The Diocese of Tulcea ( ro, Episcopia Tulcii) 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 patriarchates ...

. Its see is Saint Nicholas Cathedral in

Tulcea Tulcea (; also known by other alternative names) is a city in Northern Dobruja, Romania. It is the administrative center of Tulcea County, and had a population of 73,707 . One village, Tudor Vladimirescu, is administered by the city. Names The ...

and its ecclesiastical territory covers

Tulcea County Tulcea County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Dobruja, with the capital city at Tulcea. It includes in its northeast corner the large and thinly-populated estuary of the Danube. Demographics In 2011, Tulcea Co ...

. Divided into three archpriests' districts, it has around 150 churches and priests, fourteen monasteries and a theological seminary in Tulcea. The diocese 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 Constantin ...

. It was established in 2004, and in 2008, Visarion Bălțat became the diocese's first bishop.History
at the Diocese of Tulcea site

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External links

Official site
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2004 establishments in Romania

Tulcea County