Church was forced into emigration, with some of its members emigrating to the United States. The primates from 1921 to 1936 were: Vasyl Lypkivsky, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine (1921–1927) Mykola Boretsky, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine (1927–1930) Ivan Pavlovsky, Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine (1930–1936) 1942–1944 In 1942, UAOC was re-established with help of the Polish Orthodox Church during occupation of Ukraine by Nazi Germany. This period lasted till the return of the Red Army in 1944, after that the UAOC was forced to emigration for a second time due to persecutions by the Soviet regime and remained structured only in the Ukrainian diaspora. Polikarp (Sikorsky), Archbishop of Lutsk and Volhynia, temporary administrator (1941–1944) Dionizy (Waledyński), Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland (1923–1960), proclaimed (not enthroned) Patriarch of all Ukraine (1944–1960) In diaspora (Europe), 1945–1990 Polikarp (Sikorsky), former Metropolitan of Lutsk and Volhynia, Primate of UAOC in diaspora (1945–1953) Nikanor (Abramovych), former Archbishop of Kyiv and Chyhyryn, Primate of UAOC in diaspora (1953–1969) Mstyslav (Skrypnyk), Metropolitan of New York and all the USA, former Bishop of Pereyaslav, Primate of UAOC in diaspora (1969–1993) 1990–2018 In 1990 the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church was reinstated in Ukraine, and the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in diaspora Metropolitan Mstyslav was enthroned as a patriarch. Since 2000, the church primate has been the Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine. Metropolitan Ioan (Vasyl Bodnarchuk), Metropolitan of Lviv and Galicia, former Bishop of Zhytomyr and Ovruch, Primate of UAOC (1989–1991) Patriarch Mstyslav (Stepan Skrypnyk), Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine (1991–1993) Patriarch Dymytriy (Volodymyr Yarema), Patriarch of Kyiv and all Rus-Ukraine (1993–2000) Metropolitan Mefodiy (Valeriy Kudriakov), Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine (2000–2015) Metropolitan Makariy (Mykola Maletych), Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine (2015–2018) Metropolitan Epiphany of Kyiv and All Ukraine was elected primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine on 15 December 2018. See also 2018 Moscow–Constantinople schism Unification council of the Orthodox churches of Ukraine Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine References External links Official website archive Former Ukrainian Orthodox Church bodies Independent Eastern Orthodox denominations Eastern Orthodox Church bodies in Europe 1921 establishments in Ukraine 1942 establishments in Ukraine 1990 establishments in Ukraine 2018 disestablishments in Ukraine Christian organizations established in 1921 Christian organizations established in 1942 Christian organizations established in 1990 Religious organizations disestablished in 2018