 Metropolitan Dionysius was elevated into the Bishop dignity in 1913 by Gregorios IV, the Patriarch of Antioch, who had the ordination in the lineage of Apostle Peter.In 1932, Metropolitan Dionisius ordained Metropolitan Polycarp (Sikorsky) and in 1942 appointed him to the Nazi-occupied Ukraine for the renewing of UAOC and ordination of new bishops.Thus, all the hierarchy of UAOC in 1942 received the canonical ordinations of Bishops in the lineage of Apostle Peter.