthodox Church from the Episcopal Church, and, in the fall of the same year, he began studies at St. Tikhon's Seminary in South Canaan, Pennsylvania. One year later he entered the monastic community at as a novice.