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[[Image:800px-Map of USA highlighting OCA Midwest Diocese.png|thumb|Visual representation of the Diocese of the Midwest]]
The '''Diocese of the Midwest''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Orthodox Church in America]]. It was lately under the leadership of His Eminence, the Most Reverend [[Job (Osacky) of Chicago|Job (Osacky)]], Archbishop of Chicago and the Midwest until his repose in the Lord on [[December 18]], 2009. The diocese is currently vacant pending election of a new hierarch. The Right Reverend [[Tikhon (Mollard) of Philadelphia|Tikhon (Mollard)]], now serves as the Locum Tenens of the Diocese of the Midwest. [[Archimandrite]] [[Matthias (Moriak)]] was elected to the vacant [[see]] on [[November 16]], 2010 with his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] and [[enthronement]] scheduled for the Spring 2011.
Its territory includes eleven states in the Midwestern United States – Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The diocesan chancery is located on North LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois.
== External links ==
* [http://midwestdiocese.org/ Official site]
* [http://www.holytrinitycathedral.net/ Holy Trinity Cathedral, the Diocesan See]
[[Category:OCA Dioceses|Midwest ]]
