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{{orthodoxyinaustralasia}}The '''Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand''' of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, headquartered in Sydney, is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Grace Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of SydneyNew York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], both First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]] and [[Archbishop]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, and it has been administered by His Grace [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|George (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, since 2015.

*The first Russian [[parish ]] established in Australia and New Zealand was St. Nicholas Church (now Cathedral), Brisbane, in 1926.*The first ROCOR [[bishop ]] of Australia and New Zealand was Bp Theodore (Rafalsky), 1948-55.

The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is a diocese within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Within It is headed by the dioceseFirst Hierarch, [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Metropolitan Hilarion]], and administered by [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|Bishop George of which Canberra]]. Within the Archbishop is the head and sole bishopdiocese, there are various deans who are in charge of one or more statesgeographic areas. There Within this structure are 24 [[parish]]es and communitiesa number of Deaneries, along with 6 [[monasticism|monasteries]] and [[skete]]s across Australia, as well as 4 parishes and communities in New Zealand, and one missionwhich - given the size of the diocese -church are important in South Korea. The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand the running of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia was a founding member of Diocese:* Mitred Archpriest [[SCCOCAMichael Protopopov]], but later departed. == Recent History ==In February 2005 His Grace Archbishop Hilarion received into Chancellor of the Diocese clergy , and parishioners dean of the Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (11 parishes and missions)* Mitred Archpriest [[Gereja Orthodox Indonesia|Indonesian Orthodox ChurchNikita Chemodakov]] who were formerly under the jurisdiction , dean of the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (11 parishes and missions)* Archpriest [[Orthodox Metropolitanate of Hong Kong and Southeast AsiaGabriel Makarov]] , dean of Queensland (6 parishes and missions)* Archpriest [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical PatriarchateVladimir Boikov]]), and there are now a growing number dean of New Zealand (4 parishes and mission centres scattered throughout Indonesia.missions) The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, as a part of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, was involved in the process to reenter communion with the * Priest [[Church of RussiaPaul (Kang)]], but in more recent times has distanced itself from head of the processKorean Orthodox Mission (1 parish). The majority of laity and clergy * Parishes in Australia are opposed to reunion with Moscow without substantial concessions from Moscow. Those concessions are not forthcoming in the latest version of the Act of Reunification proposed by Moscow Indonesia (~7 parishes and approved by four of the eight bishops of ROCOR in September 2006. Consequently, ROCOR is facing grave difficulties over this issue {{ref|RH1}}. missions)

===Diocesan BishopBishops===* Archbishop Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of SydneyNew York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.**Archimandrite Bishop [[Daniel George (Bambang Dwi ByantoroSchaefer)]], head of the [[Gereja Orthodox IndonesiaCanberra|Indonesian Orthodox ChurchGeorge (Schaefer)]].**Archpriest John Stukacz, dean Bishop of New South Wales (10 parishes)**Archpriest Michael KlebanskyCanberra, dean Vicar Bishop of Queensland (4 parishes)**Archpriest Michael Protopopov, dean the Diocese of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (14 parishes)**Archpriest Nicholas Karipoff, dean of New Zealand (4 parishes)**Priest Justin Kang, sole priest in South Korea.

* Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of ManhattanMontreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Brisbane, Vicar of the Australian Diocese, 1996-1997.* Archbishop Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of SydneyNew York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1996-present. ==References==*{{noteBishop [[George (Schaefer) of Canberra|RH1}} Personal private conversationGeorge (Schaefer)]], Bishop of Canberra, 2015-present.

* ''[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006acuvp87.8509042006/02whole.pdf History of the Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia - 2]'', by V. Rev.4MB fileFr [[Michael Protopopov]](2005)

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