The Metropolis of Banat ( ro, Mitropolia Banatului) is a

metropolis A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications. A big c ...

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 denomination, Christian churches, and one of ...

. Its see is the Archdiocese of Timișoara; its suffragan dioceses are the Archdiocese of Arad and the Diocese of Caransebeș. The headquarters is the Metropolitan Cathedral in

Timișoara ), City of Roses ( ro, Orașul florilor), City of Parks ( ro, Orașul parcurilor) , image_map = Timisoara jud Timis.svg , map_caption = Location in Timiș County , pushpin_map = Romania#Europe , pushpin_ ...

. It covers the Romanian portion of the historic region of

Banat Banat (, ; hu, Bánság; sr, Банат, Banat) is a geographical and historical region that straddles Central and Eastern Europe and which is currently divided among three countries: the eastern part lies in western Romania (the counties of T ...

. It is the successor of a metropolis attested to the early 18th century that later became a diocese before being dissolved in the mid-19th century. The modern metropolis was established in April 1947. The

Diocese of Gyula The Diocese of Gyula ( hu, Gyulai Román Ortodox Püspökség; ro, Episcopia Ortodoxă Română din Gyula, also or ) is the Romanian Orthodox diocese of the Romanians in Hungary. History The diocese was established in 1999 for the Romanian min ...

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and the

Diocese of Dacia Felix The Diocese of Dacia Felix ( ro, Episcopia Daciei Felix; sr, Епархија Дакија Феликс, Eparhija Dakija Feliks) is the Romanian Orthodox diocese of the Romanians in Serbia (including Vlachs). History In 1971, the Romanian parish ...

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used to work under the Metropolis of Banat, but in 2009, they were transferred under the subordination of the

Patriarch of All Romania The Patriarch of All Romania ( ro, Patriarh al Întregii Românii; ) is the title of the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Patriarch is officially styled as ''Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens o ...

Metropolitan bishops

*Vasile Lăzărescu (October 1947 – December 1961) * Nicolae Corneanu (March 1962 – September 2014) *Ioan Selejan (from December 2014)

Notes

External links

Official site

1947 establishments in Romania Banat Religious organizations based in Timișoara {{Eastern-Orthodoxy-stub