[3] He was transferred to the newly created title of bishop of Winnipeg and Canada in 1916 - he was succeeded in Alaska by Philip Stavitsky.

[4] In Canada, Alexander faced the question of whether the Ukrainian immigrants should have their own administration apart from the Russian church body, but eventually ruled against it.

A local priest, Father John Kedrovsky, organized several members in the church and forced Alexander to resign, replacing him with close friend Metropolitan Platon Rozhdestvensky in June 20, 1922.

During World War II, in 1940 he was imprisoned in Berlin by Nazi authorities due to his outspoken criticism of Hitler.

Alexander was released upon the capture of the city by Soviet forces and was proclaimed the Archbishop of Berlin and Germany.