List of Eastern Church communities in America

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Churches of the Byzantine tradition

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

The Patriarchate of Constantinople includes as dependent particular churches ( autonomous )

The first beginnings of an independent Albanian church organization emerged in the USA among the Albanian immigrants. They felt oppressed by the dominant Greeks in the local Orthodox communities. In 1908, Fan Noli (1882-1965) was ordained a priest by Plato, the Russian Orthodox Archbishop of New York City . In the same year Fan Noli celebrated the liturgy in the Albanian language for the first time in Boston .

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* American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the USA

Orthodox churches of Slavic tradition

Russian Orthodox Church

  • "Russian Orthodox Church in the USA", community of parishes under the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate, presided over by an auxiliary bishop
  • Diocese of Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Russian Orthodox Church Abroad

Autonomous Church in internal affairs under the superior jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate

Orthodox Church in America

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diocese bishop area Seat
Diocese of Alaska (OCA-AK) Vacant Alaska Anchorage , AK
Albanian Archdiocese (OCA-AL) Bishop Nikon (Liolin) California , Connecticut , Massachusetts , Michigan , New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania South Boston , MA
Bulgarian Diocese (OCA-BU) Vacant California, Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Michigan, Ohio, Ontario , Washington, DC Toledo , OH
Archdiocese of Canada (OCA-CA) Archbishop Seraphim (Storheim) , suspended from office since November 2010 Alberta , British Columbia , Manitoba , Ontario , Québec , Saskatchewan Spencerville , Ontario
Diocese of Eastern Pennsylvania (OCA-EP) Bishop Tikhon (Mollard) Delaware , Pennsylvania South Canaan , PA
Exarchate of Mexico (OCA-MX) Bishop Alejo (Pacheco y Vera) Chiapas , Jalisco , Mexico City , Mexico , Veracruz Mexico city
Diocese of the Midwest (OCA-MW) Vacant Iowa , Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota , Missouri , North Dakota , Nebraska , Ohio, Wisconsin Chicago, IL
Diocese of New England (OCA-NE) Bishop Nikon (Liolin) Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , Vermont Southbridge , MA
Diocese of New York and New Jersey (OCA-NY) Vacant, Bishop Elect Michael Dahulich New Jersey , New York Syosset , NY
Romanian Episcopate (OCA-RO) Archbishop Nathaniel (Popp) Alberta, Arizona , British Columbia, California, Colorado , Connecticut, Florida , Georgia , Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Manitoba, Maryland , Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico , Nevada , New York, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon , Pennsylvania, Quebec, Rhode Island, Saskatchewan, Tennessee , Texas , Virginia , Washington Jackson , MI
Diocese of the South (OCA-SO) Vacant Alabama , Arkansas , Florida, Georgia, Kentucky , Louisiana , Mississippi , North Carolina , New Mexico, Oklahoma , South Carolina , Tennessee, Texas, Virginia Dallas , TX
Diocese of Washington (OCA-WA) Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, DC Washington, DC
Diocese of the West (OCA-WE) Bishop Benjamin (Peterson) Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii , Montana , Nevada, Oregon, Washington Los Angeles , CA
Diocese of Western Pennsylvania (OCA-WP) Bishop Melchisidek (Pleska) Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Cranberry Township , PA
Parishes in Australia (OCA-AU) Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) New South Wales , Queensland Syosset, NY
Stavropegial Institutions (OCA-ST) Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen) New York, Ontario, Pennsylvania Syosset, NY

Romanian Orthodox Church

  • Archdiocese of North and South America based in Chicago.

Greek Catholic churches of European tradition

See also below: Greek Catholic Church of Antioch (Melkites).

Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

Romanian Greek Catholic Church

Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church

The Byzantine Metropolitan Church "sui iuris" of Pittsburgh

Slovak Greek Catholic Church

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Rum Orthodox Church of Antioch

Self-Ruling Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America

Orthodox immigrants of the Arabic language to North America from the end of the 19th century were initially looked after by the Russian Orthodox Church . From 1895 Raphael Hawaweeny, a priest from Damascus, who was ordained Bishop of Brooklyn in 1904 and served as Vicar-Bishop of the Russian Orthodox Archdiocese of North America for the Syro-Arab Christians († February 27, 1915), worked among them. In the years after 1936 there were two competing dioceses of Antiochene tradition: the Archdiocese of New York and the Archdiocese of Toledo, Ohio. It was not until 1975 that they reached an agreement. Since 2003 the archbishopric has had "administrative autonomy" within the Roman Orthodox patriarchate. At the same time, the previous auxiliary bishops were elevated to diocesan bishops. The “Self-Ruling Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America” today has seven bishops and over 400 priests with 238 churches and pastoral care stations in the USA and Canada.

Dioceses

  • Diocese of New York and Washington, DC with parishes in New York City metropolitan area, the Washington DC metropolitan area and the central institutions of the Archdiocese throughout North America. Metropolitan: Philip Saliba (born June 10, 1931 in Lebanon; consecrated bishop on August 14, 1966; enthroned on August 13, 1966 in New York).
  • Diocese of Ottawa, Eastern Canada and Upstate New York with parishes in Eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island) and in Upstate New York. Bishop: Alexander (* 1956 in Lebanon; episcopal ordination December 5, 2004; enthroned June 12, 2005).
  • Diocese of Charleston, Oakland, and the Mid-Atlantic with parishes in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. Bishop: Thomas Joseph (born 1953 in Paterson, NJ; ordained episcopal December 5, 2004; enthroned May 6, 2005).
  • Diocese of Wichita and Mid-America with parishes in Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming and parts of Iowa. Bishop Basil (born November 26, 1948 in Monessen [USA]; ordained bishop on May 31, 1992; initially auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan; enthroned December 15, 2004).
  • Diocese of Toledo and the Midwest with parishes in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Wisconsin and parts of Iowa. Bishop: Mark (born June 22, 1958 in New Albany [USA]; initially Roman Catholic, since 1989 Orthodox; episcopal ordination December 5, 2004; enthroned August 25, 2005).
  • Diocese of Worcester and New England with parishes in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Managed by Metropolitan Philip Saliba.
  • Diocese of Eagle River and the Northwest with parishes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan. Diocese administrator: Bishop Joseph of Los Angeles.
  • Diocese of Miami and the Southeast with parishes in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Bishop Antoun Yssa Khouri (born January 17, 1931 in Damascus; episcopal ordination January 9, 1983; enthroned October 9, 2003).
  • Diocese of Los Angeles and the West with parishes in Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah. Bishop Joseph (initially auxiliary bishop of the Metropolitan; enthroned in 2004).

There is also a “Western Rite Vicariate” for Orthodox Christians of the occidental liturgical tradition.

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Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Orthodox communities in America are now under the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate as Vicariate for Palestinian / Jordanian Christian Orthodox Communities in the USA

Greek Catholic Church of Antioch (Melkites)

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Churches of the Oriental Orthodox tradition

Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church has existed since the 1st half of the 19th century . present in America. The community grew through refugees from the Ottoman Empire after 1895/96 and the genocide of the Armenians at the time of the First World War, as well as through emigrants from the states of the Middle East from the 1950s. Today about 1,250,000 Christians of Armenian origin live in the USA and Canada . In 1898, Catholicos Mkrtitsch Chrimjan von Etschmiadzin founded the "Armenian Church of America".

Jurisdictions and Dioceses

Since 1957 there have been two separate jurisdictions without a concelebration community :

  • Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin :
    • Eastern Diocese of the USA ( officially : "Diocese of the Armenian Church of America") with the St. Vartan's Cathedral (consecrated 1968) of the "Primate" in New York and 63 parishes in almost all states of the USA. Primate: Archbishop Khajag Barsamian .
    • Western Diocese of the USA (founded in 1928) for the states of California, Washington, Nevada, Arizona. Headquarters: Burbank, CA. Primate: Archbishop Hovnan Derderian .
    • Diocese of All Canada (founded 1984). Headquarters: Outremont, Quebec.
    • Diocese of Argentina. Headquarters: Buenos Aires.
    • Diocese of Brazil. Headquarters: São Paulo.
    • Diocese of Uruguay. Headquarters: Montevideo.
    • Diocese of Venezuela. Headquarters: Caracas.
  • Catholic of Cilicia :
    • Prelature of the Eastern USA ("Armenian Apostolic Church of America" ​​- Eastern Prelacy). Prelate: Archbishop Oshagan Choloyan .
    • Prelature of the Western USA ("Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America"). Founded 1973. Prelate: Archbishop Mousheg Mardirossian (since 1995). Predecessors: Sempad Lapajian (1973–1977), Yeprem Tabakian (1977–1985), Datev Sarkissian (1985–1995).
    • Prelature of Canada based in Montreal : Archbishop Khajag Hagopian.

literature

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Armenian Catholic Church

In 2005, the previous exarchate for Catholics of the Armenian rite in the USA and Canada was elevated to the status of the “ULF of Nareg in New York for the Armenian Catholics”. The former Exarch Manuel Batakian became the first diocesan bishop . The diocese has seven parishes for approximately 25,000 members in the United States and two parishes for approximately 10,000 members in Canada.

Coptic Orthodox Church

  • Archdiocese of North America, subordinate directly to the Patriarch, represented by two General Bishops .
  • Southern USA diocese: one bishop, 33 priests, 27 churches
  • Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii
  • Diocese of São Paulo and all of Brazil
  • Diocese of Santa Cruz and all of Bolivia

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Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

Dioceses

She has set up several dioceses for her church members in the American diaspora:

  • Patriarchal Vicariate of the East of the USA in Lodi (New Jersey) - Metropolitan: Mor Kyrilos Aphrem Kerim
  • Patriarchal Vicariate of the US West in Burbank (Los Angeles) - Metropolitan: Mor Clemis Eugene Kaplan
  • Patriarchal Vicariate of Canada in Montreal-Quebec - Metropolitan: Mor Timotheos Aphram Aboodi
  • Patriarchal Vicariate of Argentina in La Plata- Metropolitan: Mor Nikolaus Mattay
  • Patriarchal Vicariate of Brazil in São Paulo - Patriarchal Vicar: Rabban Gabriel Dahho
  • Archdiocese of the Malakara Syrian Orthodox in the USA and Canada - Archbishop Mor Tithos Yeldho (see also below: Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church).

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Syrian Catholic Church of Antioch

Dioceses

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Maronite Church

Dioceses

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Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church

( autocephalous "Catholic of the East")

  • Metropolitan Area of ​​North America, Headquarters: Bellrose, NY
  • Metropolitan Area of ​​Canada and Europe, Headquarters: Buffalo, NY

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

The Malankarian Catholic Christians in North America are cared for by Thomas Naickamparampil , Bishop of the Eparchy of St. Mary Queen of Peace of the United States and Canada .

Apostolic Church of the East

Of the estimated 420,000 members of this Church today, approximately 110,000 live in the United States and Canada. The establishment of a church organization began in 1948 under the Catholicos patriarch Shimun XXIII, who lived in American exile . († 1975), then the only hierarch of his church in the western world.

Jurisdictions and dioceses

  • Old Church of the East , head: Catholicos Mar Addai II.
    • Chicago, IL .: Bishop Mar Emmanuel Elya (* 1967).
    • Western USA, seat: Modesto, CA .: Bishop Mar Daniel Yako (* 1967, until 1987 with Mar Dinkha IV.)
  • "Assyrian Catholic Apostolic Diocese" (ACAD)
    • Mar Bawai Soro, Bishop, seat: San Jose, CA (* 1954, with Mar Dinkha IV until 2005, Chaldean Catholic since 2008)

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Chaldean Catholic Church

literature

  • Mary C. Sengstock: Chaldean Americans: changing conceptions of ethnic identity . Center for Migration Studies, New York 1982. ISBN 0-913256-42-0

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Malabar Catholic Church

The number of Catholic Syro-Malabars in North America is currently thought to be more than 100,000 believers.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Orthodox cleric faces sex assault trial . CBC news. June 10, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  2. ↑ Canada: Orthodox Archbishop convicted of abuse cases . Vatican Radio. February 8, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
  3. ^ The Vicariate for the Palestinian & Jordanian Orthodox Communities in America ( English ) St. James Orthodox Church. Retrieved August 18, 2019.