Eastern American & New York Diocese
The Diocese of Eastern America and New York (Russian: Восточно-Американская и Нью-Йоркская епархия) is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia that is the see of its First Hierarch.
History
Esteblishment of the Diocese is referred in ROCOR to 1934, when the Bishop Vitaly (Maximenko) arrived to U.S.
In its present form the diocese was formed after November Cleveland Sobor in 1946 when clergy and laity of the Northern American Mitropolis adopted a resolution by which the Metropolitan District limit his contacts with the Moscow Patriarchate and the Synod of ROCOR. However, much of the parishes refused to be separated from the ROCOR. After the rupture of communion with Metropolitan Theophilus (Pashkovsky), ROCOR regained its jurisdiction in America and received about 40 parishes emerged from the Metropolitan District. Аdministration of these parishes was charged to Archbishop Vitaly, who received the title "Archbishop of Eastern America and Jersey City".
Bishops
Ruling Bishops
- Anastasius (Gribanovsky), First Hierarch of ROCOR
- Philaret (Voznesensky), First Hierarch of ROCOR (May 31, 1964 - November 21, 1985)
- Vitaly (Ustinov), First Hierarch of ROCOR (January 22, 1986 - August 10, 2001)
- Laurus (Škurla), First Hierarch of ROCOR (October 27, 2001 - March 16, 2008)
- Hilarion (Kapral), First Hierarch of ROCOR (May 18, 2008 – present)
Vicars
- Bishops of Manhattan
- James (Toombs) (1950 - 1959)
- Laurus (Škurla) (August 13, 1967 - June 18, 1976)
- Gregory (Grabbe) (1979 - 1981)
- Hilarion (Kapral) (1984 - 1995)
- Gabriel (Chemodakov) (1997 - May 14, 2008)
- Jerome (Shaw) (December 10, 2008 – July 10, 2013)
- Nicholas (Olhovsky)
- Bishop of Mayfield
- George (Schaefer) (December 7, 2008 – October 7, 2014)
- Bishop of Erie
- Daniel (Alexandrov) (August 14, 1988 - April 26, 2010)
- Bishop of Boston
- Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky) (November 24, 1992 - February 15, 2002)
- Michael (Donskoff) (May 2002 - May 2006)
- Archbishops of Syracuse and Holy Trinity
- Abercius (Taushev) (May 25, 1953 - April 13, 1976)
- Laurus (Škurla) (July 18, 1976 - October 25, 2001)
- Bishop of Washington
- Gregory (Grabbe) (1981 - 1985)
- Hilarion (Kapral) (1995 — 1996)
- Archbishop of Rockland
- Andrew (Rymarenko) (March 2, 1968 - July 12, 1978)
- Bishop/Archbishop of Florida
- Nikon (Rklitski) (June 27, 1948 - 1960?)
- Bishop of Detroit
- Vitaly (Maximenko) (May 6, 1934 - 1959)
Sources
Coordinates: 40°10′23″N 74°14′07″W / 40.17306°N 74.23541°W