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This article seeks to serve as a catch-all point for the jurisdictions in Australia who are small enough to not warrant a resident bishop - both current (Bulgarian Orthodox Diocese and Moscow Patriarchal parishes) and former (Orthodox Church in America and Polish Orthodox Church Abroad).
==Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New ZealandCurrent Jurisdictions ==*Number of Parishes: 10 parishes and 2 missions, in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.*Hierarch: Archbishop Makarios (Sydney)*Began: 1950*Consistory President: Very Rev. Michael SolomkoIn May 2022 all Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in Australia were absorbed into the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia which has its diocesan headquarters in Sydney.
===Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese in the USA, Canada and Australia===
*Number of Parishes: Three in Australia.
*Hierarch: Metropolitan Joseph of the USA, Canada and Australia.
*Began: First parish in 1950.
 
#Sydney: St [[John of Rila]] Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=28][http://www.pageone.net.au/~rilski/index.htm]
#Melbourne: Sts Cyril and Methodius Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=26]
#Adelaide: St Petka Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Church. [http://www.bulgariandiocese.org/parishdirectory.html?type=details&id=27]
===Moscow Patriarchate in Australia===
*Number of Parishes: Two in Australia.
*Hierarch: Bishop Mark of Yegoryevsk, Head of Special Secretariat of the Patriarchal Chancellery for Administration of Patriarchal Establishments Outside the Patriarchal Territories.<ref>[http://www.orthodoxeurope.org/page/14/169.aspx]</ref> ''unknown''
*Began: First parish in 1988.
#Sydney: Holy Protection Orthodox Church, Blacktown. Established 1988. [http://www.orthodoxy.org.au]
#Melbourne: Russian Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, Oakleigh. Established 1989. [http://holy-trinity.org.au/?lang=en]#Newcastle: Parish of the Theophany, Mayfield West. Established 1996, since closed (c.2010)with parishioners incorporated into St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, Wallsend. == Historical Listings == ===Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand===*Last Hierarch: Metropolitan [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis]].*Last local administrative head: Very Rev. Michael Solomko (Consistory President)*Began: 1950*Number of Parishes at conclusion: 10 parishes and 2 missions, in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and New Zealand.*Concluded: May 2022. All Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in Australia were incorporated into the [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia]] (under Archbishop [[Makarios (Griniezakis) of Australia|Makarios]]).
===Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia===*Number of ParishesLast Hierarch: ''unknown''.*Last local administrative head: 5''unknown''.*Began: 6th January 2019*(as part of the [[Orthodox Church of Ukraine - Former 'Kyivan Patriarchate': Part ]]. (Had previously been part of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Kyivan Patriarchate).*Number of UkraineParishes at conclusion: 5, with 5 parishes in Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane. *With Concluded: May 2022. All Ukrainian Orthodox parishes in Australia were incorporated into the Decision [[Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople 11/10/18 starting from Patriarch Philaret and Metropolitan Makary all anathemas, defrokments & excommunication were uplifted and all clergy Australia]] (under them restored to canonical status. On the 15/12/2018 the new head Archbishop [[Makarios (Griniezakis) of the church Metropolitan Epiphanios was elected by the united Sobor of bishops assembly. Autocephaly and Tomos to the Ukrainian church was officially handed to the Metropolitan of Kyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanios on January 6th 2019 in Constantinople by the Ecumenical PatriarchAustralia|Makarios]]).
===Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia===
''main article: [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)]]''
*Number Last Hierarch: Metropolitan [[Jonah (Paffhausen) of ParishesWashington]].*Last local administrative head: NoneArchimandrite Benjamin (Garshin) (1971-1995).
*Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
*Parishes:#Sydney: St Nicholas Orthodox Church, Bankstown. Parish was a Polish Orthodox parish, which had previously joined ROCOR. In 1971, parish left ROCOR for OCA in 1971. In 2001, and parish canonically transferred to the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines|local Antiochian Archdiocese in 2001]].#Brisbane: Holy Annunciation Orthodox Church, Woolloongabba. Priest left ROCOR in 1971, 1972 and began a new OCA parish in 1974; . In 2009, parish canonically transferred to the [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|local ROCOR in 2009Diocese]].#Sydney: Australian Orthodox Fraternity of St Michael, Homebush. Laypeople left ROCOR in 1971, and subsequently began a new OCA parish. Parish In 2011, parish canonically transferred to the [[Serbian Orthodox Church - Metropolitanate of Australia and New Zealand|local Serbian Diocese in 2011Metropolitanate]].*EndedConcluded: 2011The final OCA presence in Australia was Priest Ian Bojko, who reposed in 2013.
===Polish Orthodox Church in Australia==*Number of Parishes: none.=
*Began: 1969, with two priests who left ROCOR and were received as priests in the Polish Orthodox Church Abroad (under the Ecumenical Patriarchate).
*EndedConcluded: Uncertain; however, at some point during the 1970s, both priests became priests of were within the [[Parishes in Australia (OCA)|OCA parishes]].
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