Primates of the Orthodox Church in America 2021

Primates of the Orthodox Church in America

1.    Bishop Joasaph (Bolotov)  (1799)
2.    Bishop Innocent (Veniaminov) of Alaska

o    Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands (1840-50)
o    Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands (1850-68)
3.    Bishop Peter (Ekaterinovsky)  (1859-66)

4.    Bishop Paul (Popov)  (1866-70)

5.    Bishop John (Mitropolsky) (1870-77)

6.    Bishop Nestor (Zakkis)  (1878-82)

7.    Bishop Vladimir (Sokolovsky-Avtonomov)  (1887-91)

8.    Bishop Nicholas (Adoratsky)  (1891)
9.    Bishop Nicholas (Ziorov)  (1891-98)

10.    Bishop Tikhon (Belavin) of Moscow

o    Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska (1898-1900)
o    Bishop of the Aleutians and North America (1900-05)
o    Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America (1905-07)
11.    Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky)  (1907-14)

12.    Archbishop Evdokim (Meschersky)  (1914-18)

13.    Archbishop Alexander (Nemolovsky)  (1919-22)

14.    Metropolitan Platon (Rozhdestvensky)  (1922-34)
15.    Metropolitan Theophilus (Pashkovsky)  (1934-50)

16.    Metropolitan Leonty (Turkevich)  (1950-65)

17.    Metropolitan Ireney (Bekish)  (1965-77)

18.    Metropolitan Theodosius (Lazor)

o    Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1977-80)
o    Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (1981-2002)
19.    Metropolitan Herman (Swaiko)

o    Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2002-2005)
o    Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2005-2008)
20.    Metropolitan Jonah (Paffhausen)

o    Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2008-2009)
o    Archbishop of Washington, Metropolitan of All America and Canada (2009-2012)
21.    Metropolitan Tikhon  (2012-present)

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