The Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel ( ro, Arhiepiscopia Argeșului și Muscelului) is a diocese of the

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. Its see is the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in

Curtea de Argeș Curtea de Argeș () is a municipality in Romania on the left bank of the river Argeș, where it flows through a valley of the Southern Carpathians (the Făgăraș Mountains), on the railway from Pitești to the Turnu Roșu Pass. It is part of ...

and its ecclesiastical territory covers Argeș County. The archdiocese forms part of the

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."Mitropolia Munteniei și Dobrogei"
, at the

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Under-Secretariat for Culture and Religious Affairs
/ref> The institution traces its beginnings to the old Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia, which moved to

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in 1517. A Diocese of Argeș was established in 1793, covering the counties of Argeș and

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. Its most prominent bishop was probably the first, losif, who reigned until 1820; he translated and published numerous liturgical books. The diocese was disbanded in 1949, early in the

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, and merged into the Râmnic Diocese. It was revived in 1990, following the

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, and elevated to the rank of archdiocese in 2009.

Bishops

The following men have served as bishop at Argeș since 1793: George Aniculoaie
"Episcopia Argeșului și Muscelului"
''Lumina'', September 26, 2009 : Iosif (1793-1820) : Ilarion Gheorghiadis (1820-1823, 1828-1845) :Grigore Râmniceanul (1823-1828) :Samuil Tărtășescu Sinadon (1845-1849) :Climent Găiseanu (1850-1862) : Neofit Scriban (1862-1865, 1868-1873) : Ghenadie Țeposu (1865-1868) : Iosif Naniescu (1873-1875) :

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(1875-1893) : Gherasim Timuș (1893-1911) :Calist Ialomițeanul (1912-1917) :Teofil Mihăilescu (July-November 1918) : Vartolomeu Stănescu (1919-1920) : Evghenie Humulescu (1920-1921, 1923) :

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(1921-1923) : Nichita Duma (1923-1936) : Grigorie Leu (1936-1940) : Emilian Antal (1941-1944) : Iosif Gafton (1944-1949) : Calinic Argatu (1990-)

Notes

External links

Official site
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