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==The Episcopacy==
: ''See '''[[List of bishiops bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia]]'''''
The Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia currently has thirteen [[bishop]]s serving nine [[diocese]]s throughout the world, along with one retired bishop.
===Ruling bishops===
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of Sydney|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America, First Hierarch of the ROCOR, Archbishop of Sydney, [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Australia and New Zealand]]* Archbishop [[Alypy (Gramanovich) of Chicago|Alypy (Gamanovich)]] of Chicago and Mid-America* Archbishop [[Mark (Arndt) of Berlin|Mark (Arndt)]] of Berlin, and Germany and of Great Britain
* Archbishop [[Kyrill (Dmitrieff) of San Francisco|Kyrill (Dmitrieff)]] of San Francisco and Western America
* Archbishop [[Gabriel (Chemodakov) of ManhattanMontreal|Gabriel (Chemodakov)]] of Montreal and Canada* Archbishop [[Peter (Loukianoff) of Cleveland|Peter (Loukianoff)]] of Chicago and Mid-America* Bishop [[John (Bērziņš) of Caracas|John (Bērziņš)]] of Caracas and South America* Bishop [[Michael Irenei (DonskoffSteenberg) of GenevaLondon|Michael Irenei (DonskoffSteenberg)]] of Geneva London and Western Europe
===Vicar bishops===
* Bishop [[Agapit Theodosius (GorachekIvashchenko) of Stuttgart|Agapit (Gorachek)Seattle]] of StuttgartSeattle, Vicar of the German Dioceseof Western America* Bishop [[Peter George (LoukianoffSchaefer) of Cleveland|Peter (Loukianoff)Canberra]] of ClevelandCanberra, Administrator Vicar of the Diocese of Chicago Australia and Mid-AmericaNew Zealand* Bishop [[John Nicholas (BērziņšOlhovsky) of Caracas|John (Bērziņš)Manhattan]] of CaracasManhattan, Administrator Vicar of the Diocese of South Eastern America* Bishop [[Theodosius (Ivashchenko)]] Alexander of SeattleVevey, Vicar of the Diocese of Western America.Europe* Bishop [[George (Schaefer)]] Luke of MayfieldSyracuse, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern America.* Bishop [[Jerome (Shaw)]] James of ManhattanSonora, Vicar of the Diocese of Eastern Western America.
===Retired bishops===
* Bishop [[Varnava Michael (ProkofievDonskoff) of CannesGeneva|Varnava Michael (ProkofievDonskoff)]], Retired, formerly of Cannes, Vicar of the Western European diocese ===Bishop transfered to Moscow Patriarchate===* Bishop [[Eutychus (Kurochkin) of Domodedovo|Eutychus Jerome (KurochkinShaw)]] of Domodedovo, Patriarchal Vicar for the service of the parishes in Russia which had been under ROCOR ===Suspended bishops===* [[Benjamin (Rusalenko)]], suspended. Formerly bishop of Black Sea and Kuban* [[Agafangel (Pashkovsky) of Odessa|Agafangel (Pashkovsky)]], suspended. Formerly bishop of Odessa and the Crimea
==First Hierarchs==
* Metropolitan [[Vitaly (Ustinov) of New York|Vitaly (Ustinov)]] (reposed on September 25, 2006, in Mansonville, Canada)
* Metropolitan [[Laurus (Skurla) of New York|Laurus (Škurla)]] (reposed on March 16, 2008)
* Metropolitan [[Hilarion (Kapral) of SydneyNew York|Hilarion (Kapral)]] of New York and Eastern America(reposed on May 16, 2022).
==See also==
*[http://www.orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/roca_history.aspx History of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad], by St. [[John Maximovitch]]
*[http://gnisios.narod.ru/bisrocor.html Bishops of the ROCOR]
*[http://www.russianorthodoxchurchsynod.wscom/01newstucture/pagesen/articles/svassasobor.htm "Glory be to God, Who Did Not Abandon His Church": The Self-Awareness of ROCOR at the Third All-Diaspora Council of 1974], by [[Vassa (Larin)|Nun Vassa (Larin)]]
<!--- * [http://www.pravos.org/index.htm Commission Dialogue Moscow Patriarchate-Church outside Russia] --->
*[http://www.saintjonah.org/articles/voicesofreason.htm Voices of Reason], a collection of articles in response to those who oppose the reconciliation of ROCOR with the MP
[[Category:Moscow Patriarchate Dioceses]]
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