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{{diocese|
name=Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania|
jurisdiction=[[Church of Antioch|Antioch]]|
type=[[Archdiocese]]|
hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|
territory=Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania|
language=Arabic, Belarus, Bulgarian, English, Filipino, French, German, Greek (church), Greek (modern), Macedonian, Moldovan, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slavonic (Church), Ukrainian|
music=[[Bulgarian Chant|Bulgarian]], [[Byzantine Chant|Byzantine]], [[Russian Chant|Russian]] & [[Znamenny Chant|Znamenny]] Chant; Russian & Western Choral|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]] and [[Julian Calendar]] (depending on parish)|
population=7,525 ([[Statistics of Orthodoxy in Australia|Defective]] [http://www.cra.org.au/pages/00000226.cgi Federal Census 2001]); 37,490 (2005 internal Archdiocesan census of active congregants); 120,000 adherents (2007 Prime Minister's figures)|
website=[http://www.antiochian.org.au Antiochian Archdiocese]
}}
The '''Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania''', with headquarters in Sydney, is an [[archdiocese]] of the [[Church of Antioch]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]], [[Metropolitan Archbishop]] of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania.
==History==
==Organisation==
The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese is a single archdiocese spanning a number of countries. The Archbishop resides in Australia, and there is a Deanery for New Zealand, and presences in other countries of the region. There are 25 [[parish]]es and missions across Australia, 8 parishes and missions in the Deanery of New Zealand, and approximately 37,500 congregants in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania. The Archdiocese also has one female monastery of [[St. Anna Convent (Preston, Victoria)|St Anna]] in Victoria, and founded the multi-jurisdictional [[Melbourne Institute of Orthodox Christian Studies]].
The Antiochian Orthodox Diocese of Australasia (as it was then called) was a founding member of the [[Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Churches in Australia]]. The Antiochian Archdiocese says that SCCOCA, after being moribund for quite a number of years, finally became defunct in the year 2000.
The Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania, was a founding member of [[Eastern Hierarchs]]. The Antiochian Archdiocese believes this is a friendly, effective organisation, working for the love of God spreading throughout the whole mystery of His Church.
==Administration==
===Current===
* Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]] of Australia, and New Zealand and All Oceania.
**[[Deanery of New Zealand (Antiochian)|Dean of New Zealand]] is [[Archpriest]] [[Jack Witbrock]].
**Vicar-General and Dean of the Cathedral is Right Reverend [[Archimandrite]] [[Nabil (Kachab)]]
**Dean of Clergy for the Archdiocese is Archpriest [[George Nasr]].
===Bishops of Australia, and New Zealand and All Oceania===* Bishop [[Gibran (Ramlawey) of Australia and New Zealand|Gibran (Ramlawey)]], Patriarchal Vicar of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania 1969-1999.* Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul (Saliba)]], Primate of Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania, 1999-present.
==See also==
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Dioceses]]
[[Category:Antiochian Dioceses|Australia, and New Zealand, and All Oceania]]
