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[[Image:800px-Map of USA highlighting OCA Midwest Diocese.png|thumb|Visual representation of the Diocese of the Midwest]]
The '''Diocese of the Midwest''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. It The diocese is currently under the leadership of His Eminencethe Right Reverend [[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo]], who was named as the Most ''locum tenens'' of the diocese on [[April 15]], 2013, by the Holy Synod. He succeeds the Right Reverend [[Job Matthias (OsackyMoriak) ]] who was [[consecration of Chicagoa bishop|Job (Osacky)consecrated]] and installed as the ruling bishop of the diocese on [[April 30]], Archbishop of Chicago 2011, and retired by the MidwestHoly Synod on April 15, 2013. Its territory includes eleven states in the Midwestern United States – Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The diocesan chancery is located on North LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois.
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== Deaneries ==
* Michigan Deanery – Michigan
* Minneapolis Deanery – Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin
==Ruling bishops==
*[[Alexander (Golitzin) of Toledo]], ''locum tenens'', 2013-Present
*[[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago]] 2011-2013
*[[Job (Osacky) of Chicago]] 1993-2009
*[[Boris (Geeza) of Chicago]] 1978-1988
*[[John (Garklavs) of Chicago]] 1957-1978 (administrator 1949-1957)
*[[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty (Turkevich)]] 1933-1950
*[[Paul (Gavrilov) of Chicago|Paul (Gavrilov)]] 1933
*[[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] 1922-1931
== External links ==
* [http://midwestdiocese.org/ Official site]
* [http://www.holytrinitycathedral.net/ Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Diocesan See]
[[Category:OCA Dioceses|Midwest ]]
