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type=Diocese|
founded=1938|
bishop=[[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos|Metr. Nicholas]]''vacant''|see=Amissos''vacant''|
hq=Johnstown, Pennsylvania|
territory=United States, Canada|
}}
The '''American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese''' (ACROD) is a [[diocese]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] with about 75 [[parish]]es in the United States and Canada, which was led by Metropolitan [[Nicholas (Smisko) of Amissos]]until his repose in March 2011. Though the diocese is directly responsible to the Patriarchate, it is under the spiritual supervision of the [[primate]] of the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America]]. Its full name is the '''American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese of the U.S.A.'''.
==History==
