FAILURE OF RUSSIAN BISHOP TO GAIN CONTROL OF ORTHODOX CHURCH IN ARGENTINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002600130008-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: April 7, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Argontina/'119SR
SUBJECT Failure of?useian Bishop to Gain Control of
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DATE OF INFO_
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DATE DISTR.7 APR 1949
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SUPPLEMENT TO
1? Bishop Teodoro, a special representative of the Communist controlled
Russian Patriarch Alexis, arrived in Buenos Aires several months ago
with the object of wresting control of the local Russian Orthodox Church
from flags Izrastzoff, who is anti-Comm mint.
2. Bishop Teodoro was unsuccessful in gaining the support of Russian Orthodox
church members in Buenos tires, lie also failed in trying to bring the Serbian
Orthodox Church in line with the "new" Russian religion,
3. Efforts of the r',oviet Embassy to promote Bishop Teodoro's mission were also
unsuccessful, and the Embassy has discreetly refrained from pushing the
matter too vigorously.
,o It was further reported that the Liga Eslava Argentina, an anti-Communist
organization headed by Father Alejo Pelypenlflo, has played a decisive role in
obstructing Bishop Teodoro's project.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 18 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
CLASSIFICATION C
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Approved For Release 1 9/09/09: CIA-RDP82-00457R002600130008-5