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After the death of Bohdan, the Greek episcopacy resident in North America attempted to promote unity between the different Ukrainian factions, but met with failure. Eventually, Fr. [[Andrei (Kuschak) of Evkarpia|Andrei (Kuschak)]] was elected by six parishes of the Constantinopolitan Ukrainians and consecrated to the episcopacy on [[Januray 28]], 1967, by Abp. [[Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America|Iakovos (Coucouzis)]] and other bishops of the Greek Archdiocese. Bp. Andrei then ruled about a dozen parishes.
Metr. John was succeeded in 1971 by [[Mystyslav (Skrypnyk) of Kiev|Mystyslav (Skrypnyk)]], who served as head of the diocese until 1990, when he was elected as patriarch of the UAOC, being succeeded by Bp. [[Vsevelod Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos|Vsevelod Vsevolod (Maidansky)]]. (In the same year, the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada]] was received into the Ecumenical Patriarchate.) Mystyslav died only three years after his election as patriarch, followed by enormous division in Ukraine. Ukrainian Orthodoxy in America, however, generally stayed out of the disputes there.
On [[March 12]], 1995, all the Ukrainian hierarchs outside of Ukraine which had not yet done so were received into the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The following year, in November, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA (formerly under the UAOC) and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of America (under Constantinople since 1937) were finally united, with Vsevelod becoming one of the new jurisdiction's diocesan bishops.
*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), headed by Abp. Vsevelod Vsevolod of Scopelos (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 hierarchs, the clergy consist 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/]
