He was finally appointed eparch on 21 December 1989 and ordained as a bishop on 17 February 1990.

He was subsequently ordained as a bishop on 16 June 2011.

However, he was not ordained as a priest until 7 November 1501, a day before being ordained as a bishop.

On May 15, 1953 he was ordained as a bishop of the Indian Orthodox church at the age of thirty eight.

He was ordained as a Mormon bishop in 2005 and chooses not to play basketball on Sundays.

During the 1990s Pearson's church grew to an average attendance of over 6,000, and in 1997 Pearson was ordained as a bishop.

He was ordained as a bishop on 15 June 2007.

He was ordained as a bishop in May 2006.

Fernando was first ordained as a bishop on August 19, 1965.

He was ordained as a bishop on 27 September 2004.