The Metropolis of Wallachia and Dobruja, headquartered in
Bucharest
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,
Romania
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, is a
metropolis
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A big ci ...
of the
Romanian Orthodox Church
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.
History
The Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia was created, in 1359, by
Callistus I, the
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch ( el, Οἰκουμενικός Πατριάρχης, translit=Oikoumenikós Patriárchēs) is the archbishop of Constantinople ( Istanbul), New Rome and '' primus inter pares'' (first among equals) among the heads of ...
as the most senior church office of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, covering the territory of
Wallachia
Wallachia or Walachia (; ro, Țara Românească, lit=The Romanian Land' or 'The Romanian Country, ; archaic: ', Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: ) is a historical and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and s ...
.
In 1872, the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia united with the
Metropolis of Moldavia to form the
Romanian Orthodox Church
The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; ro, Biserica Ortodoxă Română, ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates ...
. The Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia, who received the title of Primate Metropolitan in 1865, became the head of the General Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In 1990, it became Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja.
List of Metropolitans
*
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(1508–1512)
* Macarie II (1512–1521)
* Ilarion II (1521–1523)
** ''vacancy'' (1523–1525)
* Teodor II (1525–1533)
* Mitrofan I (1533–1535)
* Varlaam I (1535–1544)
* Anania (1544–1558)
* Efrem (1558–1566)
* Danil I (1566)
** ''vacancy'' (1566–1568)
* Eftimie I (1568–1576)
* Serafim (1576–1586)
* Mihail I (1586–1590)
* Nichifore (1590)
* Mihail II (1590–1594)
* Eftimie II (1594–1602)
* Luca (1602–1629)
* Grigore I (1629–1636)
* Teofil (1636–1648)
* Stefan (1648–1653)
* Ignaţiu I (1653–1662)
* Stefan I (1662–1668), restored
* Teodosie (1668–1672)
* Dionisie (1672)
* Varlaam II (1672–1679)
** Teodosie (1679–1708), restored
*
Antim (1708–1716)
* Mitrofan II (1716–1719)
* Danil II (1719–1731)
* Ştefan II (1731–1738)
* Neofit I (1738–1753)
* Filaret I (1753–1760)
* Grigorie II (1760–1787)
* Cosma (1787–1792)
* Filaret II (1792–1793)
* Dositei (1793–1810)
* Ignaţiu II (1810–1812)
* Nectarie (1812–1819)
** ''vacancy'' (1819–1821)
* Dionisie II (1821–1823)
* Grigorie III (1823–1834)
** ''vacancy'' (1834–1840)
*
Neofit II (1840–1849)
;As Metropolitans of All Romania
*
Nifon (1850–1875)
*
Calinic (1875–1886)
*
Iosif (1886–1893)
*
Ghenadie (1893–1896)
**
Iosif (1896–1909), restored
*
Atanasie (1909–1911)
*
Conon
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(1912–1919)
*
Miron (1919–1925)
;As Patriarchs of All Romania
*
Miron (1925–1939)
*
Nicodim (1939–1948)
*
Iustinian (1948–1977)
*
Iustin (1977–1986)
*
Teoctist (1986–2007)
*
Daniel (since 2007)
See also
*
History of Christianity in Romania
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References
External links
Official website* Maksym Mayorov.
'. Likbez. 16 December 2018
1359 establishments in Europe
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