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hq=Sydney, New South Wales, Australia|
territory=Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Indonesia|
language=Slavonic, English, Indonesian, English, Korean|
music=[[Russian Chant]]|
calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
website=[http://www.rocor.org.au Diocese of Aust. & NZ]
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The '''Diocese of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand''', headquartered in Sydney, is a [[diocese]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]. Its current [[primate]] is His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], both First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]] and [[Archbishop]] of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.
==History==
==Organisation==
The Diocese of Australia and New Zealand is a diocese within the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia. Within the diocese, of which the Archbishop Metropolitan Hilarion is currently the head and sole bishop, there are various deans who are in charge of one or more geographic areas. There are approx. 62 [[parish]]es and communitiesin the diocese, including 17 [[monasticism|monasteries]] and [[skete]]s, across Australia,
23 parishes and communities in Indonesia, 5 parishes and communities in New Zealand, and one parish (along with one monastic skete) in South Korea.
== Recent History ==
On [[July 4]], 2009, the First Hierarch of ROCOR, His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, consecrated a new [[church]] in honor of St John of Shanghai and San Francisco specifically for Orthodox Australian Aboriginals. This event is symbolic of a new era of missionary work in the Australian and New Zealand Diocese where a significant portion of its parishioners and [[clergy]] are converts to Orthodoxy of non-Russian background.
== The Episcopacy ==
===Diocesan Bishop===
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand.**Archpriest Archimandrite [[Michael Boikov]], Diocean secretary and personal secretary to his Eminence Metropolitan [[Hilarion Daniel (KapralBambang Dwi), Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand**Archimandrite [[Byantoro|Daniel (Bambang Dwi Byantoro)]], head of the [[Gereja Orthodox Indonesia|Indonesian Orthodox mission (ROCOR)]] (23 parishes).**Archpriest [[Michael Protopopov]], Vicar-General of the Diocese, and dean of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia (16 parishes)
**Archpriest [[Nikita Chemodakov]], dean of New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory (18 parishes)
**Archpriest [[Vladimir Boikov]], dean of New Zealand (6 parishes)
**Hieromonk [[Paul (Kang)]], head of the Korean Orthodox Mission (1 parish).
===Hierarchs in Australia===
* Bishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Brisbane, Vicar of the Australian Diocese, 1996-1997.
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion (Kapral)]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, 1996-present.
[[Image:Hilarion_red_panagea.jpg]]
== External links ==
[[Category:Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]
[[Category:ROCOR Dioceses|Australia and New Zealand]]
