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===The Holy Synod===
 
===The Holy Synod===
 
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
 
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
*His Eminence [[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi|Makarios (Tillyrides)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Nairobi|Nairobi and All Kenya]]
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*His Eminence [[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi|Makarios (Tillyrides)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Nairobi|Nairobi and Kenya]]
*His Eminence [[Jonah (Lwanga) of Kampala|Jonah (Lwanga)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Kampala|Kampala and All Uganda]]
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*His Eminence [[Seraphim (Kykkotis) of Zimbabwe|Seraphim (Kykkotis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe-Angola and Southern Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Seraphim (Kykkotis) of Zimbabwe|Seraphim (Kykkotis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe and Angola and Southern Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Alexandros (Gianniris) of Nigeria|Alexandros (Gianniris)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea]]
*His Eminence [[Alexandros (Gianniris) of Nigeria|Alexandros (Gianniris)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea]]
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*His Eminence [[Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas) of Tripoli|Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Tripoli|Tripoli and Lybia]]
*His Eminence [[Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas) of Tripoli|Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Tripoli|Tripoli and All Lybia]]
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*His Eminence [[Sergios (Kykkotis) of the Cape of Good Hope|Sergios (Kykkotis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope|Good Hope and All Natal and Dependencies]]
*His Eminence [[Sergios (Kykkotis) of the Cape of Good Hope|Sergios (Kykkotis)]], Archbishop of the [[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope|Cape of Good Hope and Natal and Dependencies]]
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*His Eminence [[Ieronymos (Muzeeyi) of Mwanza|Ieronymos (Muzeeyi)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Mwanza|Mwanza and Western Tanzania]]
*His Eminence [[Ieronymos (Muzeeyi) of Mwanza|Ieronymos (Muzeeyi)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Mwanza|Mwanza and Western Tanzania]]
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*His Eminence [[George (Vladimirou) of Guinea|George (Vladimirou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Guinea|Guinea and the African Coast]]
*His Eminence [[George (Vladimirou) of Guinea|George (Vladimirou)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Guinea|Guinea and the African Coast]]
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*His Eminence [[Nicholas II (Antoniou) of Hermopolis|Nicholas II (Antoniou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Hermopolis|Hermopolis and Egypt Primum]]
*His Eminence [[Nicholas II (Antoniou) of Hermopolis|Nicholas II (Antoniou)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Hermopolis|Hermopolis and Egypt Primum]]
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*His Eminence [[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Dimitrios (Zaharengas)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Irinoupolis|Irinoupolis and Eastern Tanzania and Seychelles]]
*His Eminence [[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Dimitrios (Zaharengas)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Irinoupolis|Irinoupolis and Eastern Tanzania and Seychelles]]
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*His Eminence [[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Johannesburg|Damaskinos (Papandreou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Johannesburg|Johannesburg-Pretoria and All South Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Johannesburg|Damaskinos (Papandreou)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Johannesburg|Johannesburg and Pretoria and South Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Ignatios (Sennis) of Antananarivo|Ignatios (Sennis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Antananarivo|Antananarivo-Northern Madagascar and Indian Islands]]
*His Eminence [[Ignatios (Sennis) of Antananarivo|Ignatios (Sennis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Antananarivo|Antananarivo and Northern Madagascar and Indian Islands]]
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*His Eminence [[Emmanuel (Kiagias) of Ptolemais|Emmanuel (Kiagias)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Ptolemais|Ptolemais and Upper Egypt]]
*His Eminence [[Emmanuel (Kiagias) of Ptolemais|Emmanuel (Kiagias)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Ptolemais|Ptolemais and Upper Egypt]]
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*His Eminence [[Gregory (Stergiou) of Cameroon|Gregory (Stergiou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Cameroon and Central Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Gregory (Stergiou) of Cameroon|Gregory (Stergiou)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Cameroon and Central Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Gabriel (Raftopoulos) of Leontopolis|Gabriel (Raftopoulos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Leontopolis|Leontopolis and Augustamnica Secunda and the Red Sea]]
*His Eminence [[Gabriel (Raftopoulos) of Leontopolis|Gabriel (Raftopoulos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Leontopolis|Leontopolis and Augustamnica Secunda and the Red Sea]]
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*His Eminence [[Nikodemos II (Priangelos) of Memphis|Nikodemos II (Priangelos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Memphis|Memphis and Egypt]]
*His Eminence [[Nikodemos II (Priangelos) of Memphis|Nikodemos II (Priangelos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Memphis|Memphis and All Egypt]]
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*His Eminence [[Meletios (Kamiloudes) of Katanga|Meletios (Kamiloudes)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Katanga|Katanga and Mainland Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Meletios (Kamiloudes) of Katanga|Meletios (Kamiloudes)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Katanga|Katanga and Mainland Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Gennadios (Stantzios) of Botswana|Gennadios (Stantzios)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Botswana|Botswana and the Kalahari]]
*His Eminence [[Gennadios (Stantzios) of Botswana|Gennadios (Stantzios)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Botswana|Botswana and All the Kalahari]]
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*His Eminence [[Savvas (Heimonetos) of Nubia|Savvas (Heimonetos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Nubia|Nubia and All Sudan and Eritrea]]
*His Eminence [[Savvas (Heimonetos) of Nubia|Savvas (Heimonetos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Nubia|Nubia and Sudan and Eritrea]]
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*His Eminence [[Ioannis (Tsaftaridis) of Zambia|Ioannis (Tsaftaridis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Zambia|Zambia and Middle Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Ioannis (Tsaftaridis) of Zambia|Ioannis (Tsaftaridis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Zambia|Zambia and Middle Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Arathymos) of Brazzaville|Panteleimon (Arathymos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Brazzaville|Brazzaville-Gabon and Atlantic Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis) of Kinshasa|Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Kinshasa|Kinshasa and Central Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Innocent (Byakatonda) of Burundi|Innocent (Byakatonda)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Burundi|Burundi-Rwanda and Inner Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Arathymos) of Brazzaville|Panteleimon (Arathymos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Brazzaville|Brazzaville and Gabon and Atlantic Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Meletios (Koumanis) of Carthage|Meletios (Koumanis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Carthage|Carthage and North Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Innocent (Byakatonda) of Burundi|Innocent (Byakatonda)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Burundi|Burundi and Rwanda and Inner Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Daniel (Biazis) of Aksum|Daniel (Biazis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Aksum|Aksum and All Ethiopia]]
*His Eminence [[Meletios (Koumanis) of Carthage|Meletios (Koumanis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Carthage|Carthage and North Africa]]
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*His Eminence [[Theodosios (Tsitsivos) of Kananga|Theodosios (Tsitsivos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Kananga|Kananga and Equatorial Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Daniel (Biazis) of Aksum|Daniel (Biazis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Aksum|Aksum and All Ethiopia]]
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*His Eminence [[Petros II (Parginos) of Accra|Petros II (Parginos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Accra|Accra and West Africa]]
*His Eminence [[Theodosios (Tsitsivos) of Kananga|Theodosios (Tsitsivos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Kananga|Kananga and Equatorial Africa]]
 
*His Eminence [[Petros II (Parginos) of Accra|Petros II (Parginos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Accra|Accra and West Africa]]
 
  
===Auxiliary Archbishops===
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=== Auxiliary Metropolitans ===
*His Eminence [[Athanasios (Kykkotis) of Cyrene|Athanasios (Kykkotis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Cyrene|Cyrene and the Libyan Sea]]
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*His Eminence [[Athanasios (Kykkotis) of Cyrene|Athanasios (Kykkotis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Cyrene|Cyrene and the Libyan Sea]]
*His Eminence [[Theodoros (Dimitriou) of Heliopolis|Theodoros (Dimitriou)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Heliopolis|Heliopolis and Middle Egypt]]
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*His Eminence [[Theodoros (Dimitriou) of Heliopolis|Theodoros (Dimitriou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Heliopolis|Heliopolis and Middle Egypt]]
*His Eminence [[Narkissos (Gammoh) of Naucratis|Narkissos (Gammoh)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Naucratis|Naucratis and the Egyptian Nile]]
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*His Eminence [[Narkissos (Gammoh) of Naucratis|Narkissos (Gammoh)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Naucratis|Naucratis and the Egyptian Nile]]
  
===Diocesan Bishops===
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=== Diocesan Bishops ===
<!-- *His Grace [[Chrysotomos (Karagounis) of Mozambique|Chrysotomos (Karagounis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Mozambique|Mozambique]] -->
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*His Grace [[Neophytos (Kongai) of Nyeri|Neophytos (Kongai)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Nyeri|Nyeri-Mount Kenya]]
*His Grace [[Neophytos (Kongai) of Nyeri|Neophytos (Kongai)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Nyeri|Nyeri and Mount Kenya]]
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*His Grace [[Agathonikos (Nikolaidis) of Arusha|Agathonikos (Nikolaidis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Arusha|Arusha-Central Tanzania]]
*His Grace [[Agathonikos (Nikolaidis) of Arusha|Agathonikos (Nikolaidis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Arusha|Arusha and Central Tanzania]]
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*His Grace [[Sylvestros (Kisitu) of Gulu|Sylvestros (Kisitu)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Gulu|Gulu-Eastern Uganda]]
*His Grace [[Sylvestros (Kisitu) of Gulu|Sylvestros (Kisitu)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Gulu|Gulu and Eastern Uganda]]
 
 
*His Grace [[Photios (Hatziantoniou) of Malawi|Photios (Hatziantoniou)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Malawi|Malawi]]
 
*His Grace [[Photios (Hatziantoniou) of Malawi|Photios (Hatziantoniou)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Malawi|Malawi]]
*His Grace [[Prodromos (Katsoulis) of Toliara|Prodromos (Katsoulis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Toliara|Toliara and Southern Madagascar]]
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*His Grace [[Prodromos (Katsoulis) of Toliara|Prodromos (Katsoulis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Toliara|Toliara-Southern Madagascar]]
*His Grace [[Markos (Theodosis) of Kisumu|Markos (Theodosis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Kisumu|Kisumu and Western Kenya]]
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*His Grace [[Markos (Theodosis) of Kisumu|Markos (Theodosis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Kisumu|Kisumu-Western Kenya]]
  
===Titular Archbishops===
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=== Titular Metropolitans ===
*His Excellency [[Porphyrios (Skikos) of Thebes|Porphyrios (Skikos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Thebes|Thebes]]
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*His Excellency [[Porphyrios (Skikos) of Thebes|Porphyrios (Skikos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Thebes|Thebes]]
  
 
===Titular Bishops===
 
===Titular Bishops===
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===Retired Bishops===
 
===Retired Bishops===
*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Lampadarios) of Antinoe|Panteleimon (Lampadarios)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Antinoe|Antinoe]]
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*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Lampadarios) of Antinoe|Panteleimon (Lampadarios)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Antinoe|Antinoe]]
*His Eminence [[Proterios (Pavlopoulos) of Diospolis|Proterios (Pavlopoulos)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Diospolis|Diospolis]]
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*His Eminence [[Proterios (Pavlopoulos) of Diospolis|Proterios (Pavlopoulos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Diospolis|Diospolis]]
 
*His Grace [[Vasilios (Varvelis) of Arsinoe|Vasilios (Varvelis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Arsinoe in Arcadia|Arsinoe]]
 
*His Grace [[Vasilios (Varvelis) of Arsinoe|Vasilios (Varvelis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Arsinoe in Arcadia|Arsinoe]]
  
==Holy Archdioceses and Bishoprics==
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==Holy Metropolises and Bishoprics==
  
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
  !class=unsortable|Archdiocese!!data-sort-type="number"|Established!!See!!Jurisdiction
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  !class=unsortable|Bishopric!!data-sort-type="number"|Established!!See!!Jurisdiction
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Carthage]]   ||data-sort-value="0"|1st c.||Tunis||'''Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Carthage|Metropolis of Carthage]] ||data-sort-value="0"|1st c.||Tunis||'''Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Memphis]]    ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Cairo||'''Egypt''' (Cairo)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Memphis|Metropolis of Memphis]]    ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Cairo||'''Egypt''' (Cairo)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Pelusium]]   ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Port Said||'''Egypt''' (Port Said, Dakahlia, Damietta)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Pelusium|Metropolis of Pelusium]] ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Port Said||'''Egypt''' (Port Said, Dakahlia, Damietta)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Leontopolis]]||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Ismailia||'''Egypt''' (Ismailia, Sharqia, Suez)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Leontopolis|Metropolis of Leontopolis]] ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Ismailia||'''Egypt''' (Ismailia, Sharqia, Suez)
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Aksum]]     ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Addis-Abeba||'''Ethiopia''', '''Djibouti''', '''Somalia'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Aksum|Metropolis of Aksum]] ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Addis-Abeba||'''Ethiopia''', '''Djibouti''', '''Somalia'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Tripoli]]    || 1866 || Tripoli           ||'''Libya'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Tripoli|Metropolis of Tripoli]]    || 1866 || Tripoli   ||'''Libya'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Ptolemais]] || 1908 || Minya             ||'''Egypt''' (Giza, Minya, Sohag, Asyut, Faiyum, Qena, Beni Suef, Aswan, Luxor, Red Sea, New Valley)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Ptolemais|Metropolis of Ptolemais]]|| 1908 || Minya     ||'''Egypt''' (Giza, Minya, Sohag, Asyut, Faiyum, Qena, Beni Suef, Aswan, Luxor, Red Sea, New Valley)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Nubia]]     || 1908 || Khartoum         ||'''Sudan''', '''South Sudan''', '''Eritrea'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Nubia|Metropolis of Nubia]] || 1908 || Khartoum         ||'''Sudan''', '''South Sudan''', '''Eritrea'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Hermopolis]] || 1927 || Tanta             ||'''Egypt''' (Arab-speaking communities)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Hermopolis|Metropolis of Hermopolis]]   || 1927 || Tanta||'''Egypt''' (Arab-speaking communities)
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Johannesburg]]||1927 || Johannesburg      ||'''South Africa''' (Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Johannesburg|Metropolis of Johannesburg]]|| 1927 || Johannesburg      ||'''South Africa''' (Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Nairobi]]   || 1958 || Nairobi          ||'''Kenya'''
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  |[[Metropolis of Nairobi]]   || 1958 || Nairobi          ||'''Kenya'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Kinshasa]]   || 1958 || Kinshasa         ||'''Congo''' (Kinshasa, North Kivu, South Kivu, Congo Central, Kwilu, Ituri, South Ubangi, Tshopo, Maniema, Kwango, Upper Uele, Mongala, Mai-Ndombe, Equator, North Ubangi, Tshuapa, Lower Uele)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Kinshasa|Metropolis of Kinshasa]] || 1958 || Kinshasa   ||'''Congo''' (Kinshasa, North Kivu, South Kivu, Congo Central, Kwilu, Ituri, South Ubangi, Tshopo, Maniema, Kwango, Upper Uele, Mongala, Mai-Ndombe, Equator, North Ubangi, Tshuapa, Lower Uele)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Cameroon]]   || 1959 || Yaounde           ||'''Cameroon''', '''Chad''', '''Central African Republic''', '''Equatorial Guinea''', '''Saint Thomas and Prince'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Metropolis of Cameroon]] || 1959 || Yaounde   ||'''Cameroon''', '''Chad''', '''Central African Republic''', '''Equatorial Guinea''', '''Saint Thomas and Prince'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Zimbabwe]]   || 1964 || Harare            ||'''Zimbabwe''', '''Angola''', '''Mozambique'''
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  |[[Metropolis of Zimbabwe]] || 1964 || Harare            ||'''Zimbabwe''', '''Angola''', '''Mozambique'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope]]||1968||Cape Town  ||'''South Africa''' (KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Northern Cape), '''Namibia''', '''Eswatini''', '''Lesotho''', '''Saint Helen''', '''Ascension''', '''Tristan da Cunha'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope|Metropolis of Good Hope]]||1968||Cape Town  ||'''South Africa''' (KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Northern Cape), '''Namibia''', '''Eswatini''', '''Lesotho''', '''Saint Helen''', '''Ascension''', '''Tristan da Cunha'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Mwanza]]     || 1992 || Mwanza            ||'''Tanzania''' (Mwanza, Mbeya, Kagera, Tabora, Morogoro, Kigoma, Dodoma, Mara, Geita, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Manyara, Ruvuma, Singida, Rukwa, Iringa, Njombe, Katavi, Songwe)
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  |[[Metropolis of Mwanza]]   || 1992 || Mwanza            ||'''Tanzania''' (Mwanza, Mbeya, Kagera, Tabora, Morogoro, Kigoma, Dodoma, Mara, Geita, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Manyara, Ruvuma, Singida, Rukwa, Iringa, Njombe, Katavi, Songwe)
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Kampala]]   || 1994 || Kampala          ||'''Uganda'''
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  |[[Metropolis of Kampala]]   || 1994 || Kampala          ||'''Uganda'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Accra]]     || 1997 || Accra             ||'''Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Accra|Metropolis of Accra]] || 1997 || Accra           ||'''Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Antananarivo]]||1997 || Antananarivo      ||'''Madagascar''', '''Mayotte''', '''The Comoros''', '''The Mascarenes''', '''Scattered Islands'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Antananarivo|Metropolis of Antananarivo]]||1997 || Antananarivo      ||'''Madagascar''', '''Mayotte''', '''The Comoros''', '''The Mascarenes''', '''Scattered Islands'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Nigeria]]    || 1997 || Lagos             ||'''Nigeria''', '''Niger''', '''Benin''', '''Togo'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Metropolis of Nigeria]]    || 1997 || Lagos     ||'''Nigeria''', '''Niger''', '''Benin''', '''Togo'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Irinoupolis]]|| 1999 || Dar es-Salaam    ||'''Tanzania''' (Dar es-Salaam, Tanga, Mtwara, Pwani, Lindi, West Zanzibar, North Pemba, South Pemba, North Zanzibar, South Zanzibar), '''Seychelles'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Irinoupolis|Metropolis of Irinoupolis]] || 1999 || Dar es-Salaam    ||'''Tanzania''' (Dar es-Salaam, Tanga, Mtwara, Pwani, Lindi, West Zanzibar, North Pemba, South Pemba, North Zanzibar, South Zanzibar), '''Seychelles'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Zambia]]     || 2001 || Lusaka           ||'''Zambia''', '''Malawi'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Zambia|Metropolis of Zambia]]     || 2001 || Lusaka     ||'''Zambia''', '''Malawi'''
 
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  |[[Archdiocese of Katanga]]    || 2006 || Lubumbashi       ||'''Congo''' (Upper Katanga, Tanganyika, Upper Lomami, Lualaba)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Katanga|Metropolis of Katanga]]    || 2006 || Lubumbashi ||'''Congo''' (Upper Katanga, Tanganyika, Upper Lomami, Lualaba)
 
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  |-
  |[[Diocese of Mozambique]]     || 2006 || Maputo           ||'''Mozambique'''
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  |[[Diocese of Mozambique]]   || 2006 || Maputo     ||'''Mozambique'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Burundi]]    || 2009 || Bujumbura         ||'''Burundi''', '''Rwanda'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Burundi|Metropolis of Burundi]]    || 2009 || Bujumbura ||'''Burundi''', '''Rwanda'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Botswana]]   || 2010 || Gabarone         ||'''Botswana'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Botswana|Metropolis of Botswana]] || 2010 || Gabarone   ||'''Botswana'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Brazzaville]]|| 2010 || Brazzaville      ||'''Congo''' (Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Buenza, Mpumbu, Niadi, Plateau, Kuvete, Likuala, Lekumu, Kwilu, Sangha, West Kuvete), '''Gabon'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Brazzaville|Metropolis of Brazzaville]] || 2010 || Brazzaville      ||'''Congo''' (Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Buenza, Mpumbu, Niadi, Plateau, Kuvete, Likuala, Lekumu, Kwilu, Sangha, West Kuvete), '''Gabon'''
 
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  |[[Archdiocese of Guinea]]     || 2010 || Conakry           ||'''Guinea''', '''Sierra Leone''', '''Liberia''', '''Guinea Bissau''', '''Gambia''', '''Senegal''', '''Cape Verde'''
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  |[[Archdiocese of Guinea|Metropolis of Guinea]]     || 2010 || Conakry   ||'''Guinea''', '''Sierra Leone''', '''Liberia''', '''Guinea Bissau''', '''Gambia''', '''Senegal''', '''Cape Verde'''
 
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  |-
  |[[Diocese of Kisumu]]         || 2015 || Kisumu           ||'''Kenya''' (Kisumu, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisii, Homa Bay, Migori, Siaya, Busia, Nyamira, Vihiga)
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  |[[Diocese of Kisumu]] || 2015 || Kisumu     ||'''Kenya''' (Kisumu, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisii, Homa Bay, Migori, Siaya, Busia, Nyamira, Vihiga)
 
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  |-
  |[[Diocese of Nyeri]]         || 2015 || Nyeri             ||'''Kenya''' (Nyeri, Kiambu, Muranga, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga)
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  |[[Diocese of Nyeri]] || 2015 || Nyeri     ||'''Kenya''' (Nyeri, Kiambu, Muranga, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga)
 
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  |-
  |[[Diocese of Arusha]]         || 2016 || Arusha           ||'''Tanzania''' (Arusha, Morogoro, Dodoma, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Singida, Iringa)
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  |[[Diocese of Arusha]] || 2016 || Arusha     ||'''Tanzania''' (Arusha, Morogoro, Dodoma, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Singida, Iringa)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Archdiocese of Kananga]]    || 2018 || Kananga           ||'''Congo''' (Kasai, Central Kasai, Eastern Kasai, Lomami, Sankuru)
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  |[[Archdiocese of Kananga|Metropolis of Kananga]]    || 2018 || Kananga   ||'''Congo''' (Kasai, Central Kasai, Eastern Kasai, Lomami, Sankuru)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Diocese of Goma]]           || 2018 || Goma             ||'''Congo''' (North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema)
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  |[[Diocese of Goma]]   || 2018 || Goma       ||'''Congo''' (North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Diocese of Gulu]]           || 2018 || Gulu             ||'''Uganda''' (Eastern, Northern)
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  |[[Diocese of Gulu]]   || 2018 || Gulu       ||'''Uganda''' (Eastern, Northern)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Diocese of Kisangani]]     || 2018 || Kisangani         ||'''Congo''' (Tshopo, Ituri, Upper Uele, Lower Uele)
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  |[[Diocese of Kisangani]]   || 2018 || Kisangani ||'''Congo''' (Tshopo, Ituri, Upper Uele, Lower Uele)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Diocese of Malawi]]         || 2018 || Malawi           ||'''Malawi'''
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  |[[Diocese of Malawi]] || 2018 || Malawi     ||'''Malawi'''
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |[[Diocese of Toliara]]       || 2018 || Toliara           ||'''Madagascar''' (Atsimo-Andrefana, Upper Matsiatra, Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Androy, Amoroni Mania, Anosy, Menabe, Ihorombe)
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  |[[Diocese of Toliara]]|| 2018 || Toliara   ||'''Madagascar''' (Atsimo-Andrefana, Upper Matsiatra, Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Androy, Amoroni Mania, Anosy, Menabe, Ihorombe)
 
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  |[[Diocese of Bukoba]]         || 2019 || Bukoba           ||'''Tanzania''' (Kagera)
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  |[[Diocese of Bukoba]] || 2019 || Bukoba     ||'''Tanzania''' (Kagera)
 
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  |[[Diocese of Eldoret]]       || 2019 || Eldoret           ||'''Kenya''' (Uasin Gishu)
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  |[[Diocese of Eldoret]]|| 2019 || Eldoret   ||'''Kenya''' (Uasin Gishu)
 
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==External links==
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?lang=en The Patriarchate of Alexandria] (Official site)
 
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?lang=en The Patriarchate of Alexandria] (Official site)
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*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=content&cid=001003 Previous Patriarchs]
 
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=content&cid=001003 Previous Patriarchs]
 
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/makarios_patriarchate_alexandria.html History of the Patriarchate]
 
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/makarios_patriarchate_alexandria.html History of the Patriarchate]
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Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa
The Church of Alexandria
Founder(s) Apostle Mark
Autocephaly/Autonomy declared Traditional
Autocephaly/Autonomy recognized Traditional
Current primate Pope Theodoros II
Headquarters Alexandria, Egypt
Primary territory Africa
Possessions abroad none
Liturgical language(s) Greek, Arab, French, English, local languages
Musical tradition Byzantine Chant
Calendar Revised Julian
Population estimate 250,000
Official website Church of Alexandria

The Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Churches. Its primate is the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, the successor to the Apostle Mark the Evangelist, who founded the Church of Alexandria in the 1st century. It is one of the five ancient patriarchates of the early Church, called the Pentarchy.

History

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt about 332-331 BC he established the city of Alexandria, named after him, from which his Greek-speaking successors, the Ptolemy dynasty, ruled Egypt. Alexandria also had many Greek-speaking Jewish inhabitants, and it was here that the Old Testament scriptures were translated into Greek, the Septuagint version. During the first century BC the city, and Egypt generally passed under Roman rule.

St Mark, a disciple of St Peter evangelised Egypt in the middle of the first century. He probably arrived about AD 40, and met a martyr's death around AD 63. Little is known of the early history of the Church in Alexandria and Egypt, beyond a bare list of names of bishops. By the end of the second century, however, the church had begun to spread among the indigenous population, and the Scriptures and Liturgical texts were being translated into local languages.

Since the schism occurring as a result of the political and Christological controversies at the Council of Chalcedon (451 A.D.), the portion of the Church of Alexandria loyal to Chalcedonian Christology has liturgically been Greek-speaking, the majority of its native (i.e., Coptic) population and their modern descendents becoming a part of the Coptic Orthodox Church (i.e., non-Chalcedonian).

The Church today

In recent years, a considerable missionary effort was enacted by Pope Petros VII. During his seven years as patriarch (1997-2004), he worked tirelessly to spread the Orthodox Faith in Arab nations and throughout Africa, raising up native clergy and encouraging the use of local languages in the liturgical life of the Church. Missions spread and thrived in Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Cameroon, and elsewhere across the African continent.

Particularly sensitive to the nature of Christian expansion into Muslim countries, His Beatitude worked to promote mutual understanding and respect between Orthodox Christians and Muslims. His efforts were ended as the result of a helicopter crash on September 11, 2004, in the Aegean Sea near Greece, killing him and several other clergy, including Bishop Nektarios of Madagascar, another bishop with a profound missionary vision.

Today, some 300,000 Orthodox Christians comprise the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the highest number since the Roman Empire. The current primate of the Church of Alexandria is His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.

The Episcopacy

The Holy Synod

Auxiliary Metropolitans

Diocesan Bishops

Titular Metropolitans

Titular Bishops

Retired Bishops

Holy Metropolises and Bishoprics

Bishopric Established See Jurisdiction
Metropolis of Carthage 1st c. Tunis Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara
Metropolis of Memphis 4th c. Cairo Egypt (Cairo)
Metropolis of Pelusium 4th c. Port Said Egypt (Port Said, Dakahlia, Damietta)
Metropolis of Leontopolis 4th c. Ismailia Egypt (Ismailia, Sharqia, Suez)
Metropolis of Aksum 4th c. Addis-Abeba Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia
Metropolis of Tripoli 1866 Tripoli Libya
Metropolis of Ptolemais 1908 Minya Egypt (Giza, Minya, Sohag, Asyut, Faiyum, Qena, Beni Suef, Aswan, Luxor, Red Sea, New Valley)
Metropolis of Nubia 1908 Khartoum Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea
Metropolis of Hermopolis 1927 Tanta Egypt (Arab-speaking communities)
Metropolis of Johannesburg 1927 Johannesburg South Africa (Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West)
Metropolis of Nairobi 1958 Nairobi Kenya
Metropolis of Kinshasa 1958 Kinshasa Congo (Kinshasa, North Kivu, South Kivu, Congo Central, Kwilu, Ituri, South Ubangi, Tshopo, Maniema, Kwango, Upper Uele, Mongala, Mai-Ndombe, Equator, North Ubangi, Tshuapa, Lower Uele)
Metropolis of Cameroon 1959 Yaounde Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Saint Thomas and Prince
Metropolis of Zimbabwe 1964 Harare Zimbabwe, Angola, Mozambique
Metropolis of Good Hope 1968 Cape Town South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Northern Cape), Namibia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Saint Helen, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha
Metropolis of Mwanza 1992 Mwanza Tanzania (Mwanza, Mbeya, Kagera, Tabora, Morogoro, Kigoma, Dodoma, Mara, Geita, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Manyara, Ruvuma, Singida, Rukwa, Iringa, Njombe, Katavi, Songwe)
Metropolis of Kampala 1994 Kampala Uganda
Metropolis of Accra 1997 Accra Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso
Metropolis of Antananarivo 1997 Antananarivo Madagascar, Mayotte, The Comoros, The Mascarenes, Scattered Islands
Metropolis of Nigeria 1997 Lagos Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo
Metropolis of Irinoupolis 1999 Dar es-Salaam Tanzania (Dar es-Salaam, Tanga, Mtwara, Pwani, Lindi, West Zanzibar, North Pemba, South Pemba, North Zanzibar, South Zanzibar), Seychelles
Metropolis of Zambia 2001 Lusaka Zambia, Malawi
Metropolis of Katanga 2006 Lubumbashi Congo (Upper Katanga, Tanganyika, Upper Lomami, Lualaba)
Diocese of Mozambique 2006 Maputo Mozambique
Metropolis of Burundi 2009 Bujumbura Burundi, Rwanda
Metropolis of Botswana 2010 Gabarone Botswana
Metropolis of Brazzaville 2010 Brazzaville Congo (Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Buenza, Mpumbu, Niadi, Plateau, Kuvete, Likuala, Lekumu, Kwilu, Sangha, West Kuvete), Gabon
Metropolis of Guinea 2010 Conakry Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Cape Verde
Diocese of Kisumu 2015 Kisumu Kenya (Kisumu, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisii, Homa Bay, Migori, Siaya, Busia, Nyamira, Vihiga)
Diocese of Nyeri 2015 Nyeri Kenya (Nyeri, Kiambu, Muranga, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga)
Diocese of Arusha 2016 Arusha Tanzania (Arusha, Morogoro, Dodoma, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Singida, Iringa)
Metropolis of Kananga 2018 Kananga Congo (Kasai, Central Kasai, Eastern Kasai, Lomami, Sankuru)
Diocese of Goma 2018 Goma Congo (North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema)
Diocese of Gulu 2018 Gulu Uganda (Eastern, Northern)
Diocese of Kisangani 2018 Kisangani Congo (Tshopo, Ituri, Upper Uele, Lower Uele)
Diocese of Malawi 2018 Malawi Malawi
Diocese of Toliara 2018 Toliara Madagascar (Atsimo-Andrefana, Upper Matsiatra, Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Androy, Amoroni Mania, Anosy, Menabe, Ihorombe)
Diocese of Bukoba 2019 Bukoba Tanzania (Kagera)
Diocese of Eldoret 2019 Eldoret Kenya (Uasin Gishu)

See also

External links

Sources


Autocephalous and Autonomous Churches of Orthodoxy
Autocephalous Churches
Four Ancient Patriarchates: Constantinople · Alexandria · Antioch · Jerusalem
Russia · Serbia · Romania · Bulgaria · Georgia · Cyprus · Greece · Poland · Albania · Czech Lands and Slovakia · OCA* · Ukraine*
Autonomous Churches
Sinai · Finland · Estonia* · Japan* · China* · Ukraine*
The * designates a church whose autocephaly or autonomy is not universally recognized.