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Subdivision of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest is also the seat of Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja
The Metropolis of Wallachia and Dobruja , headquartered in
Bucharest ,
Romania , is a
metropolis of the
Romanian Orthodox Church .
History
The
Carpathians and the
Romanian Plain in 1359, after the foundation of the Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia and
Nicholas Alexander 's split from the
Kingdom of Hungary
The Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia was created, in 1359, by
Callistus I , the
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as the most senior church office of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, covering the territory of
Wallachia .
In 1872, the
Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia united with the
Metropolis of Moldavia to form the
Romanian Orthodox Church . 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
Maxim (1508–1512)
Macarie II (1512–1521)
Ilarion II (1521–1523)
Teodor II (1525–1533)
Mitrofan I (1533–1535)
Varlaam I (1535–1544)
Anania (1544–1558)
Efrem (1558–1566)
Danil I (1566)
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)
Ignațiu 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)
Ștefan 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)
Ignațiu II (1810–1812)
Nectarie (1812–1819)
Dionisie II (1821–1823)
Grigorie III (1823–1834)
Neofit II (1840–1849)
As Metropolitans of All Romania
As Patriarchs of All Romania
See also
References
External links
Organization History Subdivisions
Other Archdioceses in bold ; metropolis seats marked *