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The Serbian Orthodox Church - Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand is a single metropolitanate across the geographical territory of Australia and New Zealand. Currently there are 41 parishes in Australia and New Zealand, with two monasteries and one skete.
The Patriarchal Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand Diocese was a founding member of [[SCCOCA]] (under the Patriarchal diocese), and is the Metropolitanate represented in the Episcopal Assembly of All Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Oceania by Bp Irenej.
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===Monasteries===
===Former Free (1963-1992) and New Gracanica (1992-2000) Hierarchs of Australia and New Zealand===
:''Considered schismatic by the [[Church of Serbia]] until reconciliation in 1992.''
* Bishop [[Dionisije (Milivojevich) of America United States and Canada]], 1963-1966.
* Bishop [[Dimitrije (Balac) of America and Canada]], 1966-1978.
* Bishop [[Petar (Bankerovic) of Australia and New Zealand]], 1979-1988.
