The Patriarch of All Romania ( ro, Patriarh al Întregii Românii; ) is the title of the head 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 ...
. The Patriarch is officially styled as ''Archbishop of
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
, Metropolitan of
Muntenia
Muntenia (, also known in English as Greater Wallachia) is a historical region of Romania, part of Wallachia (also, sometimes considered Wallachia proper, as ''Muntenia'', ''Țara Românească'', and the seldom used ''Valahia'' are synonyms in R ...
and
Dobrogea, Locum tenens of the throne of
Caesarea Cappadociae and Patriarch 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 ...
''.
Patriarch Daniel
Daniel (), born Dan Ilie Ciobotea (; born 22 July 1951), is the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The elections took place on 12 September 2007. Daniel won with a majority of 95 votes out of 161 against Bartolomeu Anania. He was offic ...
acceded to this position on 12 September 2007.
"Romanian Orthodox Christians get new leader"
in Southeast European Times Southeast European Times was a United States European Command-sponsored news website dedicated to coverage of Southeast Europe that ended publication in March 2015. The countries covered included Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greec ...
, 14 September 2007
Metropolitans of All Romania
Patriarchs of All Romania
See also
*List of hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church
This is the list of the hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church, depicting the organization of the church.
For a list of those hierarchs who are currently members of the Holy Synod, see thwebsite of the patriarchate Hierarchs
Romanian Patriar ...
* Metropolitans of Ungro-Wallachia
* Metropolitans of Moldavia
References
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Patriarch
The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...
Primates of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Lists of patriarchs