RULING BISHOPS FOR NORTH AMERICA

These are bishops of the Russian Orthodox Church who were the archpastors of the American faithful from 1794 to 1917. Included here are bishops who never lived in North America. The North American mission was part of the Diocese of Irkutsk until 1840.

Diocese of Irkutsk, Nerchinsk and Yakutsk (1794-1840)

1794-1814    Bishop Benjamin (Bagryansky)

1814-1830    Bishop Michael (Burdukov) (From 1826, Archbishop)

1830-1831    Archbishop Irinei (Nestorovich)

1831-1835   (Archbishop) St. Meletius (Leontovich)

1835-1838    Bishop Innocent (Aleksandrov)

1838-1840    Bishop Nil (Isakovich)

Diocese of Kamchatka, Kurilsk, and the Aleutians (1840-1870)

1840-1868    (Bishop) St. Innocent (Veniaminov) (From 1850, Archbishop)

1868-1870    Bishop Benjamin (Blagonravov)

Diocese of the Aleutians and Alaska (1870-1907)

1870-1877    Bishop John (Mitropolsky)

1877-1882    Bishop Nestor (Zakk)

1887-1891    Bishop Vladimir (Sokolovsky)

1891             Bishop Nicholas (Adoratsky)

1891-1898    Bishop Nicholas (Ziorov)

1898-1907   (Bishop) St. Tikhon (Belavin) (From 1905, Archbishop)

Diocese of the Aleutians and North America (1907-1919)

1907-1914    Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky)

1914-1919    Archbishop Evdokim (Meschersky)

VICAR BISHOPS FOR NORTH AMERICA

Diocese of Alaska (1903-1920)
Vicariate of the Aleutian Diocese

1903-1909     Bishop Innocent (Pustinksy)

1909-1916     Bishop Alexander (Nemolovsky)

1916-1920     Bishop Philip (Stavitsky)

Diocese of Brooklyn (1904-1915)
Vicariate of the Aleutian Diocese

1904-1915    Bishop Raphael (Hawaweeny)

from 1917      Bishop Aftimios (Ofiesh)

Diocese of Canada (1916-1918)
Vicariate of the Aleutian Diocese

1916-1918     Bishop Alexander (Nemolovsky)

Diocese of Kodiak (1799)
Vicariate of the Irkutsk Diocese

1799           Bishop Ioasaph (Bolotov)

Diocese of New Archangel (1859-1870)
Vicariate of the Kamchatka Diocese

1859-1867     Bishop Peter (Lysakov)

1867-1870     Bishop Paul (Popov)

Diocese of Pittsburgh (1916-1917)
Vicariate of the Aleutian Diocese

1916-1917     Bishop Stephen (Dzubai)

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