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==Canonical Jurisdictions==

*[[Consistory of the Ukrainian Orthodox parishes Church in Australia and New Zealand]] (under Constantinople), with 10 parishes and missions in Melbourne, Geelong, Newborough, Sydney, Schofields, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth (in addition to one in Auckland, New Zealand).*[https://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church of Ukraine - Former 'Kyivan Patriarchate']: Part of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kyiv Patriarchate|Orthodox Church of Ukraine]], with 5 parishes in various cities Sydney, Newcastle, Adelaide and Brisbane. With the Decision 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 under them restored to canonical status. On the 15/12/2018 the new head 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 AustraliaKyiv and all Ukraine Epiphanios on January 6th 2019 in Constantinople by the Ecumenical Patriarch.

''Note: All of the below entities are not in communion with any of the mainstream Orthodox Churches. Entities are, where possible, sorted by size.''*[[Macedonian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand]]: As part of the [[Macedonian Orthodox Church]], .*[[Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece]] - [[Parishes in Australia (Kallinikos)]]: The current ''locum tenens'' of this diocese entity is not in full communion with any Bp Ambrose of Methone, who administers eight parishes (including parishes of the mainstream 'Free Serbian Orthodox ChurchesChurch'). This diocese number includes is headed by His Grace Petar, Metropolitan a 'metochion' mission under Metr. Photios of Australia and New ZealandDemetrias.*[[Autocephalic Greek Orthodox Church of America and Australia]]: Formed out of a schism with the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia; this diocese is not in communion with any of the mainstream Greek Orthodox ChurchesCommunity of South Australia (GOCSA). This diocese is headed by Bishop Paul The parishes affiliated with the 'Greek Orthodox Communities of Christianoupolis, and centred mostly in South Australia' (GOCSA) are in this church.*[[Holy Synod in ResistanceRussian True Orthodox Church]] - [[Diocese of Sydney Australia]]: Four parishes in Australia, headed by Archbishop [[Tikhon (Pasechnik)|Tikhon]].* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad - Provisional Supreme Church Authority]] - Two parishes and New South Wales one monastic community, headed by Metropolitan [[Agafangel (CyprianPashkovsky)|Agafangel]].*[[Macedonian True Orthodox Diocese of Sydney and for Australia & New South WalesZealand]]: This diocese, under Metropolitan Cyprian of Oropos and FiliTwo parishes are in this group, which is affiliated with the [[True Orthodox Church in America]] (headed by [[Old CalendaristNicholas (Iuhoş)]], and therefore not in communion with any ).* [[Russian Orthodox Church Abroad (the Diaspora District of the mainstream Russian Orthodox Churches. This diocese is headed by His Eminence Church)]] - [[Diocese of Australia (ROCA - Diaspora District)]]: includes two parishes under Archbishop [[Chrysostomos Andronik (AlemangosKotliaroff) of Sydney|ChrysostomosAndronik]], Bishop .*[[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church Abroad in Australia]]: part of Sydney and New South Wales, Exarch of Australiathe UAOC-Abroad (Lavrentios Synod), and consists of with two parishesbishops in Australia. [http://www.uaoc-abroad.org]

*His Eminence [[Stylianos Makarios (HarkianakisGrizienakis) of Australia|StylianosMakarios]], Archbishop of Australia (Greek Orthodox).**His Grace [[Ezekiel (Kefalas) of Dervis]], [[auxiliary bishop]] to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in [[List of parishes in Victoria|Melbourne]], Victoria.**His Grace [[Seraphim (Ginis) of Apollonias]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in New South Wales|Sydney]], NSW.**His Grace [[Nikandros (Palyvos) of Dorileou]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos in [[List of parishes in South Australia|Adelaide]], SA, [[List of parishes in the Northern Territory|Darwin]], NT, and for [[List of parishes in Western Australia|Perth]], WA.**His Grace [[Iakovos (Tsigounis) of Miletoupolis]], auxiliary bishop to Archbishop Stylianos Makarios in [[List of parishes in VictoriaQueensland|MelbourneQueensland]], Victoria.*His Eminence [[Paul Basilios (SalibaKodseie) of Australia and , New Zealandand the Philippines|PaulBasilios]], Metropolitan Archbishop of Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines (Antiochian Orthodox).*His Eminence [[Hilarion (Kapral) of New York|Hilarion]], Archbishop of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand, Metropolitan, and First Hierarch of [[ROCOR]].**His Grace [[Irinej_George (DobrijevicSchaefer)_of_Australia_and_New_Zealandof Canberra|IrinejGeorge]], vicar bishop to Metropolitan Hilarion in Australia and New Zealand.*His Grace [[Siluan (Mrakic) of Australia and New Zealand|Siluan]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian Orthodox).*His Grace [[Michael Mihail (Filimon)of Australia and New Zealand|Mihail]], Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Romanian Orthodox)

*Archimandrite [[Themistocles (Adamopoulo)]], former lecturer at [[St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College (Sydney, Australia)|St Andrew's Greek Orthodox Theological College]], then vice-dean of the Orthodox Patriarchal School in Kenya and now missionary in head of the [[Diocese of Sierra Leone]].

*Hmk. Igumen [[Dimitry (Obuhoff)]], founding [[superior]] of [[St. John the Baptist Skete (Kentlyn, New South Wales)|St John the Baptist Skete]].*Hmk. Igumen [[Joachim (Ross)]], superior of St. John the Baptist Skete.

*[http://www.soc.org.au Serbian Orthodox Church in Australia and New Zealand] (Official Website)*[http://www.ukrainianorthodoxchurchaustralia.com Orthodox Church in Ukraine in Australia] (Official Website)*[http://www.orthodox.net.au/en/orthodox-australia List and map of all Orthodox Parishes in Australia]*[http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp09042006.85/02whole.pdf The Russian Orthodox Presence in Australia: The History of a Church told from recently opened archives and previously unpublished sources], by Fr. [[Michael Protopopov ]] (PDF)*[http://researchonline.nd.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=arts_chapters Greek Orthodoxy in Australia], by Anastasios M. Tamis (PDF)