Albanian Archdiocese (OCA) The Albanian Archdiocese of the
Orthodox Church in America is one of the three ethnic dioceses
within the OCA. Its origin is traced back to the start of the
Church of Albania as both had a common beginning in the United
States in the early twentieth century. |This article forms part
of the series| Orthodoxy in America |American Orthodox Timeline
| American Orthodox Bibliography Byzantines on OCA autocephaly
ROCOR and OCA |Saints - Bishops - Writers| |Antiochian -
Bulgarian | OCA - Romanian - Moscow ROCOR - Serbian |Christ the
Saviour |St. Tikhon's | AOI - EOCS - IOCC - OCEC OCF - OCL -
OCMC - OCPM - OCLife OISM - OTSA - SCOBA - SOCHA |Amer. Orthodox
Catholic Church | Brotherhood of St. Moses the Black Evangelical
Orthodox Church Holy Order of MANS/CSB Society of Clerks Secular
of St. Basil |Edit this box| The first known Orthodox Albanians
arrived in the United States late in the nineteenth century,
settling in the northeast part of the country. By the first
decade of the twentieth