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Prior to 1968, the [[parish]]es in the present area of the Metropolis of Denver were under the jurisdiction of the Greek Orthodox [[Bishop of San Francisco]]. In 1968, this area became the Eighth Archdiocese District of the Greek Archdiocese of North and South America which was administered by Assistant Bishops and Archdiocesan [[Vicar]]s. The headquarters of the district was located initially in New Orleans in 1960 before moving to Houston, Texas in 1967. In 1974, the headquarters was moved to Denver, Colorado.
In 1979, the [[archdiocese]] was re-organized under a decree of the Ecumenical Patriarchate into a number of [[diocese]]s of which one was the Diocese of Denver, replacing the 8th district. The area of the diocese included the states of Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, as well as the western parts of Louisiana and Missouri[[http://www.denver.goarch.org/parishes/]].
In 1996, the Archdiocese of North and South America was split into four separate archdioceses: those of America, Canada, Central America, and South America. With the establishment of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, the title of the dioceses was changed to metropolises and the Diocese of Denver became the Metropolis of Denver.
==Parishes and Monasteries==
There are fifty parishes[[http://www.denver.goarch.org/parishes/]], two [[chapel]]s, and two monasteries within the metropolis. The [[monastery|monasteries]] are:
*Holy Archangels Greek Orthodox Monastery in Kendalia, Texas
*St. Paraskevi Greek Orthodox Monastery in Washington, Texas
