Bulgarian Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America

{{short description|Ethnic diocese of the Orthodox Church in America}}

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| name = Bulgarian Diocese of America

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| country = United States

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| language = English, Bulgarian

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| parent_church = Orthodox Church in America

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| bishop = Alexander (Golitzin)

| bishop_title = Archbishop

| map = File:Map of North America highlighting OCA Bulgarian Diocese.svg

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| map_caption = The states in which the Bulgarian Diocese has jurisdiction.

| website = {{URL|http://www.bdoca.org/}}

|metropolitan=Tikhon (Mollard)}}

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The Bulgarian Diocese of the Orthodox Church in America (also known as the Bulgarian Diocese of Toledo,{{Cite web|url=http://www.bdoca.org/images/pdf/2010_Amended__Restated_Constitution_of_the_Bulgarian_Diocese.pdf|title=Constitution of the Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the United States of America and Canada|access-date=2018-08-15|archive-date=2015-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906200848/http://www.bdoca.org/images/pdf/2010_Amended__Restated_Constitution_of_the_Bulgarian_Diocese.pdf|url-status=dead}} and originally known as the Bulgarian Diocese in Exile) is one of three ethnic dioceses of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA). It was created in 1963 by Eastern Orthodox Christians of Bulgarian and Macedonian descent.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIijGJkc_VQ&feature=emb_title History of the Bulgarian Diocese of Toledo] Its territory includes parishes, monasteries, and missions located in seven states in the United States: California, Illinois, Indiana, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, and Washington, D.C. The first bishop of the diocese was the Most Reverend Kyrill (Yonchev), who also served as the Archbishop of Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania. After his [http://www.oca.org/Mem.asp?ID=78&SID=18 repose] on June 17, 2007, Metropolitan Herman served as locum tenens of the diocese until the election of Archimandrite Alexander (Golitzin) on October 4, 2011. On May 5, 2012, he was consecrated as bishop of the diocese during a Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at Saint George Orthodox Cathedral in Rossford, Ohio.