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The Secretariat of the Assembly, led by Bp. [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita|Basil (Essey)]], is headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.[http://www.antiochian.org/node/23181]
On September 21, 2010, a group of leaders of the Bishops' Assembly of North and Central America was received in audience by His Holiness Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople at his residence at Fanar in Istanbul, Turkey. The delegation included Archbishop [[Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America|Demetrios]] of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese in America, president of the Bishops' Assembly; Archbishop [[Justinian (Ovchinnikov) of Naro-Fominsk|Justinian]] of Naro-Fominsk, vice-president of the assembly, administrator of the Moscow Patriarchate parishes in the USA; Bishop [[Basil (Essey) of Wichita|Basil]] of Wichita and Central America, Patriarchate of Antioch, secretary of the assembly; and Archbishop Anthony of Hierapolis, [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA]], Patriarchate of Constantinople, treasurer of the assembly. They were invited to the Fanar by Patriarch Bartholomew who wished to discuss the results of the first plenary meeting of the assembly which took place on May 26-28 in New York and to exchange opinions on the ways of its further work.<ref>Russian Orthodox Church - Department for External Church Relations. ''[http://www.mospat.ru/en/2010/09/22/news26774/ Archbishop Justinian of Naro-Fominsk participates in meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople as member of Bishops’ Assembly of North and Central America delegation].'' 22.09.2010</ref>
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