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The information following lists the bishops that occupied the ruling and vicar bishop positions during the era of the mission, listed in the succession from the point of view of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA) rather than that of the [[Church of Russia]], whose succession diverges officially at the point of the establishment of the [[Russian Exarchate of North America]] in 1933.
==Early Yearsyears==
*'''Diocese of Irkutsk'''
*Vicariate of Kodiak : [[Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak |Joasaph (Bolotov)]] 1799-1799
*'''Diocese of Kamachata, Kurile Islands, and the Aleutian Islands'''
*See: New Archangel: [[Innocent of Alaska|Innocent (Veniaminov-Popov)]] 1840 - 1852*See: Yakutsk: Innocent (Veniaminov-Popov) 1852 - 1868
*Vicariates: Two vicariates established 1858: New Archangel and Yakutsk
*New Archangel: [[Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk|Peter (Ekatrinovsky)]] 1859 - 1867*Yakutsk: Peter (Ekatrinovsky) 1867 - 1882*Sitka/New Archangel: [[Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk|Paul (Popov)]] 1867 - 1870
*'''Diocese of Aleutian Islands and Alaska'''
*See: Sitka, formerly New Archangel, from 1870
*See: San Francisco from 1872
** [[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians |John (Mitropolsky)]] 1870 - 1876** [[Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians|Nestor (Zakkis)]] 1879 - 1882** [[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians |Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)]] 1888 - 1891** [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas (Ziorov)]] 1891 - 1898** [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Bellavin)]] 1898 - 1900
==Maturing Church==
*Change in the name of the diocese in 1900
*See: New York from 1905
*'''New York''': Tikhon (Bellavin) 1900 - 1907
*Vicariates: First Vicariates established 1903: Alaska and Brooklyn
*Alaska: Innocent (Pustynsky) 1904 - 1909*Brooklyn: [[Raphael of Brooklyn|Raphael (Hawaweeny)]] 1904 - 1915*Alaska: [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] 1909 - 1915*Canada: Alexander (Nemolovsky) 1916 - 1919*'''New York''': [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] 1907 - 1914*Alaska: Philip (Stavitsky) 1916 - 1917*'''New York''': [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians | Evdokim (Mischersky)]] 1915 - 1917*Pittsburgh: [[Stephen (Dzubay) of Pittsburgh|Stephen (Dzubay)]] 1916 - 1924*Brooklyn: [[Aftimios Ofiesh|Aftimios (Ofiesh)]] 1917 - 1933*'''New York''': Alexander (Nemolovsky) 1919 - 1922*'''New York''': Platon (Rozhdestvensky) 1922 - 1934*Chicago: [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco| Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] 1922 - 1931*Alaska: Amphilokhy (Vakulsky) 1923 - 1931?*Canada/Winnipeg: [[Apollinary (Koshevoy) of San Francisco|Apollinary (Koshevoy)]] 1924 - 1925*Canada/Winnipeg: [[Arseny (Chavtsov) of Winnipeg| Arseny (Chavtsov)]] 1926 -1937*Canada/Montreal: Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) 1927 - 1933*San Francisco: Alexis (Panteleev) 1927 - 1931*Detroit: Paul (Gavrilov) 1928 - 1933*San Francisco: [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] 1931 - 1934*Alaska: Antoninos (Pokrovsky) 1931 - 1934*Brooklyn: Emmanuel (Abo-Hatab) 1931 - 1935?*Chicago: Paul (Gavrilov) 1933 - 1933*Chicago: [[Leonty (Turkevich) of Chicago| Leonty (Turkevich)]] 1933 - 1950*Pittsburgh: [[Benjamin (Basalyga) of Pittsburgh|Benjamin (Basalyga)]] 1933 - 1946*Alaska: Alexis (Panteleev) 1934 - 1944*'''New York''': Theophilus (Pashkovsky) 1934 - 1950*Boston: [[Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York | Makary (Iliyinsky)]] 1935 - 1937*Canada/Eastern Canada: Jeronim (Chernov) 1936-1937*Brooklyn: Makary (Iliyinsky) 1937 - 1946*Canada/Calgary: Joasaph (Skorodumov) 1938-1946*Alaska: John (Zlobin) 1945 - 1952*Tokyo: Benjamin (Basalyga) 1946 - 1952*Brooklyn: [[John (Shahovskoy) of San Francisco| John (Shahovskoy)]] 1947 - 1950*Philadelphia: [[Nikon (de Greve) of Brooklyn|Nikon (de Greve)]] 1948 - 1952*Detroit/Cleveland: [[John (Garklavs) of Chicago|John (Garklavs)]] 1949 - 1957*'''New York''': Leonty (Turkevich) 1950 - 1965*San Francisco: John (Shahovskoy) 1950 - 1973*Washington, DC: Jonah (?) 1951 - 1955*Pittsburgh: Benjamin (Basalyga) 1952 - 1963 *Canada/Toronto: Nikon (de Greve) 1952 - 1958*Tokyo: [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York| Ireney (Bekish)]] 1953 - 1959*Alaska: Amvrossy (Merejko) 1955 - 1967*Chicago/Minneapolis: John (Garklavs) 1957 - 1978 *Tokyo: Nikon (de Greve) 1959 - 1963*Boston: Ireney (Bekish) 1960 - 1965*Canada/Montreal: Anatoloy (Apostlov) 1961-1962*Washington, DC: [[Kiprian (Borisevich) of Philadelphia|Kiprian (Borisevitch)]] 1961 - 1964*Kyoto: [[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco|Vladimir (Nagosky)]] 1962 - 1964*Canada/Montreal: [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal| Sylvester (Haruns)]] 1963 - 1981*Philadelphia: [[Kiprian (Borisevich) of Philadelphia|Kiprian (Borisevitch)]] 1964 - 1980*Tokyo: [[Vladimir (Nagosky) of San Francisco|Vladimir (Nagosky)]] 1964 - 1972*'''New York''': Ireney (Bekish) 1965 - 1977 *Washington, DC: [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]] 1967 - 1967*Sitka/Alaska: Theodosius (Lazor) 1967 - 1972*Pittsburgh: Amvrossy (Merejko) 1967 - ?*Canada/Edmonton: Joasph (Antoniuk) 1968 - 1978*Berkeley: [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas| Dimitri (Royster)]] 1969 - 1970
The Tomos of [[Autocephaly]], signed April 10, 1970 , by [[Patriarch]] [[Alexei I (Simansky) of Moscow|Alexis of Moscow]], formally ending ended the mission and granting granted self-rule to the Russian North American diocese.
== See Also also==
*[[Bishop of San Francisco]]
== Source==* ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York
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