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The Head of the AOCC: The Archbishop < Home < Who We Are
The role of the Archbishop is to serve as the head of the AOCC, lead the other bishops of the denomination, and preside over the major functions of the church.
Another term associated with archbishop is metropolitan. Metropolitan, in ecclesiastical language, refers to whatever relates to the metropolis, the principal city, or see, of an ecclesiastical province; thus we speak of a metropolitan church, a metropolitan chapter, a metropolitan official, etc. The word metropolitan, used without any qualificative, means the bishop of the metropolitan see, now usually styled archbishop.1
In addition, the Archbishop serves as the Bishop over New York and is the Rector of the Cathedral of St. Gregory the Great, located on Long Island in the city of Medford.
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The
Most. Rev. Joseph J. Raffaele serves as the Primate of the American
Orthodox Catholic Church, Western Rite.