The biographies and photos of the ruling bishops and primates of the Orthodox Church in America since 1799.
| 1799 | Bishop of Kodiak Auxiliary of the Irkutsk Diocese |
An auxiliary bishop whose assigned Episcopal oversight functions within the North American Church were those of a ruling hierarch, or a hierarch who otherwise fulfilled significant functions of the Primate on a day-to-day basis for an extended period of time.
Died while traveling to his see following his Episcopal consecration.
| 1840-50 | Bishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands |
| 1850-68 | Archbishop of Kamchatka, the Kurile and Aleutian Islands |
| 1859-66 | Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese |
An auxiliary bishop whose assigned Episcopal oversight functions within the North American Church were those of a ruling hierarch, or a hierarch who otherwise fulfilled significant functions of the Primate on a day-to-day basis for an extended period of time.
| 1866-70 | Bishop of Novoarkhangelsk (Sitka) Auxiliary of the Kamchatka Diocese |
An auxiliary bishop whose assigned Episcopal oversight functions within the North American Church were those of a ruling hierarch, or a hierarch who otherwise fulfilled significant functions of the Primate on a day-to-day basis for an extended period of time.
| 1887-91 | Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska |
| 1891 | Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska |
Transferred to another see before traveling to North America to assume his functions as ruling bishop.
| 1898-1900 | Bishop of the Aleutians and Alaska |
| 1900-05 | Bishop of the Aleutians and North America |
| 1905-07 | Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America |
| 1907-14 | Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America |
| 1922-34 | Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 1914-18 | Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America |
| 1919-22 | Archbishop of the Aleutians and North America |
| 1934-50 | Archbishop of San Francisco Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 1950-65 | Archbishop of New York Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 1965-77 | Archbishop of New York Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 1974-77 | Archbishop of Montreal and Canada Temporary Administrator of the Orthodox Church in America |
An auxiliary bishop whose assigned Episcopal oversight functions within the North American Church were those of a ruling hierarch, or a hierarch who otherwise fulfilled significant functions of the Primate on a day-to-day basis for an extended period of time.
| 1977-80 | Archbishop of New York Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 1981-2002 | Archbishop of Washington Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 2002-2005 | Archbishop of Washington Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 2005-2008 | Archbishop of Washington and New York Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 2008-2009 | Archbishop of Washington and New York, Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 2009-2012 | Archbishop of Washington Metropolitan of All America and Canada |
| 2012- | Archbishop of Washington Metropolitan of All America and Canada |