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== The Archdiocese Today ==
Its current primate is Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip (Saliba)]], who has six other diocesan [[bishop]]s assisting him in caring for the nine [[diocese]]s of the growing Archdiocese, which is the third largest Orthodox Christian [[jurisdiction]] in North America, having over 200 parishes and missions and approximately 100, and estimates of the number of faithful range from about 85,000 faithfulto 500,000 depending on the counting method being used. It also includes the [[Western Rite Vicariate]], a group of about 20 [[parish]]es including roughly 10,000 faithful who worship according to the [[Western Rite]].
On [[October 9]], 2003 the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Church of Antioch]] granted the Archdiocese's request to be granted self-rule (as distinct from [[autonomy]], and though the words have the same literal meaning in English, they are distinct in Arabic) to allow it to better govern itself, improve and increase its outreach efforts, internally organize itself into several dioceses, and progress further on the road to the administrative unity of the Orthodox Church in the Americas.
