The '''Orthodox Church in America Exarchate of Mexico''' is a missionary [[diocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]] (OCA). Its territory includes [[parish]]es, [[Monasticismmonasticism|monasteries]], and missions located in four states in Mexico (as well as the Mexican Federal District) – Chiapas, México, Jalisco, and Veracruz) in Mexico and the Mexican Federal District. The diocesan [[chancery]] is located in the Mexican Federal District.

==Origins==The current Exarch of Mexico is [[exarchate]] had its origins in the Mexican National Catholic Church that was a Mexican reactionary movement away from the Most Reverend colonialist Spanish [[Dmitri (Royster) Church of DallasRome|Dmitri Roman Catholic Church]]. The Mexican [[church]] was led by [[Bishop]] [[Jose (RoysterCortes y Olmos)of Mexico City]]. Leading his church to Orthodox Christianity, who also serves as he petitioned the [[bishop|archbishopHoly Synod]] of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America, in 1971, for acceptance into the Orthodox Church. The church, of some 10,000 persons, was accepted as an exarchate by the Holy Synod in 1972, and Bp. Jose was consecrated as its first bishop. After Bp. Jose's death the diocese remained without an administrator until the consecration of [[Diocese Archimandrite]] [[Alejo (Pacheco-Vera) of Mexico City|Alejo (Pacheco-Vera)]] as the South new Administrator/Bishop of Mexico City on [[May 28]], 2005 (OCA)|Diocese see [[Timeline of the SouthOrthodoxy in America]]).

The Mexican Exarchate was created through the mass current Exarch of Mexico is [[conversionArchbishop]] [[Dmitri (Royster) of Dallas|Dmitri (some 10Royster)]],000 persons) who also is the Archbishop of the entire Mexican National Catholic Church to Orthodoxy in 1972 (see [[Timeline Diocese of Orthodoxy in Americathe South (OCA)|Diocese of the South]]), played an active part in the acceptance of Bp. Jose's group into Orthodoxy and the establishment of the exarchate.

[[Category:OCA Dioceses|Mexico]]