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

. 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 Ar ...

and its ecclesiastical territory covers

Argeș County Argeș County () is a county (''județ'') of Romania, in Muntenia, with the capital city at Pitești. Demographics On 20 October 2011, it had a population of 612,431 and the population density was 89/km2. * Romanians – 97% * Roma (Gypsie ...

. The archdiocese forms part of the

Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja The Metropolis of Wallachia and Dobruja, headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, is a metropolis of the Romanian Orthodox Church. History The Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia was created, in 1359, by Callistus I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantino ...

."Mitropolia Munteniei și Dobrogei"
, at the

Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony The Ministry of Culture of Romania ( ro, Ministerul Culturii) is one of the ministries of the Government of Romania. The current position holder is Lucian Romașcanu from the Social Democratic Party (PSD). The ''Romanian National Institute of His ...

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

Târgoviște Târgoviște (, alternatively spelled ''Tîrgoviște''; german: Tergowisch) is a city and county seat in Dâmbovița County, Romania. It is situated north-west of Bucharest, on the right bank of the Ialomița River. Târgoviște was one of the ...

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

communist regime A communist state, also known as a Marxist–Leninist state, is a one-party state that is administered and governed by a communist party guided by Marxism–Leninism. Marxism–Leninism was the state ideology of the Soviet Union, the Com ...

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

Romanian Revolution The Romanian Revolution ( ro, Revoluția Română), also known as the Christmas Revolution ( ro, Revoluția de Crăciun), was a period of violent civil unrest in Romania during December 1989 as a part of the Revolutions of 1989 that occurred ...

, 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 Ilarion ( bg, Иларион, sr, Иларион, russian: Иларион, uk, Іларіон) is a variant of the Greek given name ''Hilarion'', found in Slavic and Romanian languages. It may refer to: * Hilarion of Kiev or Ilarion (11th century ...

(1820-1823, 1828-1845) :Grigore Râmniceanul (1823-1828) :Samuil Tărtășescu Sinadon (1845-1849) :Climent Găiseanu (1850-1862) :

Neofit Scriban Neofit (Неофит) is the Slavic form of the Greek name Neophytos, and may refer to: * Neofit of Bulgaria (born 1945), Bulgarian Orthodox primate * Neofit II (17781850), Romanian priest, head of the provisional government during the Wallachian ...

(1862-1865, 1868-1873) : Ghenadie Țeposu (1865-1868) :

Iosif Naniescu Iosif may refer to: People *Iosif Amusin, Soviet historian *Iosif Anisim, Romanian sprint canoer * Iosif Blaga, Romanian literary theorist and politician * Iosif Bobulescu, Romanian bishop * Iosif Capotă, Romanian anti-communist resistance fight ...

(1873-1875) :

Ghenadie Petrescu Ghenadie Petrescu (; March 1836 – August 31, 1918) was a Wallachian, later Romanian priest of the national Orthodox church, who served as Metropolitan-Primate of Romania from 1893 to 1896. Ghenadie was a monk and hieromonk steadily progressing ...

(1875-1893) :

Gherasim Timuș Gherasim is a Romanian male given name and surname that may refer to: *Gherasim Luca *Gherasim Rudi *Gherasim Safirin *Alina Gherasim, Romanian runner *Arcadie Gherasim *Daniel Gherasim Daniel Gherasim (born 2 November 1964 in București) is a ...

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

Visarion Puiu Visarion Puiu (; sometimes Bessarion in French; born Victor Puiu on 27 February 1879 in Pașcani, Romania – 10 August 1964 in Paris or Viels-Maisons, France) was a metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. During World War II, ...

(1921-1923) :

Nichita Duma Nichita is a Romanian-language masculine given name and surname. Notable persons with that name include: *Nichita Danilov (born 1952), Romanian poet *Nichita Iurașco (born 1999), Moldovan footballer *Nichita Moțpan (born 2001), Moldovan footballe ...

(1923-1936) : Grigorie Leu (1936-1940) :

Emilian Antal Emilian or Emiliano may refer to: * Emilia (region of Italy), a region of northern Italy *Emilian of Cogolla, a Visigothic saint * Emilian dialects, spoken in Emilia, northern Italy *A Romanian male given name: ** Emilian Bratu (1904–1991), che ...

(1941-1944) :

Iosif Gafton Iosif may refer to: People * Iosif Amusin, Soviet historian * Iosif Anisim, Romanian sprint canoer *Iosif Blaga, Romanian literary theorist and politician *Iosif Bobulescu, Romanian bishop *Iosif Capotă, Romanian anti-communist resistance fighte ...

(1944-1949) : Calinic Argatu (1990-)

Notes

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Archdiocese of Arges Arges Arges Religious organizations disestablished in 1949 1990 establishments in Romania Arges Argeș County