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The '''Ukrainian Orthodox Eparchy of Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church in the USA|Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Diaspora]] under the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate|/Church of Constantinople]]. It is currently led by [[Archbishop]] [[John (Derewianka) Metropolitan Antony of Parnassus]] and Hierapolis. It includes former those parishes of which were formerly known as the [[Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church]] in Western Europe and Oceania.

As a consequence of decisions made at the July 2016 Sobor of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church (Ecumenical Patriarchate) in Australia and New Zealand, three significant changes were made. The first was that Archbishop Ioann Derewianka resigned his episcopal responsibilities due to declining health. Secondly, the New Jersey (U.S.) based first hierarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Metropolitan Antony (Scharba) assumed direct episcopal responsibility for the Church in Australia and New Zealand while the newly appointed Archbishop Daniel, who is also based in the U.S., was assigned episcopal responsibility for Western Europe and the United Kingdom. Thirdly, in order to avoid confusion with the non-canonical church if the same name in Ukraine, the decision was made to change the name from the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church OrthodoxChurch of Australia and New Zealand to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Australia.