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The Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas or simply Metropolia ( or simply ''Mitropolia'') is an
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of the
Romanian Orthodox Church The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; , ), or Romanian Patriarchate, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the East ...
. The Metropolia covers the territory of the
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and
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
. The Metropolia is led by Nicolae, Archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of the United States of America and The Romanian Orthodox
Metropolitan Metropolitan may refer to: Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical) * Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop ** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" * Metropolitan ar ...
of the Americas, with the metropolitan center located in
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.


Administration and structure

The church is divided into one archdiocese and one diocese, each organized into three geographical deaneries, around which the parishes are grouped.


Archdioceses and Archbishops

*Romanian Orthodox
Archdiocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...
of the United States of America: Nicolae **Eastern USA Deanery **Central USA Deanery **Western USA Deanery


Dioceses and Bishops

*Romanian Orthodox
Diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of Canada: Ioan Casian de Vicina **Eastern Canada Deanery **Central Canada Deanery **Western Canada Deanery


See also

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List of members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church This is the list of the hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church, depicting the organization of the church. For a list of those hierarchs who are currently members of the Holy Synod, see thwebsite of the patriarchate Hierarchs Romanian Patri ...
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Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America Assembly may refer to: Organisations and meetings * Deliberative assembly, a gathering of members who use parliamentary procedure for making decisions * General assembly, an official meeting of the members of an organization or of their represent ...
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Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Canada The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Canada (formerly the Episcopal Assembly of North and Central America and later the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of North and Central America) is an organization of church hierarchs of Easte ...
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Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Latin America The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Latin America (Spanish: Asamblea episcopal de Iglesias ortodoxas en América Latina), formerly known as the Episcopal Assembly of South America, consists of all the active Eastern Orthodox Church, Orth ...


References


External links


Official Website
at patriarhia.ro
List of Parishes and Monasteries

News of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas
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