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This article seeks to serve as a catch-all point for the four jurisdictions in Australia who are small enough to not warrant a resident bishop - the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese, the Moscow Patriarchal parishes, the Orthodox Church in America parishes and the Polish Orthodox parish
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This article seeks to serve as a catch-all point for the jurisdictions in Australia who are small enough to not warrant a resident bishop - both current (Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese and Moscow Patriarchal parishes) and former (Orthodox Church in America and Polish Orthodox Church Abroad).
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==Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand==
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*Number of Parishes: 10 parishes and 2 missions, in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.
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*Hierarch: Archbishop [[John (Derewianka) of Parnassus]].
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*Began: ''Unknown''.
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*Consistory President: Mitred Archpriest Mykola Serdiuk.
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*See more information on [http://www.ec-patr.org/dioceses.php?lang=gr&id=28 Diocesan Listing on Ecumenical Patriarchate website] (including parish directory at bottom of page).
  
 
==Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia==
 
==Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia==
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*Began: First parish in 1950.
 
*Began: First parish in 1950.
  
#Sydney: St John of Rila Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=28][http://www.pageone.net.au/~rilski/index.htm]
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#Sydney: St [[John of Rila]] Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=28][http://www.pageone.net.au/~rilski/index.htm]
 
#Melbourne: Sts Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26]
 
#Melbourne: Sts Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26]
 
#Adelaide: St Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27]
 
#Adelaide: St Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27]
  
 
==Moscow Patriarchate in Australia==
 
==Moscow Patriarchate in Australia==
*Number of Parishes: Three in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle).
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*Number of Parishes: Two in Australia.
 
*Hierarch: Bishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, Head of Special Secretariat of the Patriarchal Chancellery for Administration of Patriarchal Establishments Outside the Patriarchal Territories.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxeurope.org/page/14/169.aspx]</ref>  
 
*Hierarch: Bishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, Head of Special Secretariat of the Patriarchal Chancellery for Administration of Patriarchal Establishments Outside the Patriarchal Territories.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxeurope.org/page/14/169.aspx]</ref>  
*Began: First parish in 1988 (Blacktown-Sydney); second parish in Melbourne; third parish in 1996 (Mayfield-Newcastle)
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*Began: First parish in 1988.
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#Sydney: Holy Protection Orthodox Church, Blacktown.  Established 1988. [http://www.orthodoxy.org.au]
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#Melbourne: Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Collingwood.  Established 1989. [http://www.ohtcm.org.au/englishversion/homeeng.html]
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#Newcastle: Parish of the Theophany, Mayfield West.  Established 1996, since closed (c.2010)
  
 
==Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia==
 
==Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia==
 
''main article: [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)]]''
 
''main article: [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)]]''
*Number of Parishes: One in Australia (in Sydney).
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*Number of Parishes: None.
*Hierarch: Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen)]] Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada, administrator of the Parishes in Australia.
 
 
*Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
 
*Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
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#Sydney: St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown.  Parish left ROCOR for OCA in 1971, and canonically transferred to the Antiochian Archdiocese in 2001.
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#Brisbane: Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba.  Priest left ROCOR in 1971, began a new OCA parish in 1974; parish canonically transferred to ROCOR in 2009.
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#Sydney: Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, Homebush.  Laypeople left ROCOR in 1971, and began a new OCA parish.  Parish canonically transferred to the Serbian Diocese in 2011.
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*Ended: 2011.
  
 
==Polish Orthodox Church in Australia==
 
==Polish Orthodox Church in Australia==
*Number of Parishes: One in South Australia.
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*Number of Parishes: none.
*Hierarch: ''unknown''
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*Began: 1969, with two priests who left ROCOR and were received as priests in the Polish Orthodox Church Abroad (under the Ecumenical Patriarchate).
*Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
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*Ended: Uncertain; however, both priests became priests of OCA parishes.
 
 
 
 
  
 
==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia]
 
*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia]
 
*[http://www.orthodoxy.org.au/ Moscow Patriarchal Church Blacktown]
 
*[http://www.orthodoxy.org.au/ Moscow Patriarchal Church Blacktown]
*[http://www.crez.org Romanian Churches in Australia]
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=Zuoyd6jG6q8C&lpg=PP1&dq=protopopov&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false A Russian Presence: A history of the Russian Church in Australia], by V. Rev. Fr Michael Protopopov (page 239).
  
 
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
 
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
 
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]
 
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]

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This article seeks to serve as a catch-all point for the jurisdictions in Australia who are small enough to not warrant a resident bishop - both current (Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese and Moscow Patriarchal parishes) and former (Orthodox Church in America and Polish Orthodox Church Abroad).

Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand

Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia

  • Number of Parishes: Three in Australia.
  • Hierarch: Metropolitan Joseph of the USA, Canada and Australia.
  • Began: First parish in 1950.
  1. Sydney: St John of Rila Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [1][2]
  2. Melbourne: Sts Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [3]
  3. Adelaide: St Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [4]

Moscow Patriarchate in Australia

  • Number of Parishes: Two in Australia.
  • Hierarch: Bishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, Head of Special Secretariat of the Patriarchal Chancellery for Administration of Patriarchal Establishments Outside the Patriarchal Territories.[1]
  • Began: First parish in 1988.
  1. Sydney: Holy Protection Orthodox Church, Blacktown. Established 1988. [5]
  2. Melbourne: Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Collingwood. Established 1989. [6]
  3. Newcastle: Parish of the Theophany, Mayfield West. Established 1996, since closed (c.2010)

Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia

main article: Parishes in Australia (OCA)

  • Number of Parishes: None.
  • Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
  1. Sydney: St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown. Parish left ROCOR for OCA in 1971, and canonically transferred to the Antiochian Archdiocese in 2001.
  2. Brisbane: Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba. Priest left ROCOR in 1971, began a new OCA parish in 1974; parish canonically transferred to ROCOR in 2009.
  3. Sydney: Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, Homebush. Laypeople left ROCOR in 1971, and began a new OCA parish. Parish canonically transferred to the Serbian Diocese in 2011.
  • Ended: 2011.

Polish Orthodox Church in Australia

  • Number of Parishes: none.
  • Began: 1969, with two priests who left ROCOR and were received as priests in the Polish Orthodox Church Abroad (under the Ecumenical Patriarchate).
  • Ended: Uncertain; however, both priests became priests of OCA parishes.

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