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==The Episcopacy==
: ''See '''[[List of 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 Mark (KapralArndt) of SydneyBerlin|Hilarion Mark (KapralArndt)]] of New York Berlin and Eastern America, First Hierarch of the ROCOR, Archbishop of Sydney, [[Diocese of Australia and New Zealand (ROCOR)|Australia and New Zealand]]Germany*Archbishop [[Alypy Kyrill (GramanovichDmitrieff) of ChicagoSan Francisco|Alypy Kyrill (GamanovichDmitrieff)]] of Chicago San Francisco and Mid-Western America*Archbishop [[Mark Gabriel (ArndtChemodakov) of BerlinMontreal|Mark Gabriel (ArndtChemodakov)]] of Berlin, Germany Montreal and of Great BritainCanada*Archbishop [[Kyrill Peter (DmitrieffLoukianoff) of San FranciscoCleveland|Kyrill Peter (DmitrieffLoukianoff)]] of San Francisco Chicago and Western Mid-America*Bishop [[Michael John (DonskoffBērziņš) of GenevaCaracas|Michael John (DonskoffBērziņš)]] of Geneva Caracas and Western EuropeSouth America*Bishop [[Gabriel Irenei (ChemodakovSteenberg) of ManhattanLondon|Gabriel Irenei (ChemodakovSteenberg)]] of Montreal London and CanadaWestern 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)]]* Bishop [[Jerome (Shaw)]], Retired, formerly of Cannes, Vicar of the Western European diocese
===Bishop transfered to Moscow Patriarchate=First Hierarchs==*Bishop Metropolitan [[Evtikhii Anthony (KurochkinKhrapovitsky) of Ishim|Evtikhii (Kurochkin)]] of Domodedovo, Patriarchal Vicar for the service of the parishes in Russia which had been under ROCOR ===Suspended bishops===*Bishop [[Agafangel (Pashkovsky) of OdessaKiev|Agafangel (Pashkovsky)]], suspended. Formerly bishop of Odessa and the Crimea ===Reposed bishops===*Metropolitan [[Anthony (Khrapovitsky) of Kiev]] (reposed on August 10, 1936, in Sremsky Karlovtsy, Serbia)*Metropolitan [[Anastasy (Gribanovsky) of Kishinev|Anastasy (Gribanovsky)]] (reposed on May 22, 1965)*Metropolitan [[Philaret (Voznesensky) of New York|Philaret (Voznesensky)]] (reposed on November 21, 1985)*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)*Archbishop Metropolitan [[Vitaly Hilarion (MaximenkoKapral) of Jersey City]] (reposed in 1960)*Archbishop [[John (Maximovitch) of San Francisco]] (reposed on July 2, 1966, [[GlorificationNew York|glorified]] as a [[saint]]] on July 2, 1994)*Bishop [[Mitrophan Hilarion (Znosko-BorovskyKapral) of Boston]] (reposed on February 15May 16, 2002)*Bishop [[Alexander (Mileant) of Buenos Aires|Alexander (Mileant)]] of Buenos Aires and South America (reposed on September 13, 2005)*Bishop [[Ambrose (Cantacuzène) of Geneva|Ambrose (Cantacuzène)]] of Geneva and Western Europe (reposed on July 23, 2009)*Bishop [[Daniel (Alexandrow) of Erie|Daniel (Alexandrow)]] of Erie, Vicar of the President of the Synod of Bishops for the service of Old Believers (reposed in 20102022).
==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)]]
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*[http://pageswww.prodigysaintjonah.netorg/frjohnwhitefordarticles/voicesofreason.htm Voices of Reason], a collection of articles in response to those who oppose the reconciliation of ROCOR with the MP
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