John of Saint-Denis

Bishop John-Nectarius (French: évêque Jean-Nectaire, Russian: Епископ Иоанн-Нектарий, secular name Evgraf Evgrafovich Kovalevsky, Russian: Евграф Евграфович Ковалевский; April 8, 1905 – January 30, 1970), was the First Hierarch of the Orthodox Church of France (ECOF) from 1966 until his death in 1970.

Eugraph Kovalevsky was born in St Petersburg, Russia, on April 8, 1905 in noble family.

He was co-founder with Vladimir Lossky of the Brotherhood of St. Photius (1925) and the St. Denys Theological Institute (1944).

Upon the death of Archimandrite Irénée (Louis-Charles) Winnaert, he was placed in charge of the newly formed Western Orthodox Church established by Metropolitan Sergius, the Patriarchal locum tenens of Moscow.

The Holy Synod of the Church of Russia conferred upon him the title Doctor of Divinity in 1952.