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[[Image:OCA logo.jpg|right|The Orthodox Church in America]]The '''Orthodox Church in America''' (OCA) is an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] church with parishes mainly in the United States and Canada (though it has some had a few parishes in Australia and elsewhere). The OCA was formerly known as the '''Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church in America''', or more informally, the '''Metropolia'''. Previous to that, it was the North American Diocese of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]]. The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by some most of the other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, as is normal for a ''young'' autocephalous Churchchurches. 

name= Orthodox Church in America[[Image:OCA 1.jpg|center|The Orthodox Church in America]]|founder= Ss. [[Herman of Alaska]], [[Innocent of Alaska]], [[Alexis of Wilkes-Barre]]|independence=1970 ("temporary self-government" in 1924) |recognition= 1970 by [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] |primate=[[Herman Tikhon (SwaikoMollard) of Washington and New York|Metropolitan HermanTikhon (Mollard)]]|hq=[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New York]]|

possessions= Mexico, South America, Australia|

''Main Article: [[History of the OCA]]'' <br>''See Also: [[Orthodoxy in America]]''

The OCA began with the missionary work of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in Alaska and the Aleutian Islandsby eight Orthodox monks who arrived in Alaska in 1794. In 1917, They were part of the centuries-old missionary heritage of the Bolshevik Revolution Russian Orthodox Church that brought communication between the churches in North America Orthodox Church, by the monks Hourg and Russia Barsanuphii, to an almost complete haltthe Mongol peoples. In And monk St Stephen of Perm (1340-96) who would in turn journey beyond Kazan, across the early 1920sUral mountain, Patriarch [[Tikhon into the forests of Moscow]] directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia Siberia to bring Orthodoxy to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication and travel could be resumedthe pagan Zyrians. (He died in 1925, and was glorified as a [[saint]] by And the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox monks who brought the Church]] in 1989.) At that timeeven more eastward, parishes which had been part eventually establishing a network of a single North American [[diocese]] organized separate dioceses missions across Siberia and placed themselves under various other mother churches, giving rise to along the current situation of multiple overlapping jurisdictions entire Pacific Rim: in North AmericaChina (1686), Alaska (1794), Japan (1861), and Korea (1898).

While the Church in Alaska was growing, immigrants were arriving in the rest of North America. In the 1860s a parish was established in San Francisco by Serbians, Russians and Greeks. Parishes were also established across the territory of the United States. At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the headquarters of the North American Diocese was moved to San Francisco and then to New York. At this time there were great waves of Orthodox immigrants from Central, Eastern, and Southern Europe, and the Middle East. A belief commonly held within OCA circles (and among some in other jurisdictions) is that they were all united in a single [[diocese]] or [[jurisdiction]], which was under the Russian Orthodox Church. (This view is disputed by a number of non-OCA church historians.) Although the Russians certainly were united, as were some parishes from other ethnic groups (especially those of Middle Eastern heritage), there were many others (most notably the overwhelming majority of the Greeks) who did not look to the Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of the Aleutian Islands and North America. Instead, they looked to their mother churches. In an attempt to address this problem, Archbishop Tikhon, later [[Tikhon of Moscow]], had advocated (in a 1905 report to the Holy Synod) for an American Orthodox Church with "greater autonomy," governed by a synod of bishops representing the various nationalities. Tikhon's proposal did not have the opportunity to succeed. In 1917, the Bolshevik Revolution brought communication between the churches in North America and Russia to an almost complete halt. In the early 1920s, Patriarch [[Tikhon of Moscow]] directed all Russian Orthodox churches outside of Russia to govern themselves autonomously until regular communication could be resumed. (He died in 1925, and was glorified as a [[saint]] by the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in 1989.) Shortly thereafter, at a Council of all hierarchs and clergy and parish delegates, it was decided that the Church in North America could no longer maintain strict administrative ties with the Church in Russia, especially since Patriarch Tikhon had been arrested. Additionally, the loss of financial support from the fallen empire added to the diocese's problems. At that time, some parishes which had been part of a single, multi-ethnic, North American [[diocese]] organized separate dioceses and placed themselves under various other [[mother church]]es, solidifying the current situation of multiple, ethnically-based, overlapping, jurisdictions in North America. Though the revolution in Russia helped to speed this fragmentation process along, it had already been occurring prior to 1917, as hundreds of Orthodox parishes in the US had been founded without any reference to the Russian presence, whose authority was not universally acknowledged. From that point until the restoration of relations with Moscow in the 1960s, the Metropolia entered twice into union with the [[Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]] (see [[ROCOR and OCA]]), finally breaking with the latter body in 1946. Additionally, in 1927, the bishops of the Metropolia attempted to create an autocephalous body known as the [[American Orthodox Catholic Church]], which failed after only six years.  In the early 1960s, the Metropolia (as it was then known) resumed communication with the Patriarch of Moscow, and in 1970 full communion was restored. At that time, the Patriarch of Moscow officially granted the OCA [[autocephaly]], or self-governing administrative status. The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by all other autocephalous Orthodox Churches, including the [[Church of Constantinople]]. Churches that do recognize its autocephaly are mainly those in former Communist lands (most of which had thus come under the influence of the Church of Russia), including the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]], the [[Church of Bulgaria]], the [[Church of Poland]], the [[Church of Georgia]], and the [[Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia]].=== List of primates and ruling bishops===* Bishop [[Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak|Joasaph (Bolotov)]] ''Bishop of Kodiak Auxiliary of the Irkutsk Diocese'' (1799)* Bishop [[Innocent of Alaska|Innocent (Veniaminov)]] ''of Alaska'' ** ''Bishop of Kamchatka According to apologists for OCA autocephaly, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1840-50)** ''Archbishop it is common for recognition of Kamchatka, autocephaly to be granted belatedly; however opponents regard the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1850-68)* Bishop [[Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk|Peter (Ekaterinovsky)]] ''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) Auxiliary of grant as not being within the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1859-66)* Bishop [[Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk|Paul (Popov)]] ''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka), Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1866-70)* Bishop [[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians|John (Mitropolsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1870-77)* Bishop [[Nestor (Zass) of the Aleutians|Nestor (Zass)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1878-82)* Bishop [[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians|Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1887-91)* Bishop [[Nicholas (Adoratsky) of the Aleutians|Nicholas (Adoratsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891)* Bishop [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas (Ziorov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891-98)* Bishop [[Tikhon purview of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] ''of Moscow''** ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1898-1900)** ''Bishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1900-05)** ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1905-07)* Archbishop s [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New Yorkpresbeia|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)prerogatives]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1907-14)* Archbishop see [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians|Evdokim (Meschersky)Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1914-18)* Archbishop [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1919-22)* Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] ''Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1922-34)* Metropolitan [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] ''Archbishop of San Francisco, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1934-50)* Metropolitan [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty (Turkevich)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1950-65)* Metropolitan [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1965-77)* Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]] ''Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, Temporary Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America'' (1974-77)* Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]]** ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1977-80)** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1981-2002)* Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2002-2005)** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2005-Present).

== The OCA Today today ==In [[Image:OCA chancery.jpg|right|350px|thumb|[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|The OCA chancery, Oyster Bay Cove (Syosset), New York]]]]The OCA today consists of 14 dioceses on the territory of Canada, the United States, there are 12 dioceses and Mexico with 623 parishes, missions, and institutions (456 of which are parishes). The ethnic Of the dioceses extend into Canada, which also has one 3 are non-territorially organized along ethnic archdiocese. Altogether there are 91 Canadian parishes. The OCA has a Mexican Exarchate with nine parishes and missions, and there are five parishes in South Americalines. In addition, there are three These [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)Ethnic diocese|parishes in Australiaethnic dioceses]] under include communities in both the OCA’s canonical protection, two in Sydney United States and another in BrisbaneCanada.

There are three ethnic ethnically defined dioceses in the OCA: the The Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Boston (14 13 parishes<small>[http://oca.org/DIRlists.parish.diocese.asp?diocese=OCA-AL&x=24&y=12&SID=9&CLASS=P&TYPE=DIOCESE]</small>), the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Toledo (19 parishes21 communities<small>[http://www.bdoca.org/Parishes.html]</small>) , and the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America (92 parishes100 communities<small>[http://www.roea.org/directories.html]</small>). These dioceses' geographic territory overlaps with the other dioceses of the OCA and they have under their care parishes with those ethnic associations, although all are home to multiethnic parishes and the Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese also includes Romanian-language communities. These dioceses are the result of smaller ethnic [[jurisdiction]]s joining the OCA at some point in its history, usually after having broken from other bodies due to the politics of the Cold War era.

The OCA also has 27 28 monastic communities<small>[http://oca.org/DIRmonastics.asp?SID=9]</small>, six of which fall under the direct jurisdiction of the Metropolitan (i.e., are [[stavropigial]]). The largest of these monasteries are [[New Skete (Cambridge, New York)]] and [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Monastery (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)]].

The OCA is a member of the [[Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America]] that has superseded the [[Standing Conference of the Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas]] (SCOBA). Since November of 2005, when a list of accusations were brought forward by Protodeacon Eric Wheeler, the former treasurer of the OCA, its administration has been the subject of allegations of financial misconduct. Internal investigations, audits, and other actions have since then been enacted in an attempt to address the allegations, including the firing and [[deposition]] of the OCA [[chancellor]], the former Protopresbyter [[Robert S. Kondratick]]. The [http://www.ocanews.org/ OCA News] website, a privately operated site with no connection to the administration, has been publishing reports and editorials on the scandal since January of 2006, including allegations of division within the OCA's holy synod. In August 2007, the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]], which contributes to the OCA more funds than any other OCA diocese, began withholding its assessments to the central administration.[http://www.midwestdiocese.org/news_070814_1.html] In September of 2008, after the release of a scathing report by an official investigative committee, the former primate, Metr. [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], was disciplined[http://www.oca.org/news/1631] and the then current primate, Metr. [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]] was retired by the Holy Synod.[http://www.oca.org/news/1632] On [[November 12]], 2008, after financial scandals, the OCA's All-American Council and Holy Synod elected [[auxiliary bishop]] [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah (Paffhausen)]] as its new metropolitan. He was formally installed on [[December 28]], 2008 at the primate's [[cathedral]] St. [[St. Nicholas Cathedral (Washington, D.C.)|Nicholas Cathedral]] in Washington, D.C.. On [[November 13]], 2012, the OCA's current [[primate]], the Most Blessed [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]] was elected at the 17th [[All-American Council]].  ===Diocesan structure===*[[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Diocese of Alaska]]*[[Albanian Archdiocese (OCA)|Albanian Archdiocese]]*[[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]]*[[Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)|Archdiocese of Canada]]*[[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania]]*[[Diocese of Mexico (OCA)|Diocese of Mexico]]*[[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]]*[[Diocese of New England (OCA)|Diocese of New England]]*[[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|Diocese of New York and New Jersey]]*[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America]]*[[Diocese of the South (OCA)|Diocese of the South]]*[[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.]]*[[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]*[[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania]]

According to Bishop [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) of San Francisco and Los Angeles]], the name of this jurisdiction is 1970 ''The Orthodox Church in America'', and its acronym should be ''TOCA''.[https://listserv.indiana.edu/cgi-bin/wa-iub.exe?A2=ind0504c&L=orthodox&F=&S=&P=4840[Tomos]] There has not yet been any official announcement from the central administration of the church, however, and the former uses (''Orthodox Church in America'' and ''OCA'') remain the most common both within and outside the jurisdiction. According to the 1970 ''Tomos of Autocephaly'' granted by the [[Russian Orthodox Church|Church of Russia]], the name of this church body was originally ''The Autocephalous Orthodox Church in America''.[http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12] According to the Statute of the Orthodox Church in America, adopted by the Second All-American Council in October 1971, the usage is ''The Orthodox Church in America'' at the beginning of sentences[http://oca.org/DOCstatute.asp?SID=12&ID=1] and ''the Orthodox Church in America'' in the middle of sentences[http://www.oca.org/DOCstatute.asp?SID=12&ID=4], thus seeming to imply that the capitalization of ''the'' in the name is not vital.

* Most Blessed [[Herman Tikhon (SwaikoMollard) of Washington and New York|Herman Tikhon (SwaikoMollard)]], Archbishop of [[Diocese of Washington and New York(OCA)|Washington]], Metropolitan of All America and Canada * Most Reverend , ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of the [[Kyrill Diocese of the Midwest (YonchevOCA) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)Midwest]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania and the Bulgarian Diocese.* Most Reverend [[Dmitri Nathaniel (RoysterPopp) of DallasDetroit|Dmitri Nathaniel (RoysterPopp)]], Archbishop of Dallas Detroit and the [[Diocese Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of the South America (OCA)|SouthRomanian Episcopate]], Exarch of Mexico. * Most Right Reverend [[Nathaniel Nikon (PoppLiolin) of DetroitBoston|Nathaniel Nikon (PoppLiolin)]], Archbishop Bishop of Boston, [[Diocese of Detroit New England (OCA)|New England]] and the Romanian Episcopate* Most Reverend [[Job Albanian Archdiocese (OsackyOCA) of Chicago|Job (Osacky)Albanian Archdiocese]], Archbishop ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of the [[Diocese of Chicago and the MidwestSouth (OCA)|South]]* Right Reverend [[Tikhon Benjamin (FitzgeraldPeterson) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Tikhon Benjamin (FitzgeraldPeterson)]], Bishop of San Francisco, Los Angeles and the [[Diocese of the West(OCA)|Diocese of the West]], ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Alaska]]* Right Reverend [[Seraphim Alejo (StorheimPacheco y Vera) of OttawaMexico City|Seraphim Alejo (StorheimPacheco-Vera)]], Bishop of Ottawa Mexico City and Canada[[Exarchate of Mexico (OCA)|Exarch of Mexico]]* Right Reverend [[Nikolai Melchisedek (SoraichPleska) of Sitka and AnchoragePittsburgh|Nikolai Melchisedek (SoraichPleska)]], Bishop of SitkaPittsburgh and [[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Western Pennsylvania]], Anchorage and ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of [[Diocese of Alaska Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|AlaskaEastern Pennsylvania]].* Right Reverend [[Nikon Michael (LiolinDahulich) of BostonNew York|Nikon Michael (LiolinDahulich)]], Bishop of Boston, [[Diocese of New England York and the [[Albanian Archdiocese New Jersey (OCA)|Albanian ArchdioceseNew York, and New Jersey]].* Right Reverend [[Tikhon Alexander (MollardGolitzin) ]], Bishop of Philadelphia|Tikhon Toledo and the [[Bulgarian Diocese (MollardOCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]], Bishop ''Locum Tenens'' of Philadelphia Chicago and Eastern Pennsylvaniathe [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of the Midwest]].

* Right Reverend [[Irineu (Duvlea) of Dearborn Heights|Irineu (Duvlea)]], Bishop of Dearborn Heights and auxiliary Auxiliary to Archbishop [[Nathaniel (Popp) of Detroit|Nathaniel of Detroit]].* Right Reverend [[Benjamin Mark (PetersonMaymon) of BerkeleyBaltimore|Benjamin Mark (PetersonMaymon)]], Bishop of Berkeley and auxiliary to Bishop Baltimore, Administrator of the [[Tikhon Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (FitzgeraldOCA) of San Francisco and Los Angeles|Diocese Eastern Pennsylvania]], Synodal Liaison for Departments and Commissions of the Orthodox Church in America.* Right Reverend [[Alejo Irénée (Pacheco VeraRochon) of Mexico City|Alejo Irénée (Pacheco VeraRochon)]], Bishop of Mexico Quebéc City and auxiliary to Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) , Administrator of the Archdiocese of Washington and New York]]Canada.

* Right Most Reverend [[Mark Basil (Rodzianko) of San Francisco|Basil (Rodzianko), Bishop of San Francisco]](see also: [[Bishops of the Russian Metropolia in North America]]) == List of primates and ruling bishops==[[Image:Raphel Platon Alexander.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Bishops [[Raphael of Brooklyn|St. Raphel]], [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon]], and [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander]]]]* Bishop [[Joasaph (Bolotov) of Kodiak|Joasaph (Bolotov)]] ''Bishop of Kodiak Auxiliary of the Irkutsk Diocese'' (1799)* Bishop [[Innocent of Alaska|Innocent (Veniaminov)]] ''of Alaska'' ** ''Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1840-50)** ''Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands'' (1850-68)* Bishop [[Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk|Peter (Ekaterinovsky)]] ''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1859-66)* Bishop [[Paul (ForsbergPopov) of BostonNovoarkhangelsk|Mark Paul (ForsbergPopov)]]''Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka), Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese'' (1866-70)* Bishop [[John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians|John (Mitropolsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1870-77)* Bishop [[Nestor (Zakkis) of the Aleutians|Nestor (Zakkis)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1878-82)* Bishop [[Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians|Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1887-91)* Bishop [[Nicholas (Adoratsky) of Orenburg and Ural|Nicholas (Adoratsky)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891)* Bishop [[Nicholas (Ziorov) of Warsaw|Nicholas (Ziorov)]] ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1891-98)* Bishop [[Tikhon of Moscow|Tikhon (Belavin)]] ''of Moscow''** ''Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska'' (1898-1900)** ''Bishop of Bostonthe Aleutians and North America'' (1900-05)** ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1905-07)* Archbishop [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1907-14)* Archbishop [[Evdokim (Meschersky) of the Aleutians|Evdokim (Meschersky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1914-18)* Archbishop [[Alexander (Nemolovsky) of Brussels|Alexander (Nemolovsky)]] ''Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America'' (1919-22)* Metropolitan [[Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York|Platon (Rozhdestvensky)]] ''Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1922-34)* Metropolitan [[Theophilus (Pashkovsky) of San Francisco|Theophilus (Pashkovsky)]] ''Archbishop of San Francisco, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1934-50)* Metropolitan [[Leonty (Turkevich) of New York|Leonty (Turkevich)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1950-65)* Metropolitan [[Ireney (Bekish) of New York|Ireney (Bekish)]] ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1965-77) assisted by Archbishop [[Sylvester (Haruns) of Montreal|Sylvester (Haruns)]] ''Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, Temporary Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America'' (1974-77)* Metropolitan [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]]** ''Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1977-80)** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (1981-2002)* Metropolitan [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]]** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2002-2005)* Most Reverend * ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2005-2008)* Metropolitan [[Lazar Jonah (PuhaloPaffhausen) of OttawaWashington and New York|Lazar Jonah (PuhaloPaffhausen)]]** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2008-2009)** ''Archbishop of OttawaWashington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2009-2012)* Right Reverend Metropolitan [[Varlaam Tikhon (NovakshonoffMollard) of VancouverWashington|Varlaam Tikhon (NovakshonoffMollard)]], Bishop ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2012-present)==Reference==* ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of Vancouverthe Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York

* [http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America] (Official Website of the OCA])** [http://www.cnewaoca.org/ecc-bodypgDocs.aspxasp?eccpageIDID=27157&IndexViewSID=toc Eastern Christian Churches: OCA12 The Road to Autocephaly 1963-1970] Talk given by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholarDr. Constantine H. Kallaur** [http://www.oca.org/DOCtomos.asp?SID=12 The Tomos of Autocephaly]Signed in the city of Moscow, [[April 10]], 1970, by the Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and the members its Holy Synod.** [http://www.oca.org/DOCindex-statute.asp?SID=12 The Statute of the Orthodox Church in America]** [http://oca.org/HSprimatialelections.asp?SID=7 Primatial Elections in the OCA]* [http://dioceseofalaska.org/ Diocese of Alaska] (Official Website)* [http://www.bdoca.org/ Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese of Toledo] (Official Website)* [http://www.archdiocese.ca/ Archdiocese of Canada] (Official Website)* [http://doepa.org/ Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania] (Official Website)* [http://ocamexico.org/ Diocese of Mexico] (Official Website)* [http://domoca.org/ Diocese of the Midwest] (Official Website)* [http://www.dneoca.org/ Diocese of New England] (Official Website)* [http://www.nynjoca.org/ Diocese of New York and New Jersey] (Official Website)* [http://www.ocadwpa.org/ Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania] (Official Website)* [http://www.roea.org/ Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America] (Official Website)* [http://www.dosoca.org/ Diocese of the South] (Official Website)* [http://wdcoca.org/ Archdiocese of Washington] (Official Website)* [http://www.dowoca.org/ Diocese of the West] (Official Website)* [http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=27&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: OCA] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar

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