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Russian Orthodox Patriarchal Parishes in the USA

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The Russian Orthodox Church in the USA is the name of the group of parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America that are under the canonical authority of the Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'. They were previously known as the Russian Exarchate of North America before autocephaly was granted to the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) in 1970. According to the US Religion Census of 2010, there were 12,377 congregants.[1]


Bishops

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Vicar of His Holiness Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia, Administrator of the Patriarchal parishes in the USA:[2]

  • Macarius (Svistun), Bishop of Uman (1970–1974)
  • Job (Tyvoniuk), Bishop of Zaraisk (1975–1976)
  • Irenaeus (Seredny), Bishop of Serpukhov (1976–1982)
  • Clement (Kapalin), Bishop of Serpukhov (1982–1990)
  • Macarius (Svistun), Bishop of Klin (1990–1992)
  • Paul (Ponomaryov), Bishop of Zaraisk (1992–1999)
  • Mercurius (Ivanov), Bishop of Zaraisk (2000–2009)
  • Job (Smakouz), Bishop of Kashira (2009–2010)
  • Justinian (Ovchinnikov), Archbishop of Naro-Fominsk (2010–2014)
  • John (Roshchin) (2014–2018)[3]
  • Matthew (Andreev) [ru] (temporary administrator since 14 October 2018)[4]

List of Parishes

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All of the parishes of the exarchate were given a choice to join the OCA at that time. The parishes that remained were the following:[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "US Religion Census - 2010".
  2. ^ "History". mospatusa.com. Retrieved 2019-05-05.
  3. ^ "Biography of His Grace, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk". mospatusa.com. Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2019-06-15.
  4. ^ "Biography of Bishop Matthew". mospatusa.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  5. ^ "Parish Directory". mospatusa.com. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
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