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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 current [[primate]] 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 OCA is His Beatitude [[Herman (Swaiko) Church of WashingtonRussia|Herman (Swaiko)Russian Orthodox Church]], Archbishop . The OCA's autocephaly is not currently recognized by most of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canadathe other autocephalous Orthodox churches.
One of the ongoing difficulties that the OCA faces today is a financial and structural one—the institutions, episcopacy and structures of the OCA largely reflect probably very inflated population estimates based on obsolete figures. Additionally, the annual dues per church member is much higher than other Orthodox [[jurisdiction]]s in America[http://saintjohnwonderworker.org/Church%20Pledge%202003-2004a.doc][http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/misc/diocesandelegate/43rddiocesanreport.cfm], which can often make realistic estimates difficult, as parishes may not wish to report their full membership in order to avoid the high dues. There is also a perceived "precipitous decline" in OCA reported membership [http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:4zasL8ogDdcJ:www.oca.org/pages/ocaadmin/documents/All-American-Council/12-Pittsburgh-1999/Church-Wide-Initiative-Proposals/Church-Growth-and-Evangelism.html], and while some interpret this as simply an ongoing transition in terms of the difference between reported figures and actual figures[http://www.oca.org/QA.asp?ID=44&SID=3], the church's primate has referred to the situation as a "membership crisis."[http://www.stlukeorthodox.com/html/misc/diocesandelegate/43rddiocesanreport.cfm] A general shortage in clergy is also being cited in some reports.[http://www.ocadow.org/resources/vision/summer98.pdf] {{orthodoxyinamerica}}
==Name==The OCA is a member According to the 1970 ''[[Tomos]] of Autocephaly'' granted by the [[Standing Conference 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 Canonical Orthodox Bishops Church in America, adopted by the AmericasSecond 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] (SCOBA), thus seeming to imply that the capitalization of ''the'' in the name is not vital.
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{{church|
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=[[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]] |
hq=[[Chancery office of the Orthodox Church in America|Syosset, New York]]|
territory=United States and Canada|
possessions=Mexico|
language=English, [[Church Slavonic]], Spanish|
music=[[Russian Chant]], [[Byzantine Chant]] (in some ethnic dioceses)|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]], [[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|
population=30,000 to 1,000,000|
website=[http://www.oca.org/ Orthodox Church in America]
}}
== History ==
''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. They were part of the centuries-old missionary heritage of the Russian Orthodox Church that brought the Orthodox Church, by the monks Hourg and Barsanuphii, to the Mongol peoples. And monk St Stephen of Perm (1340-96) who would in turn journey beyond Kazan, across the Ural mountain, into the forests of Siberia to bring Orthodoxy to the pagan Zyrians. And the Russian monks who brought the Church even more eastward, eventually establishing a network of missions across Siberia and along the entire Pacific Rim: in China (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 1917the 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 and travel 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 churcheschurch]]es, giving rise to 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 Orthodox Church in America 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 include 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]]. According to apologists for OCA autocephaly, it is common for recognition of autocephaly to be granted belatedly; however opponents regard the grant as not being within the purview of Moscow's [[presbeia|prerogatives]] (see [[Byzantine response to OCA autocephaly]]).
== 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 archdioceselines. Altogether there are 91 Canadian parishes. The OCA has a Mexican Exarchate with nine parishes and missions, and there are five parishes in South America. In addition, there are three parishes These [[Ethnic diocese|ethnic dioceses]] include communities in Australia under both the OCA’s canonical protection, two in Sydney United States and another near BrisbaneCanada.
There are three ethnic ethnically defined dioceses in the OCA: the The Albanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Boston (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 (16 parishes21 communities<small>[http://www.bdoca.org/Parishes.html]</small>) , and the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate in America (59 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 19 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)]].
There are three [[seminary|seminaries]] operated by the OCA: [[St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Canaan, Pennsylvania)|St. Tikhon's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1937), [[St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Crestwood, New York)|St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1938), and [[St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary (Kodiak, Alaska)|St. Herman's Orthodox Theological Seminary]] (founded 1973). All three educate seminarians from multiple Orthodox jurisdictions, including those outside North America.
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]]
===Growth and membership figures===
Altogether, estimates of OCA faithful number from about 28,000[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelization/2004confPDF/presentationsEvangelization/2004.Parish-0831Revitalization-JI-ParishMin-Conferencenotes.html] to 115,000[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/quick_question17.htmlpdf] to 1 million[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-orthodox-americabodypg.htmaspx?eccpageID=27] to 2 million[http://www.aidsfaith.com/articles/denom.asp], depending on the report cited and method used for counting. The number of new parishes founded from 1990 to 2000 increased the overall parish number by about 12%, and new membership has been fairly equally divided between new immigrants, children of existing members, and converts to the faith. Overall, according to one report the trend during that decade held the population of OCA faithful in neither increase nor decline, but remaining steady.[http://hirr.hartsem.edu/research/tab2.pdf] According to another, however, that same decade saw a 13% decline.[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pages/departments/evangelizationPDF/2004conf/presentationsEvangelization/2004.Parish-0831-JIRevitalization-ParishMin-Conferencenotes.htmlpdf]
According to Fr. Jonathan Ivanoff, who is on the administrative committee of the OCA's Department of Evangelization and the board of directors of the [[Orthodox Christian Mission Center]], the OCA's American contintental membership (i.e., not including Alaska, Canada, or the ethnic dioceses) "has been declining between 6 and 9% for nearly 20 years. The OCA’s OCA's Census population in 1994 was 29,775; in 2004 it stood at 27,169."[http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:yBvgRVoC1E4J:www.oca.org/pagesPDF/departments/evangelization/2004conf/presentationsEvangelization/2004.Parish-0831Revitalization-JI-ParishMin-Conferencenotes.htmlpdf] Despite these sobering figures, however, the OCA's dioceses of the West and South , as well as many parishes in other dioceses, have both reported steady growth.
==Episcopacy==
===Diocesan bishops===
* Most Blessed [[Herman Tikhon (SwaikoMollard) of Washington|Herman Tikhon (SwaikoMollard)]], Archbishop of [[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Washington]], Metropolitan of All America and Canada, ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of New England and the [[Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania, administrator of the Diocese of New York and New Jersey Midwest (OCA)|Midwest]].* Most Reverend [[Kyrill Nathaniel (YonchevPopp) of PittsburghDetroit|Kyrill Nathaniel (YonchevPopp)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania Detroit and the Bulgarian Diocese[[Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America (OCA)|Romanian Episcopate]]. * Most Right Reverend [[Peter Nikon (L'HuillierLiolin) of New YorkBoston|Peter Nikon (L'HuillierLiolin)]], Archbishop Bishop of Boston, [[Diocese of New York England (OCA)|New England]] and New Jersey* Most Reverend the [[Dmitri Albanian Archdiocese (RoysterOCA) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)Albanian Archdiocese]], Archbishop ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of the [[Diocese of Dallas and the South, Exarch of Mexico(OCA)|South]]* Most Right Reverend [[Nathaniel Benjamin (PoppPeterson) of DetroitSan Francisco|Nathaniel Benjamin (PoppPeterson)]], Archbishop Bishop of Detroit San Francisco and the Romanian Episcopate* Most Reverend [[Job Diocese of the West (OsackyOCA) |Diocese of Chicago|Job (Osacky)the West]], Archbishop ''Locum Tenens'' of Chicago and the MidwestDiocese of [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Alaska]]* Right Reverend [[Tikhon Alejo (FitzgeraldPacheco y Vera) of San FranciscoMexico City|Tikhon Alejo (FitzgeraldPacheco-Vera)]], Bishop of San Francisco Mexico City and the West[[Exarchate of Mexico (OCA)|Exarch of Mexico]]* Right Reverend [[Seraphim Melchisedek (StorheimPleska) of OttawaPittsburgh|Seraphim Melchisedek (StorheimPleska)]], Bishop of Ottawa Pittsburgh and Canada[[Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA)|Western Pennsylvania]], ''Locum Tenens'' of the Diocese of [[Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA)|Eastern Pennsylvania]].* Right Reverend [[Nikolai Michael (SoraichDahulich) of SitkaNew York|Nikolai Michael (SoraichDahulich)]], Bishop of Sitka[[Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA)|New York, Anchorage and AlaskaNew Jersey]].* Right Reverend [[Nikon Alexander (LiolinGolitzin) ]], Bishop of Boston|Nikon Toledo and the [[Bulgarian Diocese (LiolinOCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]], Bishop ''Locum Tenens'' of Boston Chicago and the Albanian Archdiocese, administrator [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Diocese of New Englandthe Midwest]].
===Auxiliary bishops===
* 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 [[Tikhon Mark (MollardMaymon) of South CanaanBaltimore|Tikhon Mark (MollardMaymon)]], Bishop of South CanaanBaltimore, auxiliary to Metropolitan Administrator of the [[Herman Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (SwaikoOCA) of Washington|Diocese Eastern Pennsylvania]], administrator Synodal Liaison for Departments and Commissions of the Diocese of Philadelphia and Eastern PennsylvaniaOrthodox Church in America.* Right Reverend [[Benjamin Irénée (PetersonRochon) of Berkeley|Benjamin Irénée (PetersonRochon)]], Bishop of Berkeley and auxiliary to Bishop [[Tikhon (Fitzgerald) Quebéc City, Administrator of the Archdiocese of San Francisco]]Canada.
===Retired bishops===
* Most Blessed [[Herman (Swaiko) of Washington and New York|Herman (Swaiko)]], Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
* Most Blessed [[Theodosius (Lazor) of Washington|Theodosius (Lazor)]], Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada
* Most Blessed [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington|Jonah (Paffhausen)]], former Archbishop of [[Diocese of Washington (OCA)|Washington]], Metropolitan of All America and Canada* Most Reverend [[Lazar (Puhalo) of Ottawa|Lazar (Puhalo)]], Archbishop of Ottawa* Most Reverend [[Gregory Seraphim (AfonskyStorheim) of SitkaOttawa|Gregory Seraphim (AfonskyStorheim)]], Archbishop of Sitka Ottawa and [[Archdiocese of Canada (OCA)|Canada]] * Right Reverend [[Seraphim (Sigrist) of Sendai|Seraphim (Sigrist)]], Bishop of Sendai and AlaskaEastern Japan
* Right Reverend [[Mark (Forsberg) of Boston|Mark (Forsberg)]], Bishop of Boston
* Most Right Reverend [[Lazar Tikhon (PuhaloFitzgerald) of OttawaSan Francisco and Los Angeles|Lazar Tikhon (PuhaloFitzgerald)]], Archbishop Bishop of OttawaSan Francisco, Los Angeles and the [[Diocese of the West (OCA)|Diocese of the West]]
* Right Reverend [[Varlaam (Novakshonoff) of Vancouver|Varlaam (Novakshonoff)]], Bishop of Vancouver
* Right Reverend [[Nikolai (Soraich) of Sitka|Nikolai (Soraich)]], Bishop of Sitka and [[Diocese of Alaska (OCA)|Alaska]]
* Right Reverend [[Matthias (Moriak) of Chicago|Matthias (Moriak)]], Bishop of Chicago and the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Midwest]]
===Reposed bishops===
* Most Reverend [[Kyrill (Yonchev) of Pittsburgh|Kyrill (Yonchev)]], Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania and the [[Bulgarian Diocese (OCA)|Bulgarian Diocese]]
* Most Reverend [[Peter (L'Huillier) of New York|Peter (L'Huillier)]], Archbishop of New York and New Jersey
* Most Reverend [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (Royster)]], Archbishop of Dallas and the [[Diocese of the South (OCA)|South]]
* Most Reverend [[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky)]], Archbishop of Chicago and the [[Diocese of the Midwest (OCA)|Midwest]]
* Most Reverend [[Gregory (Afonsky) of Sitka|Gregory (Afonsky)]], Archbishop of Sitka and Alaska
* Most Reverend [[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 (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 (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 the 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)
** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2005-2008)
* Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of Washington and New York|Jonah (Paffhausen)]]
** ''Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2008-2009)
** ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2009-2012)
* Metropolitan [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Washington|Tikhon (Mollard)]], ''Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada'' (2012-present)
==Reference==
* ''Orthodox America 1794-1976 Development of the Orthodox Church in America'', C. J. Tarasar, Gen. Ed. 1975, The Orthodox Church in America, Syosett, New York
==See also==
*[[ROCOR and OCA]]
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