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headquarters in exile in Stavropol in southern Russia, then in Ottoman
Turkey, then in Serbia and finally in New York City; they formally broke
relations with the Diocese of Moscow in 1927 over atheist government
influence on church leadership; after 80 years of exile, the Church
Abroad reunited with the Diocese of Moscow on May 17, 2007)
A1.12153 Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, Diocese of South America (under
Bishop Alexander of Los Angeles, CA: includes Argentina, Brazil, Chile,
Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela)
A1.1216 Serbian Orthodox Church (Yugoslavia)
A1.1217 Sinai Orthodox Church (see A1.1107)
A1.1218 Slavonic Orthodox Church
A1.1219 Ukrainian Orthodox Church
A1.1220 Chinese Orthodox Church
A1.1221 Japanese Orthodox Church
A1.1300 OTHER EASTERN ORTHODOX GROUPS IN THE AMERICAS
A1.1301 Orthodox Greek Archdioceses of North and South America (1918)
A1.1302 African Orthodox Church (1921, Chicago)
A1.1303 Holy Eastern Orthodox Church (1927, Philadelphia, PA)
A1.1304 Orthodox Catholic Church in America (1927, New York, NY; Bishop
Verra)
A1.1305 Holy Eastern Orthodox Church of the USA (1927, Philadelphia, PA;
Bishop Aftimius Ofiesh)
A1.1306 American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church (1930s,
Johnston, PA)
A1.1307 American Orthodox Catholic Church (Propheta, 1965; Shirley, NY)
A1.1308 Orthodox Catholic Church of North and South America (1969, Akron,
OH; Bishop Joseph W. Alisauskas, Jr.; in 1988 the Catholic Orthodox
Church of Guatemala and Latin America--about 200,000 parishioners--
became affiliated with this body under Bishop José Imre of Tiquisate,
Guatemala; Father Andrés Giron of this Church was elected to the
Guatemalan Parliament and is a member of the UN Human Rights
Commission).
A1.1309 Greek Archdiocese of Vasiloupolis (1970, Woodside, NY)
A1.1310 Mercy Orthodox Catholic Church (1970, Motley, MN; Joseph
Sokolowski)
A1.1311 Western Orthodox Church of America (1974)
A1.1312 American Independent Orthodox Church (Bridges, 1976; Compton,
CA)
A1.1313 Association of Western Orthodox Parishes (1981, New York, NY; Fr.
Steven Empson)
A1.1314 Catholic Apostolic Church in America (1983, San Francisco, CA;
Francis Jerome Joachim)
A1.1315 Byzantine Catholic Church (1984, Los Angeles, CA; Mar Markus)
A1.1316 Orthodox Apostolic Catholic Church (1990s, Heredia, Costa Rica;
Mons. Nicolás)
A1.1317 Inclusive Orthodox Church (1994, Hawaii)
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