Australian jurisdictions without a local bishop
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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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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.
- Sydney: St John of Rila Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [1][2]
- Melbourne: Sts Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [3]
- Adelaide: St Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [4]
Moscow Patriarchate in Australia
- Number of Parishes: Three in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle).
- Hierarch: Metropolitan Kyril of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Head of Department of External Church Relations, Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
- Began: First parish in 1988 (Blacktown-Sydney); second parish in Melbourne; third parish in 1996 (Mayfield-Newcastle)
Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia
main article: Parishes in Australia (OCA)
- Number of Parishes: Two in Australia (one in Sydney, one in Brisbane).
- Hierarch: Metropolitan Herman of Washington and New York, administrator of the Parishes in Australia
- Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
Polish Orthodox Church in Australia
- Number of Parishes: One in South Australia.
- Hierarch: unknown
- Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.