Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe

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The Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe is an autonomous metropolis of the Romanian Orthodox Church centered in Paris. It has its origins in the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Western Europe created by Visarion Puiu.

Bibliography

Clark, Roland (5 June 2015). Holy Legionary Youth Fascist Activism in Interwar Romania. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-080145-633-6.
Popa, Ion (2013). "Visarion Puiu, the Former Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan (Archbishop) of Transnistria — A Historical Study on His Life and Activity". Holocaust. Study and Research (6): 182–203.
Shapiro, Paul A. (2007). "Chapter 7: Faith, Murder, Resurrection. The Iron Guard and The Romanian Orthodox Church". In Spicer, Kevin P. (ed.). Antisemitism, Christian Ambivalence, and the Holocaust. Indiana University Press. pp. 136–170. ISBN 978-0-253-34873-9.
Birsan, Gabriel (17 September 2019). "La métropole orthodoxe roumaine d'Europe occidentale et méridionale". In Zwilling, Anne-Laure (ed.). Les minorités religieuses en France (in French). Bayard. pp. 463–477. ISBN 9782227494855.

Romanian Orthodox Church

Organization

History

Subdivisions

Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobruja	Bucharest * Argeș and Muscel Buzău and Vrancea Lower Danube Târgoviște Tomis
Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina	Iași * Roman and Bacău Suceava and Rădăuți Huși
Metropolis of Transylvania	Sibiu * Alba Iulia Covasna and Harghita Oradea Deva and Hunedoara
Metropolis of Oltenia	Craiova * Râmnic Severin and Strehaia Slatina and Romanați
Metropolis of Banat	Timișoara * Arad Caransebeș
Metropolis of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj	Vad, Feleac and Cluj * Maramureș and Sătmar Sălaj
Metropolis of Bessarabia	Chișinău * Bălți Dubăsari and Transnistria Southern Bessarabia
Metropolis of Germany and Central Europe	Germany * Northern Europe
Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe	Western Europe * Italy Spain and Portugal
Metropolis of the Americas	United States of America * Canada
Dioceses directly subordinated to the Patriarch of All Romania	Australia and New Zealand Dacia Felix Gyula Romanian Army (1921–1948)
Vicariates	Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Sighetu Marmației
Former entities	Metropolis of Proilavia

Other

Archdioceses in bold; metropolis seats marked *

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