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The '''Orthodox Church in America Archdiocese of Canada''' is an [[diocese|archdiocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA). Its territory includes [[parish]]es, [[monastery|monasteries]], and missions located in eight provinces and territories in Canada—Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon. The diocesan center is located in Spencerville, Ontario.
==History==
An auxiliary territorial [[See]] of the Diocese of the Aleutians and North America was established in Canada in 1916 with the installation of Bishop [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] as its [[bishop]]. In 1940, the See was elevated to that of a territorial diocese of the Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America ([[Metropolia]]). In 1954, the diocese was elevated to that of an archdiocese. In 1970, the Metropolia was granted its [[autocephaly]], with the name Orthodox Church in America, with Canada as an integral Archdiocese.
The current [[Archbishop]] of Ottawa and Canada is the Most Reverend [[Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa|Seraphim (Storheim)]]. He was consecrated auxiliary bishop of Edmonton in 1987, and became ruling bishop of the archdiocese in 1990. He was elevated to the rank of archbishop in Spring of 2007.
==Ruling bishops==
*[[Seraphim (Storheim) of Ottawa]], 1990-present (Administrator as [[Auxiliary bishop|auxiliary bishop ]] of Edmonton 1987-1990)**([[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington]] ''[[Locum tenens]]'' of Ottawa 1981-1990) *[[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal]], 1963-1981 ([[Autocephaly ]] for OCA in 1970)*[[Anatoloy Anatoly (Apostlov) of Montreal]], 1961-1962
**([[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York]] ''Locum tenens'' of Montreal 1958-1960)
*[[Nikon (de Greve) of Brooklyn|Nikon (deGreve) of Toronto]], 1952-1958 (Canada named an Archdiocese 1954)
*[[Joasaph (Skorodumov) of Calgary]], 1938-1946 (Canada named a Diocese in 1940)
*[[Jeronim (Chernov) of Detroit|Jeronim (Chernov) of Eastern Canada]], 1936-1937
*[[Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Brooklyn|Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) of Montreal]], 1927-1933
*[[Arseny (Chavtsov) of Winnipeg]], 1926-1927
*[[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy) of Winnipeg]], 1924-1925*[[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Winnipeg]], 1916-1919 (Canada was named an Auxiliary [[See ]] of the Diocese of the Aleutians and North America in 1916)
===Earlier pre-Auxiliary See bishops===
*[[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians]] (1915-1916)
