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{{diocese|name=The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA|jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|type=Archdiocese|founded=1923, 1929, 1996|bishop=[[Constantine (Bahan) of Irinoupolis|Metr. Constantine]]|see=Irinoupolis|hq=South Bound Brook, New Jersey|territory=United States|language=Ukrainian, [[Church Slavonic]], English|music=[[Kievan Chant]] & [[Galician Chant]]|calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|population=''unknown''|website=[http://www.uocofusa.org/ UOC-USA]}}
The '''Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA''' ('''UOC of USA''') is a [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in the United States. It consists of three eparchies ([[diocese]]s), ruled by three two diocesan [[bishop]]s, including about 105 [[parish]]es and missions. Its current [[primate]] is His Beatitude, [[Metropolitan]] [[Constantine (Bahan) of Irinoupolis]].[[Image:UOC of USA (3).jpg|left|thumb|Bishops: Abp. Antony of Hierapolis; Metr. Constantine of Irinoupolis; Abp. Vsevolod of Scopelos]]
==History==
*Central Eparchy (Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Upstate New York, Western Pennsylvania), headed by Metr. Constantine of Irinoupolis (Parma, Ohio)
*Eastern Eparchy (Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia), headed by Abp. Antony of Hierapolis (New York, New York)
*Western Eparchy (Arizona, California, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, Wisconsin), formerly headed by Abp. Vsevolod of Scopelos (reposed December 16, 2007)(Chicago, Illinois)
In total, there are about 105 parishes, two [[monastery|monasteries]], and one seminary, [[St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Bound Brook, New Jersey)|St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. Besides the three two hierarchs, the clergy consist consists of 106 [[priest]]s and 15 [[deacon]]s.[http://uocofusa.org/diodirect/clergy_dir.shtml] 15 of the parishes currently have either no pastor or are served by clergy in their [[deanery]].[http://uocofusa.org/directory/]
==See also==
