List of Eastern Church communities in America
Churches of the Byzantine tradition
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
- Archdiocese of America
- Archdiocese District (in New York City , New York )
- Chicago metropolitan area
- Metropolitan Area of New Jersey
- Atlanta metropolitan area
- Denver Metropolitan Area
- Pittsburgh metropolitan area
- Metropolis of boston
- Metropolis of Detroit
- Metropolitan Area of San Francisco
- Metropolitan area of Canada
- Metropolis of Mexico and Central America
- Metropolis of Buenos Aires and Argentina
The Patriarchate of Constantinople includes as dependent particular churches ( autonomous )
- the Karpartho Russian Church in America ,
- the Ukrainian Autonomous Orthodox Church in America,
- the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania in America
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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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
- Diocese of East America and New York
- Diocese of Chicago and Central America / Detroit
- Diocese of San Francisco and Western America
- In addition, there is a separate bishop for the Old Believers , as they do not belong to any of the dioceses, but form a kind of personal diocese. Until 2010, that was Bishop Daniel of Erie . There are also congregations of Orthodox Christians of the occidental ("Latin") liturgical tradition.
Orthodox Church in America
With
- Orthodox Church in America Albanian Archdiocese ( Orthodox Archdiocese in America )
diocese | bishop | area | Seat |
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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
- Argentina, to the ecclesiastical province of Buenos Aires: Eparchie Santa María del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires
- Brazil:
- Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of São João Batista em Curitiba
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy Imaculada Conceição in Prudentópolis
- UNITED STATES:
- Metropolitan Ukrainian Catholic Archepark of Philadelphia - Archbishop: Stephen Soroka
- Ukrainian Catholic eparchy "Saint Josaphat" in Parma , OH - Bishop: John Bura
- Ukrainian-Catholic eparchy "Saint Nicolas" in Chicago - Bishop: Richard Stephen Seminack
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Stamford - Bishop: Paul Patrick Chomnycky OSBM
- Canada:
- Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg - Archbishop: Lawrence Huculak OSBM
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton - Bishop: David Motiuk
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Toronto and Eastern Canada - Bishop: Stephen Chmilar
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saskatoon - Bishop: Bryan Bayda CSsR
- Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster - Bishop: Kenneth Nowakowski
Romanian Greek Catholic Church
- Romanian Eparchy “Saint George” in Canton , Ohio, founded in 1987 - Bishop: John Michael Botean
Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church
The Byzantine Metropolitan Church "sui iuris" of Pittsburgh
- Pittsburgh Metropolitan Archeparchy , founded in 1924 - Archbishop: William Skurla
- Eparchy of Passaic , founded in 1963 - Bishop: vacant
- Eparchy of Parma , founded in 1969 - Bishop: John Kudrick
- Eparchy of Phoenix , founded in 1982 - Bishop: Gerald Dino
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)
- Eparchy of Newton located in Roslindale , MA (USA): Archbishop Cyril Salim Butros SMSP.
- Eparchy of St. Redeemer in Montreal, Canada: Bishop Ibrahim Michael Ibrahim BSO.
- Eparchy of Mexico
- Apostolic Exarchate Argentina
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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 :
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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.
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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
- Oshagan Minassian: A History of the Armenian Holy Apostolic Orthodox Church in the United States (1888-1944) . Boston University School of Theology 1974, 754 pp.
- George Byron Kosshian, Jr .: The Armenian Immigrant Community of California: 1880-1935 , Diss. Univ. of California, Los Angeles 2002 (PDF file; 1.35 MB)
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- Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern)
- Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America
- Diocese of the Armenian Church of Canada
- Prelature of the Eastern USA of the Cilician Catholicate
- Prelature of the Western USA of the Cilician Catholicate
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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- Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States
- Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii
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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- Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch. Archdiocese of the Eastern United States
- Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch. Archdiocese of the Western United States
- Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Syrian Catholic Church of Antioch
Dioceses
- Diocese "Our Lady of Deliverance" in Newark (USA)
- Apostolic Exarchate of Venezuela - Bishop: Louis Awad
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Maronite Church
Dioceses
- Eparchy "ULF of Lebanon" from Los Angeles - Bishop: Robert Shaheen
- Eparchy “St. Maron ”from Brooklyn with jurisdiction over the Maronites in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Delaware, Virginia, District of Columbia, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Maryland. Established in 1966 as an Apostolic Exarchate, elevated to a diocese on November 11, 1971. - Bishop: Gregory John Mansour
- Eparchy “St. Maron ”from Montreal (Canada) - Bishop: Paul-Marwan Tabet
- Eparchy of Mexico, Venezuela and Central America - Bishop: Georges Abi Younès
- Eparchy Brazil
- Eparchy Argentina
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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
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Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East , head: Catholicos Mar Dinkha IV.
- Eastern USA, seat: Norton Grove, IL .: Bishop Mar Dinkha IV.
- Western USA, seat: Glendale, AZ .: Bishop Mar Aprim Khamis (* 1943).
- Toronto and all of Canada, seat: Toronto: Bishop Mar Emmanuel Joseph (* 1958).
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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
- Eparchy "St. Thomas the Apostle “in Detroit (founded 1982), since 2002 for the eastern states of the USA, approx. 100,000 believers - Bishop: Ibrahim Namo Ibrahim , since 2014 Frank Kalabat.
- Eparchy "St. Peter the Apostle “ ( St Peter The Apostle Catholic Diocese for Chaldeans and Assyrians ) in San Diego (founded in 2002), for the western states of the USA, approx. 40,000 believers - Bishop: Sarhad Jammo
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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- St Peter The Apostle Catholic Diocese for Chaldeans and Assyrians
- St. Thomas the Apostle Chaldean Diocese
Malabar Catholic Church
The number of Catholic Syro-Malabars in North America is currently thought to be more than 100,000 believers.
- St. Thomas eparchy of Chicago of the Syro-Malabars, founded in 2001. Cathedral: Mar Thomas Sleeha Church, Bellwood, Il; currently eight parishes as well as separate missions for the Knananites - Bishop: Mar Jacob Angadiath , also permanent Apostolic Visitator for the Syro-Malabars in Canada.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Orthodox cleric faces sex assault trial . CBC news. June 10, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ↑ Canada: Orthodox Archbishop convicted of abuse cases . Vatican Radio. February 8, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
- ^ The Vicariate for the Palestinian & Jordanian Orthodox Communities in America ( English ) St. James Orthodox Church. Retrieved August 18, 2019.