Australian jurisdictions without a local bishop
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This article seeks to serve as a catch-all point for the five jurisdictions in Australia who are small enough to not warrant a resident bishop. The largest is the Romanian Orthodox Church.
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.
Moscow Patriarchate in Australia
- Number of Parishes: Three in Australia (Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle).
- Hierarch: Metropolitan Kyril of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, Head of Department of External Church Relations, Patriarchate of Moscow and All Russia
- Began: First parish in 1988 (Blacktown-Sydney); second parish in Melbourne; third parish in 1996 (Mayfield-Newcastle)
Orthodox Church in America - Parishes in Australia
main article: Parishes in Australia (OCA)
- Number of Parishes: Two in Australia (one in Sydney, one in Brisbane). The former OCA parish at Bankstown is now part of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand
- Hierarch: Metropolitan Herman of Washington and New York, administrator of the Parishes in Australia
- Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
Polish Orthodox Church in Australia
- Number of Parishes: One in Australia.
- Hierarch: unknown
- Began: 1971, in ROCOR schism.
Romanian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand
- Number of Parishes: Six in Australia (1 in Melbourne, 2 in Sydney, 1 in Adelaide, 1 in Brisbane, 1 in Perth), three in New Zealand (Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch).
- Hierarch: Patriarch Teoctist of Romania.
- Began: First parish in 1972