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==The Episcopacy==
: ''See '''[[List of bishiops bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]'''''
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia currently has thirteen [[bishop]]s serving nine [[diocese]]s throughout the world, along with one retired bishop.
===Ruling bishops===
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, First Hierarch of the ROCOR, Archbishop of Sydney, [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Australia and New Zealand]]
* Archbishop [[Alypy Peter (GramanovichLoukianoff) of ChicagoCleveland|Alypy Peter (GamanovichLoukianoff)]] of Chicago and Mid-America
* Archbishop [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]] of Berlin, Germany and of Great Britain
* Archbishop [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill (Dmitrieff)]] of San Francisco and Western America
* Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of Manhattan|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Montreal and Canada
* Bishop [[Michael (Donskoff) of Geneva|Michael (Donskoff)]] of Geneva and Western Europe
* Bishop [[John (Bērziņš) of Caracas|John (Bērziņš)]] of Caracas and South America
===Vicar bishops===
* Bishop [[Agapit (Gorachek) of Stuttgart|Agapit (Gorachek)]] of Stuttgart, Vicar of the German Diocese
* Bishop [[Theodosius (Ivashchenko)]] of Seattle, Vicar of the Diocese of Western America.
* Bishop [[George (Schaefer)]] of Mayfield, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America.
* Bishop [[Jerome Nicholas (ShawOlhovsky)]] of Bishop of Manhattan, Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese * Bishop [[Irenei (Steenberg)]] of Bishop of Sacramento Vicar of Eastern America.the Western American Diocese
===Retired bishops===
* Bishop [[Varnava (Prokofiev) of Cannes|Varnava (Prokofiev)]], Retired, formerly of Cannes, Vicar of the Western European diocese
===Suspended bishops===
* [[Benjamin (Rusalenko)]], suspended. Formerly bishop of Black Sea and Kuban
* [[Agafangel Agathangel (Pashkovsky) of Odessa|Agafangel Agathangel (Pashkovsky)]], suspended. Formerly bishop of Odessa and the Crimea
==First Hierarchs==
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/roca_history.aspx History of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad], by St. [[John Maximovitch]]
*[http://gnisios.narod.ru/bisrocor.html Bishops of the ROCOR]
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurchsynod.wscom/01newstucture/pagesen/articles/svassasobor.htm "Glory be to God, Who Did Not Abandon His Church": The Self-Awareness of ROCOR at the Third All-Diaspora Council of 1974], by [[Vassa (Larin)|Nun Vassa (Larin)]]
<!--- * [http://www.pravos.org/index.htm Commission Dialogue Moscow Patriarchate-Church outside Russia] --->
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/articles/voicesofreason.htm Voices of Reason], a collection of articles in response to those who oppose the reconciliation of ROCOR with the MP
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