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The '''Diocese of New England''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. Its territory includes [[parish]]es and missions located in six states in the United States – Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The diocesan chancery is located in Southbridge, Massachusetts.
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The diocese is currently was under the leadership of His Grace, the Right Reverend [[Nikon (Liolin)of Boston|Nikon (Liolin)]] until his repose on [[September 1]], 2019. He was [[consecration of a bishop|consecrated ]] as a [[bishop]] on [[May 25]], 2002, and [[enthronement|installed ]] as the ruling bishop of the diocese of New England on [[December 17]], 2005. His successor has yet to be announced. On September 10, 2019, the OCA announced that Metropolitan [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]] will be the [[locum tenens]] for the diocese until a successor is found.
The three [[Deanery|deaneries]] of the diocese and their territories are:
* Boston Deanery – Eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island
* Connecticut Deanery – Connecticut and Western Massachusetts
* Northern Deanery – Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont
== External link Ruling bishops== * [[Makary (Ilyinsky) of New York|Makary (Iliyinsky)]] (1935-1937)* [http://www.ocane.org/ Official site[Dimitry (Magan) of Boston]] (1949-1960)* [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish) of Hartford]] (1960-1965)* [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal]] (1966-1972) administrator* [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster) of Hartford]] (1972-1978)* [[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston]] (1979 - 1983)* [[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky) of Hartford]] (1983-1993)* [[Nikon (Liolin) of Boston]](2005-2019)
==External links==
*[http://www.dneoca.org Official site]
*[http://www.oca.org/CAdioceseNE.asp?SID=8 OCA site]
[[Category:OCA Dioceses|New England]]
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