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{{diocese|name=The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA|jurisdiction=[[Church of Constantinople|Constantinople]]|type=Archdiocese|founded=1923, 1929, 1996|bishop=[[Constantine Antony (BugganScharba) of IrinoupolisHierapolis|Metr. ConstantineAntony]]|see=IrinoupolisHierapolis|hq=South Bound Brook, New Jersey|territory=United States|language=Ukrainian, [[Church Slavonic]], English|music=[[Kievan Chant]] & [[Galician Chant]]|calendar=[[Julian Calendar|Julian]]|population=''unknown''|website=[http://www.uocofusa.org/ UOC-USA]}}
The '''Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA''' ('''UOC of USA''') is a [[jurisdiction]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]] in the United States. It consists of three eparchies ([[diocese]]s), ruled by two diocesan [[bishop]]s, including about 105 [[parish]]es and missions. Its latest current [[primate]] was is His BeatitudeEminence, [[Metropolitan]] [[Constantine Antony (BugganScharba) of IrinoupolisHierapolis]], who served until his death in 2012.[[Image:UOC of USA (3).jpg|left|thumb|Bishops: Abp. [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis|Antony of Hierapolis]]; Metr. Constantine of Irinoupolis; Abp. [[Vsevolod (Maidansky) of Scopelos|Vsevolod of Scopelos]]]]
==History==
==Current structure==
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA is divided into three two [[eparchy|eparchies]]:*Central Eastern Eparchy (Connecticut, Deleware, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Upstate New York, Western Pennsylvania), headed by Metr. Constantine of Irinoupolis (Parma, Ohio)*Eastern Eparchy (Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, Virginia), headed by Abp. [[Antony (Scharba) of Hierapolis|Antony of Hierapolis ]] (New York, New York and Washington D.C.)*Western Eparchy (Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, NebraskaNew Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Western Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin, Ontario Province), headed by Bishop Daniel of Pamphilion Pamphilon (Chicago, Illinois)
In total, there are about 105 parishes, two [[monastery|monasteries]], and one seminary, [[St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary (South Bound Brook, New Jersey)|St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary]] in South Bound Brook, New Jersey. Besides the three hierarchs, the clergy consists of 106 [[priest]]s and 15 [[deacon]]s.[http://uocofusa.org/diodirect/clergy_dir.shtml] 15 of the parishes currently have either no pastor or are served by clergy in their [[deanery]].[http://uocofusa.org/directory/]