List of primates of the Orthodox Church in America
The following people were primates of the Orthodox Church in America or heads of the Russian Orthodox diocese from which this church emerged.
| Surname | place of birth | Birth Name | Jurisdiction | Term of office | comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joasaph | Straschnowo, Kashin District , Tver Governorate | Ivan Ilyich Bolotov | Bishop of Kodiak , auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Irkutsk | 1799 | Joasaph was elected bishop in 1796, but news did not reach him until 1798. He returned to Irkutsk and was consecrated in 1799, but died on his return trip to Alaska. |
| Innocent | Anginskoye, Verkholensk District, Irkutsk Governorate | Ivan (John) Evsejewitsch Popov-Weniaminow | Bishop of Kamchatka , the Kuril Islands and the Aleutians | 1840-1850 | |
| Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kurils and the Aleutians | 1850-1868 | Innocent later became patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church . | |||
| Peter | Saratov Governorate | Fyodor Ekaterinovsky (Theodore Ekaterinovski) | Bishop of New Arkhangelsk , auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Kamchatka | 1859-1866 | |
| Paul (Pawel) | Yeniseisk Governorate | Pyotr Lavrentevich Popov (Peter Lavrentevich Popov) | Bishop of New Arkhangelsk, auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Kamchatka | 1866-1870 | By purchase ( Alaska Purchase ) Alaska becomes territory of the United States in 1867. |
| Joann (John) | Kaluga , Russia | Stefan (Stephen) Mitropolski | Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska | 1870-1877 | |
| Nestor | Arkhangelsk , Russia | Baron Nikolai Pavlovich Sass (Nikolai Pavlovich Zass) | Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska | 1878-1882 | After the death of Bishop Nestor in 1882, the diocese of the Aleutians and Alaska fell under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of St. Petersburg until 1887 . |
| Vladimir | Senkowka, district Zolotonosha , Governorate Poltava | Wassili Grigorjewitsch Sokolovsky-Avtonomow (Vassili Grigorevich Zokolovski-Avtonomov) | Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska | 1887-1891 | |
| Nikolaus (Nikolai) | Pyotr Stepanovich Adoratsky (Peter Stepanovich Adoratsky) | Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska | 1891 | Bishop Nicholas was transferred to another bishopric before traveling to North America to accept his duties as senior bishop. | |
| Nikolaus (Nikolai) | Novomirgorod , Kherson Governorate | Mikhail Sakharovich Siorov (Michael Zakharovich Ziorov) | Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska | 1891-1898 | In 1898, Bishop Nikolaus was transferred to Russia as Archbishop of the Tver and Kashin diocese . |
| Tikhon (Tikhon) | Klin, Toropez district , Pskov governorate | Wassili Ivanovich Bellavin (Vasily Ivanovich Bellavin) | Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska | 1898-1900 | |
| Bishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska and North America | 1900-1905 | Bishop Tikhon made many changes in the diocesan structure, including renaming it Diocese of the Aleutians and North America. | |||
| Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska and North America | 1905-1907 | Bishop Tikhon was elected Archbishop in 1905. He returned to Russia in 1907. | |||
| Plato | Eparchy Kursk | Porphyri Fjodorowitsch Roshdestwensky (Porphyry Theodorvich Rozhdestvensky) | Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska and North America | 1907-1914 | |
| Evdokim (Evdokim) | Vladimir Eparchy | Wassili Michailowitsch Meschtschersky (Basil Mikhailovich Meschersky) | Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska and North America | 1914-1918 | Archbishop Yevodkim returned to Russia and in 1919 became Archbishop of Nizhny Novgorod . |
| Alexander | Volyn Eparchy | Alexander Alexandrovich Nemolovsky (Alexander Alexandrovich Nemolovsky) | Archbishop of the Aleutian Islands and Alaska and North America | 1919-1922 | Archbishop Alexander left the United States in 1922 and was replaced by the Metropolitan Plato. |
| Plato (2nd time) | Eparchy Kursk | Porphyri Fjodorowitsch Roshdestwensky (Porphyry Theodorvich Rozhdestvensky) | Metropolitan of all America and Canada | 1922-1934 | |
| Feofil (Theophilus) | Kiev Governorate | Fyodor Nikolaevich Pashkowski (Theodore Nicholaevich Pashkovsky) | Archbishop of San Francisco , Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 1934-1950 | |
| Leontij (Leontius) | Kremenets , Volyn Governorate | Leonid Ieronimowitsch Turkewitsch (Leonid Ieronimovich Turkevich) | Archbishop of New York , Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 1950-1965 | After the death of his wife, Leonid became Archbishop of Chicago in 1933 . |
| Ireney (Irenaeus) | Międzyrzec Podlaski , Lublin Governorate | Iwan Bekisch (John Bekish) | Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 1965-1977 | In 1970 the Russian Metropolis (also the Russian Greek Orthodox Catholic Church in North America ) was granted autocephaly . It was renamed the Orthodox Church in America. |
| New Years Eve | Daugavpils , Latvia | Iwan Antonowitsch Haruns (Ivan Antonovich Haruns) | Archbishop of Montreal and Canada, temporary administrator of the Orthodox Church in America | 1974-1977 | Archbishop Sivester was briefly appointed administrator in 1974, and was responsible for the day-to-day running of the church for the ill Metropolitan Ireney. |
| Theodosius | Canonsburg, PA | Frank Lazor | Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 1977-1980 | |
| Archbishop of Washington, DC , Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 1981-2002 | ||||
| Herman | Bairdford, PA | Joseph Swaiko | Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 2002-2005 | |
| Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of all America and Canada | 2005-2008 | ||||
| Jonah | Chicago, IL | James Paffhausen | Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of all America and Canada | 2008-2009 | |
| Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 2009–2012 | ||||
| Tikhon (Tikhon) | Boston, MA | Marc R. Mollard | Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada | 2012 − today |