# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herman-swaiko
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:27:20.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herman-swaiko"
name: "Herman (Swaiko)"
slug: "herman-swaiko"
description: "Metropolitan Herman was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). As the head of the OCA, he was the Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America and Canada. He was elected Metropolitan on 22 July 2002, replacing Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor), who retired due to health problems related to a series of strokes."
tagline: "American Eastern Orthodox bishop (1932–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1932-02-01"
deathDate: "2022-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.207848
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Herman (Swaiko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيرمان (قسيس)"
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    title: "هيرمان (قسيس من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herman Swaiko"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_(Swaiko)"
    title: "Herman (Swaiko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_(Swaiko)"
    title: "Herman (Swaiko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_(%D0%A1%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE)"
    title: "Герман (Свайко)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_(Swaiko)"
    title: "Herman (Swaiko)"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4137250"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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