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==Jurisdictions==
===With Local Bishop===
===With an irregular status===*[[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia
*[[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]]
*[[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Diocese of Australia]]*[[Greek Orthodox Metropolis and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]*- [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Russian Orthodox ChurchOutside Russia]] *[[Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand|in - Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand]] and *[[Serbian Romanian Orthodox Church in Diocese of Australia and New Zealand|Serbian Romanian Orthodox Diocese Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand - New Gracanica Metropolitanate]] (The sole bishop of the New Gracanica diocese also administers the patriarchal diocese.)
===Without Local Bishop===
*[[Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with parishes in Sydney and Melbourne.*[[Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia|Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese ]] of the USA, Canada and]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Australia]]. There is one parish in [http://www.pageone.net.au/%7Erilski/index.htm Sydney], one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26 Melbourne] and one in [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27 Adelaide].*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Russia|Moscow Patriarchate]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]]; with one parish each in Sydney, Newcastle and Melbourne<!-- broken link to http://www.htocm.org -->.*[[Orthodox Church in AmericaNew Zealand]] - [[Parishes in Australia (OCAunder Constantinople)|Parishes in Australia]]; , with one parish 11 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney and one parish in , Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane.*[[Church of Poland|Polish Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia]] - began at [[Timeline of Orthodoxy in Australia|1971 schism]] in ROCOR.*[[Church of Romania|Romanian Orthodox Church]] [[Australian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|in Australia and New Zealand]]; with five parishes Perth (in Australia and addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).
===With an irregular status===
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this diocese is not in full communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.
*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia with the Greek Orthodox Community of South Australia (GOCSA); this metropolis is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. It is headed by Archbishop Auxentius of Athens (assisted by Auxiliary Bishop Christodoulos of New Patra and Fr [[George Athanasiadis]]).
*[[Holy Synod in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales (Cyprian)|Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales]]: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is [[Old Calendarist]], and therefore not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese was headed by His Eminence [[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) of Sydney|Chrysostomos]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishes.
*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], this diocese is not ===Previously in full communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan of Australia and New Zealand.===*[[Greek Orthodox Church of in America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; this diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Grace Paul, Bishop of Christianoupolis.*- [[Holy Synod Parishes in Resistance]] - [[Diocese of Sydney and New South Wales Australia (CyprianOCA)|Diocese of Sydney and New South WalesParishes in Australia]]: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and Fili, is .*[[Old CalendaristAustralian_jurisdictions_without_a_local_bishop|Polish Orthodox Church in Australia]], and therefore not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Eminence *[[Chrysostomos (Alemangos) Church of Sydney|ChrysostomosJerusalem]], Bishop of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australia, and consists of two parishes.
==People==
===Current Hierarchs===
*His Grace [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion]], Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR).
*His Grace [[Milutin (Knezevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Milutin]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).
*His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia and New Zealand (Antiochian Orthodox).
*His Eminence [[Stylianos (Harkianakis) of Australia|Stylianos]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).
**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne, Victoria]].**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney, NSW]].**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide, SA]] , [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Darwin, NT]], and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth, WA]].**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Miletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne, Victoria]].*His Eminence [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand|Paul]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan and First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]].*His Grace [[Irinej_(Dobrijevic)_of_Australia_and_New_Zealand|Irinej]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).*His Grace [[Mihail (Filimon) of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox)
===Other major figures===
*[[Archbishop]] [[Anthony (Medvedev) of San Francisco]], formerly bishop of Melbourne in the 1950s-1960s.*Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Montreal]], former Bishop of Brisbane and first Australian-born bishop.*[[Bishop]] [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar]], former priest at the Holy Monastery of St Nektarios, Adelaide; then [[missionary]] to [[Madagascar]], and first bishop thereof.*Archimandrite Bishop [[Anthony John (WoolfBērziņš)of Caracas]], fourth exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney, Australiasecond Australian-born bishop.
*[[Archimandrite]] [[Antonious (Mobayed)]], exarch of the Church of Antioch to the Church of Russia, then first parish priest and exarch in Melbourne, Australia.
*Archimandrite [[Nabil (Kachab)]], Vicar-General of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]] since 2003.
*Archimandrite [[Nicholas (Manovitch)]], first priest in New Zealand.*Archimandrite [[Stephanos (Pantanassiotis)]], former Vicar-General of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]], founding [[abbot]] of the [[Monastery of Pantanassa (Mangrove Mountain, New South Wales)|Holy Monastery of Pantanassa]].*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], former lecturer at [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]], now serving as Vicethen vice-Dean dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal Ecclesiastical School in [http://www.orthodox.asn.au Kenya].*V. Rev. Fr and now head of the [[Malatius Hussney (Sydney)|Malatius Hussney]], third Antiochian [[exarchDiocese of Sierra Leone]] in Sydney, Australia.
*V. Rev. Fr [[Michael Shehadie]], second exarch of the Church of Antioch in Sydney.
*V. Rev. Protopresbyter [[Mitko Machevski]], parish priest of St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown.
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicholas Shehadie]], first exarch in Australia of the [[Church of Antioch]].
*V. Rev. Fr [[Nicolas Mansour]], last patriarchal exarch of the Church of Antioch, 1962-1969, and parish priest - then dean - of St George Antiochian Orthodox Cathedral, 1962-2005.
*Rev. Fr [[Dimitri Tsakas]], Archdiocesan Vicar-General of the Fourth Archdiocesan District of [[List of parishes in Queensland|Queensland]] and New Guinea, [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]].
*Rev. Fr [[John Shehadie]], founding parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Punchbowl, 1973-87.*Rev. Fr [[Malatius (Essam) Hussney]], parish priest of St Nicholas Antiochian Orthodox Church, Melbourne, 1968-77.*Rev. Fr [[Stephen Godley]], Antiochian priest and co-author of ''The Eastern Orthodox in Australia''.*Hmk. [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding [[superior ]] of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].
*Hmk. [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.
*Fr Monk [[Guri (Demidov)]], hermit-monk at St. John the Baptist Skete.*Other [[Clergy in the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand]], including three exarchs (Frs Malatius Hussney, Anthony Woolf and Nicolas Mansour), Fr Stephen Godley (co-author of ''The Eastern Orthodox in Australia'', Fr Nicholas Manovitch (first priest in New Zealand, served in Queensland) and two other parish priests (Frs John Shehadie and Malatius (Essam) Hussney).
(''Only major figures with articles are listed'')
==External links==
*[http://www.antiochianantiochianarch.org.au / Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand](Official Website)*[http://www.bulgariandiocese.org Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada , and Australia](Official Website)*[http://homewww.itgreekorthodox.comorg.au/~jgrapsas/pages/main.htm Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia](Official Website)*:*[http://members.optusnet.com.au/~goawa/index.html Fifth Archdiocesan District of Western Australia]*[http://www.ocaroeanz.org/CAdioceseAUcom.asp?SID=8 Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia]*[http:au//www.crez.org Romanian Churches in Orthodox Episcopate of Australiaand New Zealand] (unofficial siteOfficial Website)*[http://www.rocor.org.au Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia - Diocese of Australia and New Zealand](Official Website)*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (in SerbianOfficial Website)*[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006.85/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia: The History of a Church told from recently opened archives and previously unpublished sources], by Fr. Michael Protopopov (''nbPDF)*[http://researchonline.nd.edu. 2au/cgi/viewcontent.1Mb cgi?article=1014&context=arts_chapters Greek Orthodoxy in Australia], by Anastasios M. Tamis (PDF file'')
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