Patriarch Daniel of Romania

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Daniel
By God's mercy, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea Cappadociae and Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, Patriarch of All Romania
Church	Romanian Orthodox Church
See	Bucharest
Installed	30 September 2007
Predecessor	Patriarch Teoctist of Romania
Other post(s)	Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina Vicar bishop of Timișoara
Orders
Ordination	14 August 1987
Consecration	20 March 1990
Personal details
Born	Dan Ilie Ciobotea (1951-07-22) 22 July 1951 (age 73) Dobrești, Timiș County, Romanian People’s Republic
Nationality	Romanian
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Church
Parents	Alexie Ciobotea Stela Ciobotea
Alma mater	University Theologic Orthodox Institute of Sibiu Bucharest Institute of Orthodox Theology [ro] University of Strasbourg's Faculty of Protestant Theology University of Freiburg's Faculty of Catholic Theology

Daniel (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈel]; born Dan Ilie Ciobotea [ˈdan iˈli.e tʃjoˈbote̯a] on 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 officially enthroned on 30 September 2007 in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. As such, his official title is "Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea of Cappadocia, Patriarch of All Romania".