Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and New York

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, 19341959 • Anastasius (Gribanovsky), First Hierarch of ROCOR, 1959May31, 1964 • Philaret (Voznesensky), First Hierarch of ROCOR, May31, 1964November21, 1985 • Vitaly (Ustinov), First Hierarch of ROCOR, January22, 1986August10, 2001 • Laurus (Škurla), First Hierarch of ROCOR, October27, 2001March16, 2008 • Hilarion (Kapral), First Hierarch of ROCOR, May18, 2008May16, 2022 • Nicholas (Olhovsky), First Hierarch of ROCOR, since September14, 2022 Vicars Bishops of Manhattan • James (Toombs), July21, 1951October21, 1955 • Laurus (Škurla), August13, 1967June18, 1976 • Gregory (Grabbe), May12, 1979November 1981 • Hilarion (Kapral), December10, 1984December 1995 • Gabriel (Chemodakov), October5, 1996May14, 2008 • Jerome (Shaw), December10, 2008July10, 2013 • Nicholas (Olhovsky), June29, 2014 - September 14, 2022 • Theodosius (Ivashchenko), since December 9, 2025 Bishop of Mayfield • George (Schaefer), December7, 2008October7, 2014 Bishop of Erie • Daniel (Alexandrov), August14, 1988April26, 2010 Bishop of Boston • Mitrophan (Znosko-Borovsky), November24, 1992February15, 2002 • Michael (Donskoff), May 2002May 2006 • Michael (Crowley), since February 15, 2026 Archbishops of Syracuse and Holy Trinity • Abercius (Taushev), May25, 1953April13, 1976 • Laurus (Škurla), July18, 1976October25, 2001 • Luke (Murianka) Bishop of Washington • Nikon (Rklitski), 1960September4, 1976 • Gregory (Grabbe), 1981January 1986 • Hilarion (Kapral), 1995June20, 1996 Archbishop of Rockland • Andrew (Rymarenko), March2, 1968July12, 1978 • John (Legky), October2, 1994March3, 1995 Bishop/Archbishop of Florida • Nikon (Rklitski), 1960September4, 1976 == References ==