Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and New York
The Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and New York is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia that is the see of its First Hierarch. The current First Hierarch is Metropolitan Nicholas (Olhovsky) since September 14th, 2022.
History
September 4, 1934 the Synod of bishops of ROCOR decided to divide the North American diocese on 2 dioceses: Eastern American and Western American. The Eastern American diocese was headed by Archbishop Vitaly (Maximenko).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. Administration of these parishes was charged to Archbishop Vitaly, who received the title "Archbishop of Eastern America and Jersey City".
Bishops
Ruling bishops
- Vitaly (Maximenko), September4, 1934 – 1959
- Anastasius (Gribanovsky), First Hierarch of ROCOR, 1959 – May31, 1964
- Philaret (Voznesensky), First Hierarch of ROCOR, May31, 1964 – November21, 1985
- Vitaly (Ustinov), First Hierarch of ROCOR, January22, 1986 – August10, 2001
- Laurus (Škurla), First Hierarch of ROCOR, October27, 2001 – March16, 2008
- Hilarion (Kapral), First Hierarch of ROCOR, May18, 2008 – May16, 2022
- Nicholas (Olhovsky), First Hierarch of ROCOR, since September14, 2022
Vicars
Bishops of Manhattan
- James (Toombs), July21, 1951 – October21, 1955
- Laurus, August13, 1967 – June18, 1976
- Gregory (Grabbe), May12, 1979 – November 1981
- Hilarion, December10, 1984 – December 1995
- Gabriel (Chemodakov), October5, 1996 – May14, 2008
- Jerome (Shaw), December10, 2008 – July10, 2013
- Nicholas, since June29, 2014
Bishop of Mayfield
- George (Schaefer), December7, 2008 – October7, 2014
Bishop of Erie
- Daniel (Alexandrov), August14, 1988 – April26, 2010
Bishop of Boston
- Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky), November24, 1992 – February15, 2002
- Michael (Donskoff), May 2002 – May 2006
Archbishops of Syracuse and Holy Trinity
- Abercius (Taushev), May25, 1953 – April13, 1976
- Laurus, July18, 1976 – October25, 2001
Bishop of Washington
- Nikon (Rklitski), 1960 – September4, 1976
- Gregory, 1981 – January 1986
- Hilarion, 1995 – June20, 1996
Archbishop of Rockland
- Andrew (Rymarenko), March2, 1968 – July12, 1978
- John (Legky), October2, 1994 – March3, 1995
Bishop/Archbishop of Florida
- Nikon, 1960 – September4, 1976