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==Jurisdiction==
The abbey is within the [[Old Calendarists|Old Calendarist]] jurisdiction of the Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas since 1997, which is more commonly known as the [[Holy Synod of Milan]]. The abbot is Archbishop John (Lobue) of New York and New Jersey. ===History== St Dunstan's originally formed as an Old Catholic Monastery, the abbey's parent body was apparently first involved in the confused "American Church" movement, and so the Prior, William (Brothers) was made a received and reordained-- having been ordained an Old Catholic Archbishop-- by [[Theophan (Noli) of Durres|Bishop Theophan Noli]] and Christopher (Contegeorge), a Bishop of questionable repute in America on June 30, 1934. The monastery and attached parishes incorporated as the "Western Orthodox Catholic Church. In 1962, the communities were received as Western Rite communities of the Moscow Patriarchate and granted then Archbishop William the title of "exarch", but the Patriarchate repeatedly requested that Abp William go to Russia to be reconsecrated. This led to suspicion that there were political motives involved, and so the exarch delayed the trip until he was ordered to go to Moscow in January, 1966. Due to alleged manipulations of KGB interference they left the Moscow Patriarchate and came into communion with the [[Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church in Exile]] under Archbishop Palladios(Rudenko), one of the founders of SCOBA. Under Palladios' leadership permission was granted to establish this Western Rite church on its own as the ''Synod of Orthodox Bishops of the Western Rite'' with parishes and monasteries in America, Great Britain and Yugoslavia. In 19721973, after the repose of Abp. Palladios, these churches severed all relationship communications with the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] due to latter's allegedly extensive involvement in [[ecumenism]]. It was this year the monastery of Mount Royal was assigned to be moved, the task given to then-Abbot John (Lobue), and it was moved to West Milford, New Jersey. Finally, the abbey formally changed its name in 1978. ===Current===
In 1997, the bishops of the Milan Synod, which had by then received a second [[Tomos]] confirming their autonomy in connection with the [[Church of Ukraine (Kiev Patriarchate)]] by Patriarch Voldymir of Kiev, received the bishops of the Western Rite Synod into the Milan Synod by a new granting of [[ordination]]. At the same time, Bishop John, who had served as ''[[locum tenens]]'' for First Hierarch after the repose of Metropolitan Joseph in 1990, was given the position of Archbishop of New York and New Jersey.