Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand

Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand
Jurisdiction	Romania
Diocese type	Diocese
Founded	2008
Current bishop	Mihail
See(s)	Melbourne, Vic., Aust.
Headquarters	Melbourne, Vic., Aust.
Territory	Australia, New Zealand
Liturgical language(s)	Romanian
Musical tradition	Byzantine Chant
Calendar	Revised Julian
Population estimate	unknown
Official website	Official website

The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand is a diocese of the Church of Romania. Bishop Michael (Filimon) is the inaugural ruling bishop for the diocese, and was enthroned on June 29 2008.

History

The first Romanian Orthodox parish in Australasia was founded in 1972, but it was not until much later that there was any organisation of the parishes, with each parish directly responsible to a member of the Holy Synod that was responsible for Romanian Orthodox in the diaspora.

In 2006, Fr Dumitru Coman, a parish priest in Melbourne, was made the Vicar of the Romanian Orthodox Vicariate of Australia and New Zealand, and in 2008, the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand was founded with the election on March 5 of Archimandrite Mihail (Filimon) as the first ruling bishop.

Organisation

The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand is a single diocese with twelve churches - two each in Melbourne and Sydney, and one each in Adelaide, Brisbane, Bayswater, Geelong, Dandenong, Perth, Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.

Episcopacy

• Mihail (Filimon), Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, Mar 2008-present.

See also

This article forms part of the series Orthodoxy in Australasia

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• Template:Parishes of Australasia and Oceania
• Church of Romania

External links

• Official Website of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand
• Official Website of the Patriarchate of Romania
• Enthronement of Right Rev. Mihail, the first Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand