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| RULING BISHOPS FOR NORTH AMERICAThese 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 AMERICADiocese of Alaska (1903-1920) 1903-1909 Bishop Innocent (Pustinksy) 1909-1916 Bishop Alexander (Nemolovsky) 1916-1920 Bishop Philip (Stavitsky)
Diocese of Brooklyn (1904-1915) 1904-1915 Bishop Raphael (Hawaweeny) from 1917 Bishop Aftimios (Ofiesh)
Diocese of Canada (1916-1918) 1916-1918 Bishop Alexander (Nemolovsky)
Diocese of Kodiak (1799) 1799 Bishop Ioasaph (Bolotov)
Diocese of New Archangel (1859-1870) 1859-1867 Bishop Peter (Lysakov) 1867-1870 Bishop Paul (Popov)
Diocese of Pittsburgh (1916-1917) 1916-1917 Bishop Stephen (Dzubai) |
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