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List of Eastern Orthodox bishops in the United States and Canada

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American Orthodox bishops are men serving as bishops in some capacity, whether with dioceses or exercising authority of some kind in the United States and Canada. The dates following their names indicate the years during which they served as bishops in America, not necessarily the years they served in the indicated bishoprics.

Church of Antioch

Antiochian Archdiocese

Church of Russia, 1794-1924

Russian Exarchate of North America, 1933-1970

Russian Orthodox Church in the USA, 1970-present

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (partial)[1]

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (partial)

Northern American Metropolia/Orthodox Church in America

  • Platon (Rozhdestvensky) Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1907-1914). Later named Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1922-1934)
  • Evdokim (Meschersky) Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1914-1918)
  • Alexander (Nemolovsky) Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1919-1922)
  • Theophilus (Pashkovsky) Archbishop of San Francisco, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1934–1950)
  • Leontius (Turkevich) Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1950–1965)
  • John (Shakhovskoy) Archbishop of San Francisco and the West (1950-1974)
  • Irenaeus (Bekish) Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1965-1977)
  • Theodosius (Lazor) Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1977-2002)
  • Herman (Swaiko) Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-2008)
  • Jonah (Paffhausen) Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2008 – 2012)
  • Tikhon (Mollard) Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (since 2012)

'Holy Synod of Bishops (2016)

Sources

References

  1. ^ [1] "The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia — Bishops", Retrieved 2012-10-07
  2. ^ [2] "Obituary of Bishop Anthimos of Olympus" Funeral.com Retrieved 2016-11/14