== The Archdiocese today ==
Its current primate is Metropolitan [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip (Saliba)]], who has six other diocesan [[auxiliary bishop|auxiliary]] [[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 236 communities (38 of which are missions). Estimates of the number of faithful range from 51,320 to 84,000[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.html] to 380,000[http://www.electronicchurch.org/2002/NCC_members.htm] depending on the report and the counting method being used. The number of new Antiochian parishes in the decade between 1990 and 2000 rose by approximately 33%, and the primary membership growth in the Archdiocese has been from American converts.[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/tab2.pdf] From 2003 to 2005, an increase of 1,229 communicants was reported at the conventions, an increase of 2.5%.
The Archdiocese also includes the [[Western Rite Vicariate]], a group of about 16 [[parish]]es and 7 missions which worship according to the [[Western Rite]].
== The Episcopacy ==
===Diocesan Current bishops===
*Most Reverend [[Philip (Saliba) of New York|Philip (Saliba)]], Archbishop of New York and the Archdiocesan District, Metropolitan of All North America, ''[[Locum Tenens]]'' of the Diocese of Worcester and New England
*Right Reverend [[Antoun (Khouri) of Miami|Antoun (Khouri)]], Auxiliary Bishop of Miami and the Southeast*Right Reverend [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita|Basil (Essey)]], Auxiliary Auxiliary Bishop of Wichita and Mid-America
*Right Reverend [[Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui) of Los Angeles|Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui)]], Bishop of Los Angeles and the West, ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest
*Right Reverend [[Thomas (Joseph) of Charleston and Oakland|Thomas (Joseph)]], Auxiliary Bishop of Charleston, Oakland and the Mid-Atlantic*Right Reverend [[Mark (Maymon) of Toledo|Mark (Maymon)]], Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and the Midwest*Right Reverend [[Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa|Alexander (Mufarrij)]], Auxiliary Bishop of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York
===Primates===