Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja

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Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest is also the seat of Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral, The Patriarchal Palace. Bucharest, Roamnia, Southeastern Europe.jpg
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.

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History

The Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia was established in 1359 by Callistus I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, encompassing 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

As Metropolitans of All Romania
As Patriarchs of All Romania

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