Archbishopric of Paris in France of the Russian Orthodox Church

## General Information

* Continent: Europe
* Country: French Republic, Kingdom of Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italian Republic, Kingdom of Norway, Kingdom of Sweden
* Denomination: Russian Orthodox Church, ~~Great Church of Christ in Constantinople (*Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe*)~~

## Ecclesiastical Structure

* Ecumenical Council
	+ Local Council of Moskva
		- Episcopal Council of Moskva
			* Holy Synod of Moskva
				+ Supreme Church Council of Moskva
					- Diocesan Archbishopric of Paris

### **Former**

#### Great Church of Christ in Constantinople

##### 2nd Exarchal Era

* Ecumenical Council
	+ Holy Synod of Konstantinoupole
		- Patriarchate of Konstantinoupole
			* Patriarchal Exarchate of Paris of the Russian Tradition
				+ Diocesan Archbishopric of Paris

##### 1st Exarchal Era

* Ecumenical Council
	+ Holy Synod of Konstantinoupole
		- Patriarchate of Konstantinoupole
			* Patriarchal Exarchate of Paris of the Russian Tradition
				+ Eparchial Metropolitanate of Paris
					- Vicar Bishopric of Nice

#### Orthodox Church of France and Western Europe

* Ecumenical Council
	+ Diocesan Archbishopric of Paris

## History

* 1965.11.22: Established as the Diocesan Archbishopric of Paris of the *Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe*; Gained territory of the Eparchial Metropolitanate of Paris.
* 1971.01.22: Re-organized as the Diocesan Archbishopric of Paris of the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople (*Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe*); Subordinated under the Patriarchal Exarchate of Paris of the Great Church of Christ in Constantinople.
* 1999.06.19: Subordinated under the Patriarchal Exarchate of Paris of the Russian Tradition.
* 2008.01.26: Gained territory from the Eparchial Bishopric of Glastonbury—Bath of the Celtic Orthodox Church.
* 2019.01.24: Lost territory to the Diocesan Bishopric of Paris–Genève—Bruxelles of the Russian Orthodox Church (Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia).
* 2019.11.03: Re-organized as the Diocesan Archbishopric of Paris of the Russian Orthodox Church; Subordinated under the Holy Synod of Moskva.
* 2020.02.26: Lost territory to the Hierarchical Vicariate of Svyataya Mariya Parizhskaya and Svyatoy Aleksiy Yuzhinskiy in France.

## Heads

* John (Jean-Pierre Renneteau)
	+ Archbishop of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2019.11.03 – Present)
	+ **Metropolitan-Bishop of Dubna** (2019.10.03 – Present)
		- **Arch-Bishop of Dubna** (2019.09.14 – 2019.10.03)
	+ Archbishop of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2016.05.26 – 2019.11.03, *ROC in Western Europe*)
		- Archbishop-elect of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2016.03.28 – 2016.05.26, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Locum Tenens of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2015.11.28 – 2016.03.28, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Vicar of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2015.03.15 – 2016.03.28, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Patriarchal Exarch of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (2016.05.26 – 2018.11.27, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ **Arch-Bishop of Chariopoule** (2016.05.26 – 2019.08.30, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- **Bishop of Chariopoule** (2015.03.15 – 2016.05.26, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- Bishop-elect of Chariopoule (2015.02.13 – 2015.03.15, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
* Job (Ihor Wladimir Getcha)
	+ Archbishop of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2013.11.30 – 2015.11.29, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Patriarchal Exarch of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (2013.11.30 – 2015.11.29, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ **Arch-Bishop of Telmessos** (2013.11.30 – 2022.07.22, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
* Emmanuel (Adamakis)
	+ Archdiocesan Locum Tenens of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2013.01.16 – 2013.11.30, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ **Exarch of Europe** (2003.01.20 – 2021.02.16, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ **Metropolitan of France,** **Hypertimos** *in Paris* (2003.01.20 – 2021.02.16, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ **Bishop of Region** (1996.12.11 – 2003.01.20, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- Bishop-elect of Region (1996.09.05 – 1996.12.11, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ Auxiliary Bishop of Bruxelles (1996.12.11 – 2003.01.20, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
* Gabriel (Guido de Vylder)
	+ Archbishop of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2003.05.03 – 2013.01.16, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Locum Tenens of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2001.01.22– 2003.05.03, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Vicar of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2001.06.24 – 2003.05.03, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Patriarchal Exarch of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (2003.05.03 – 2013.01.16, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ **Arch-Bishop of Komana** (2003.05.03 – 2013.01.16, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- **Bishop of Komana** (2001.06.24 – 2003.05.03, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
* Sergius (Sergey Alexeyevich Konovalov)
	+ Archbishop of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1993.06.27 – 1999.06.19, *ROC in Western Europe*)
		- Archbishop-elect of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1993.06.08 – 1993.06.27, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Patriarchal Exarch of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (1993.06.27 – 2003.01.22, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ **Arch-Bishop of Eukarpia** (1993.06.27 – 2003.01.22, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
* George (Georg Wagner)
	+ Archbishop of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1981.05.06 – 1993.04.06, *ROC in Western Europe*)
		- Archbishop-elect of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1981.05.01 – 1981.05.06, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Locum Tenens of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1981.03.22 – 1981.05.01, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Vicar of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (1971.10.03 – 1981.05.01, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ **Arch-Bishop of Eudokia** (1981.05.06 – 1993.04.06, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- **Bishop of Eudokia** (1971.10.03 – 1981.05.06, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- Bishop-elect of Eudokia (1971.06.30 – 1971.10.03, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
* George (Georgy Vasilyevich Tarassov)
	+ *Primate of the Local Church in France and Western Europe* (1966.02.18 – 1971.01.22, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archbishop of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1966.02.18 – 1981.04.14, *ROC in Western Europe*)
		- Archbishop-designate of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1965.12.30 – 1966.02.18, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Hierarch of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (1960.06.12 – 1965.12.30, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Eparchial Vicar of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (1953.10.04 – 1960.06.12, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Patriarchal Exarch of Russian Parishes in Western Europe (1960.06.12 – 1965.10.10, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
	+ **Arch-Bishop of Surakousai** (1971.01.22 – 1981.04.14, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- **Bishop of Surakousai** (1953.10.04 – 1960.06.12, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)

## Assistants

* Gabriel (Guido de Vylder)
	+ Archdiocesan Locum Tenens of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2001.01.22– 2003.05.03, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Vicar of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (2001.06.24 – 2003.05.03, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ **Bishop of Komana** (2001.06.24 – 2003.05.03, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
* George (Georg Wagner)
	+ Archdiocesan Locum Tenens of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1981.03.22 – 1981.05.01, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ Archdiocesan Vicar of Orthodox Churches of the Russian Tradition in Western Europe (1971.10.03 – 1981.05.01, *ROC in Western Europe*)
	+ **Bishop of Eudokia** (1971.10.03 – 1981.05.06, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)
		- Bishop-elect of Eudokia (1971.06.30 – 1971.10.03, Great Church of Christ in Constantinople)

## Links

* Official Websites: Archbishopric of Paris
* Encyclopedia Pages: Wikipedia

### Other References

1. ↑ https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Иоанн\_(Реннето)
2. ↑ https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Μητροπολίτης\_Γέρων\_Χαλκηδόνος\_Εμμανουήλ\_Αδαμάκης