List of American and Canadian Orthodox bishops

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American Orthodox bishops are men serving as bishops in some capacity, whether with dioceses or exercising authority of some kind in the United States and Canada. The dates following their names indicate the years during which they served as bishops in America, not necessarily the years they served in the indicated bishoprics.

Church of Antioch

• Germanos (Shehadi) of Zahle

Antiochian Archdiocese

• Alexander (Mufarrij) of Ottawa, 2004–present
• Antony (Bashir) of New York, 1935-1966
• Antoun (Khouri) of Miami, 1981–present
• Basil (Essey) of Wichita, 1992–present
• Demetri (Khoury) of Jableh, 1995-2003 (retired)
• Joseph (Al-Zehlaoui) of Los Angeles, 1995–present
• Mark (Maymon) of Toledo, 2004–present
• Michael (Shaheen) of Toledo, 1958-1992
• Philip (Saliba) of New York, 1966-2014
• Samuel (David) of Toledo, 1935-1958
• Thomas (Joseph) of Oakland, 2004–present
• Victor (Abo-Assaley) of New York, 1924-1935

Church of Russia, 1794-1924

• Tikhon (Belavin) of the Aleutians
• Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov) of the Aleutians, 1888-1891
• Innocent (Veniaminov) of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands
• John (Mitropolsky) of the Aleutians, 1870-1877
• Nestor (Zass) of the Aleutians, 1878-1882
• Nicholas (Ziorov) of the Aleutians, 1891-1898
• Paul (Popov) of Novoarkhangelsk, 1867-1870
• Peter (Ekaterinovsky) of Novoarkhangelsk, 1859-1867
• Platon (Rozhdestvensky) of New York
• Saint Raphael (Hawaweeny) of Brooklyn, 1904-1915

Russian Exarchate of North America, 1933-1970

• Benjamin (Fedchenkov) of the Aleutians, 1933-1947
• Boris (Vik) of the Aleutians, 1955-1962
• Germogen, 1954
• John (Wendland) of New York and the Aleutians, 1962-1967
• Jonathan (Kopolovitch) of New York and the Aleutians, 1967-1970
• Makarius (Ilyinsky) of New York, 1947-1953

Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (partial)^[1]

• Hilarion (Kapral), First Hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Metropolitan of Eastern America and New York, 2008–present
• Kyrill (Dmitrieff), Archbishop of San Francisco and Western America, 2000–present
• Alypy (Gamanovich), Archbishop of Chicago and Mid-America
• Peter (Lukianoff) of Cleveland, Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago & Mid-America. Treasurer of the Synod of Bishops
• Theodosius (Ivashchenko), Bishop of Seattle, Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco and Western America, 2008–present
• George (Schaefer) of Mayfield, Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern America and New York
• Jerome (Shaw) of Manhattan, Vicar Bishop of the Diocese of Eastern America and New York, Deputy Secretary of the Synod of Bishops
• Philaret (Voznesensky) Metropolitan
• Vitaly (Ustinov) Metropolitan
• Laurus (Škurla) Metropolitan
• Saint John of Shanghai and San Francisco

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (partial)

• Anthimos (Drakonakis) of Olympus, Bishop of Christoupolis Sixth District (Pittsburg) 1977–1979, Bishop of Boston 1979-1983, Bishop of Denver 1984-1987, later assigned to Bishop of Olympus 1992-2015^[2]
• Alexander (Demoglou) of America, 1922-1930
• Alexios (Panagiotopoulos) of Atlanta, 1999–present
• Andonios (Paropoulos) of Phasiane, -present
• Anthony (Gergiannakis) of San Francisco, 1978-2004
• Athenagoras (Spyrou) of America, 1931-1949
• Demetrios (Kantzavelos) of Mokissos, - present
• Demetrios (Trakatellis) of America, 1999–present
• Dimitrios (Couchell) of Xanthos, -present
• Evangelos (Kourounis) of New Jersey, -present
• Gerasimos (Michaleas) of San Francisco, 2005–present
• Iakovos (Coucouzis) of America, 1959-1996
• Iakovos (Garmatis) of Chicago, 1979–present
• Isaiah (Chronopoulos) of Denver, 1992–present
• Maximos (Aghiorgoussis) of Pittsburgh, 1979-2011
• Methodios (Tournas) of Boston, 1983–present
• Michael (Konstantinides) of America, 1949-1959
• Nicholas (Pissare) of Detroit, 1999–present
• Philip (Koutoufas) of Atlanta, 1992-1996
• Savas (Zembillas) of Troas, 2002–present
• Spyridon (Papageorge) of America, 1996-1999
• Timothy (Negropontis) of Detroit, 1979-1995

Northern American Metropolia/Orthodox Church in America

• Platon (Rozhdestvensky) Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1907-1914). Later named Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1922-1934)
• Evdokim (Meschersky) Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1914-1918)
• Alexander (Nemolovsky) Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1919-1922)
• Theophilus (Pashkovsky) Archbishop of San Francisco, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1934–1950)
• Leontius (Turkevich) Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1950–1965)
• John (Shakhovskoy) Archbishop of San Francisco and the West (1950-1974)
• Irenaeus (Bekish) Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1965-1977)
• Theodosius (Lazor) Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1977-2002)
• Herman (Swaiko) Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-2008)
• Jonah (Paffhausen) Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2008 – 2012)
• Tikhon (Mollard) Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (since 2012)

'Holy Synod of Bishops (2016)

• Tikhon (Mollard), Archbishop of Washington and Metropolitan of All America and Canada
• Nathaniel (Popp), Archbishop of Detroit and the Romanian Episcopate
• Nikon (Liolin), Archbishop of Boston, New England, and the Albanian Archdiocese
• Benjamin (Peterson), Archbishop of San Francisco and the West
• Alejo (Pacheco y Vera), Archbishop of Mexico City and Mexico
• Melchisedek (Pleska), Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
• Mark (Maymon), Archbishop of Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania
• Irénée (Rochon), Archbishop of Ottawa and the Archdiocese of Canada
• Michael (Dahulich), Archbishop of New York and New Jersey
• Alexander (Golitsin), Bishop of Dallas, the South and the Bulgarian Diocese
• David (Mahaffey), Bishop of Sitka and Alaska
• Paul (Gassios), Bishop of Chicago and the Midwest
• Irineu (Duvlea), Bishop of Dearborn Heights (Romanian Episcopate)
• Daniel (Brum), Bishop of Santa Rosa (Diocese of the West)

Sources

• Derived, in part, with permission from List of American bishops at OrthodoxWiki.
• Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
• Hierarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church, Orthodox Research Institute.
• , Orthodox Church in America (OCA Website).

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