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==New South Wales==
*V. Rev. Fr '''[[Nicholas Shehadie]]''', exarch of Australia and New Zealand, 1913-1934.
*V. Rev. Fr '''[[Michael Shehadie]]''', parish priest of St George Church, Redfern, 1934-51.
V. Rev. Exarch '''''Malatius Hussney''''' was from Tripoli Mina, Lebanon. Assisted by his [[Presbytera|Khourieh]] Adele and their family, he was [[rector]] of St George Antiochian Orthodox Church, Redfern, NSW, Australia, from February 1953 until his repose on 29 October 1956. He was the father of Essay Hussney, ordained as Fr Malatius (Essam) Hussney.
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He was described as 'very popular with young people because [with him] they understood what was happening. Most of all he would take them out on trips, such as to Luna Park. When he came to visit, families felt proud of themselves because he parked his big American car outside. He would sit with all the children in the kitchen.'
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*Rt Rev. Archim. '''[[Nabil (Kachab)]]''', vicar-general of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand, 2005-present.
*V. Rev. Protopresbyter '''[[Mitko Machevski]]''', parish priest of St Nicholas Church, Bankstown, 1997-present.
==Melbourne==
*Rt Rev. Fr '''[[Antonious (Mobayed)]]''', was representative of the Church of Antioch to the Church of Russia, 1914-1929, and the founding priest of St Nicholas Church, East Melbourne, 1931-1943.
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==New Zealand==
Rev. Hmk '''[[''Nicholas (Manovitch)]]''''' was the founding priest of St Michael Orthodox Church, Dunedin. He appears to have received ordination from a [[bishop]] in Canada that was outside the Orthodox Church, then went to New Zealand where he encouraged the Orthodox Syrians to found St Michael's, and went to Australia where he had close ties to the Bolshevik group in Brisbane. He was arrested for extortion, demanding outrageous amounts of money for baptisms and weddings, and disappeared from the religious scene when Fr Paul Korchinsky came to Australia, at the request of the Russian Imperial Consul-General. He died in 1925 and is buried in Queensland.
Source: V. Rev. Fr Michael Protopopov, ''[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp87.09042006/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia]'', p24-35. (''warning: large file'')
