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{{diocese|
name=Albanian Orthodox Diocese of the Americas (formerly "Alb. Orth. Diocese of America")|
jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|
type=Diocese|
see=Philomelion|
hq=Boston, Massachusetts|
territory=United StatesWestern Hemisphere|
language=English, Albanian|
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|
website=—
}}
The '''Albanian Orthodox Diocese of Americathe Americas''' is a [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Church of Constantinople|Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in the United States. Its current leader is [[Bishop]] [[Theophan (Koja) of Philomelion]] (bishop since 2023), who lives in the Boston Metro region.
In the first half of the 20th century, the Orthodox Albanian communities in America were loosely affiliated with one another, with six of fifteen communities claiming "independent" status and the others not incorporated as [[diocese]]s until after the Second World War. The return of Bp. [[Theophan (Noli) of Durres|Theofan (Noli)]] from exile in Germany in 1932 had reopened the discussion of the need for a canonical Albanian diocese in North America. (Metropolitan Theofan had been consecrated in 1922 as Bishop of Durres by the Church of Albania, which did not claim any jurisdiction in North America, and thus could not gain recognition as head of a diocese in the Americas.)
== External links ==
* [http://www.albaniandiocese-ep.org]
* [http://www.goarch.org/archdiocese/otherpatriarchal/alb/index_html Albanian Orthodox Diocese] at the website of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America|GOA]]
* [http://www.cnewa.org/default.aspx?ID=44&pagetypeID=9&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1 Eastern Christian Churches: Albanian Orthodox Diocese of America], by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar
* [http://www.albanianorthodox.com Albanian Orthodox Library]
* [http://stnicholasalbanianchicago.org/thealbanianorthodoxchurch.html The Albanian Orthodox Church]
* [http://holytrinityalbanianorthodoxchurch.org]
[[Category:Dioceses]]