# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/andrey-metropolitan-of-new-york
# Generated: 2026-08-16T13:55:52.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/andrey-metropolitan-of-new-york"
name: "Andrey, Metropolitan of New York"
slug: "andrey-metropolitan-of-new-york"
description: "Metropolitan Andrey was the diocesan prelate of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia with the title of \"Metropolitan of New York\" between 1947 and 1972. He is also known as Andrey Velichky or Velichki and in Bulgarian, as Андрей Нюйоркски, Andrey Nyuyorkski, 'Andrey of New York'."
tagline: "Bulgarian clergyman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Andrey_Velichki.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1886-11-30"
deathDate: "1972-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.36
  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           5.468394666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Petkov"
    title: "Andrew Petkov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "اندرى متروبوليتان نيويورك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D1%8E%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Андрей Нюйоркски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2)"
    title: "Андрей (Петков)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_(Petkow)"
    title: "Andrzej (Petkow)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9_(%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2)"
    title: "Андрей (Петков)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4759131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump