The Archdiocese of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania is a

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, pro ...

of the

Orthodox Church in America The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) is an Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian church based in North America. The OCA is partly recognized as Autocephaly, autocephalous and consists of more than 700 parishes, missions, commun ...

(OCA). Its territory includes

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es,

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, and missions located in three states in the

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–

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

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, and the entirety of

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. The

diocesan chancery A diocesan chancery is the branch of administration which handles all written documents used in the official government of a Catholic or Anglican diocese. It is in the diocesan chancery that, under the direction of the bishop or his representativ ...

is located in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. The current bishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Melchisedek (Pleska), was enthroned on June 27, 2009. The previous Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania,

Kyrill (Yonchev) The Most Reverend Kyrill (secular name Ilia Manchov Yonchev, bg, Илия Манчов Йончев; February 26, 1920, Panagyurishte, Bulgaria – June 17, 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was the archbishop of the Orthodox Church in America' ...

, died on June 17, 2007.

Bishops

* Stephen (Dzyubay) (7 August 1916 - May 1924) *

Alexis (Panteleev) Alexis may refer to: People Mononym * Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet * Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC * Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer * Alexis (comics) (1946–197 ...

(November 1932 - 1933) *

Benjamin (Basalyga) Benjamin ( he, ''Bīnyāmīn''; "Son of (the) right") blue letter bible: https://www.blueletterbible.org/lexicon/h3225/kjv/wlc/0-1/ H3225 - yāmîn - Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (kjv) was the last of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's thir ...

(10 September 1933 - 1947) * Dionysius (Dyachenko) (7 December 1947 - 1951) * Vyacheslav (Lissitzky) (28 October 1951 - 15 December 1952) *

(July 28, 1953 - November 15, 1963) *

Ambrose (Merezhko) Ambrose of Milan ( la, Aurelius Ambrosius; ), venerated as Saint Ambrose, ; lmo, Sant Ambroeus . was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promot ...

(1967 - 1972) *

Theodosius (Lazor) Metropolitan Theodosius (secular name Frank Lazor; , Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. On , Metropolitan Theodosius (who had suffered a series of strokes) s ...

(1972 - 30 October 1977) *

(October 1977 - 17 June 2007) * ''

Herman (Swaiko) Metropolitan Herman (born Joseph Swaiko, 1 February 1932 – 6 September 2022) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). As the head of the OCA, he was the Archbishop of Washington and New York, and Metropolitan of All America ...

'' (2007 - 4 September 2008) locum tenens * ''

Tikhon (Mollard) Metropolitan Tikhon (secular name Marc Raymond Mollard; born July 15, 1966, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Eastern Orthodox bishop and the Primate of the Orthodox Church in America, holding the rank of ''Metropolitan of All America and Canada.'' ...

'' (2008-2009) locum tenens *

Melchisedek (Pleska) In the Bible, Melchizedek (, hbo, , malkī-ṣeḏeq, "king of righteousness" or "my king is righteousness"), also transliterated Melchisedech or Malki Tzedek, was the king of Salem and priest of (often translated as "most high God"). He is f ...

(since 27 June 2009)

Deaneries

The diocese is grouped geographically into five

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, each consisting of a number of parishes. Each deanery is headed by a parish

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, known as a

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. The deans coordinate activities in their area's parishes, and report to the diocesan bishop. The current deaneries of the Diocese of Western Pennsylvania are: * Allegheny-Beaver Valley Deanery * Altoona-Johnstown Deanery * Monongahela Valley Deanery * Ohio Valley Deanery * Pittsburgh Deanery

References

External links

*
Archdiocese of Western Pennsylvania
on OCA official site {{DEFAULTSORT:Orthodox Church In America Diocese Of Western Pennsylvania

Western Pennsylvania Western Pennsylvania is a region in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, covering the western third of the state. Pittsburgh is the region's principal city, with a metropolitan area population of about 2.4 million people, and serves as its economic ...

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