Patriarch Miron of Romania


Patriarch Miron of Romania
By God's mercy, Archbishop of Bucharest,
Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia,
Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea Cappadociae
Patriarch of All Romania
Prime Minister of Romania
Miron in 1936
ChurchRomanian Orthodox
ArchdioceseBucharest
Elected1919
Term ended1939
PredecessorConon Arămescu-Donici
SuccessorPatriarch Nicodim of Romania
Personal details
Born
Elie Cristea

20 July 1868
Died6 March 1939(1939-03-06) (aged 70)
Cannes, France
BuriedRomanian Patriarchal Cathedral
NationalityRomanian
SignaturePatriarch Miron of Romania's signature
Prime Minister of Romania
In office
11 February 1938 – 6 March 1939
MonarchCarol II
DeputyArmand Călinescu
Preceded byOctavian Goga
Succeeded byArmand Călinescu
Personal details
Political partynone
Professionpriest

Miron Cristea (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈron ˈkriste̯a]; monastic name of Elie Cristea [eˈli.e]; 20 July 1868 – 6 March 1939)[1] was a Romanian cleric and politician.

A bishop in Hungarian-ruled Transylvania, Cristea was elected Metropolitan-Primate of the Orthodox Church of the newly unified Greater Romania in 1919. As the Church was raised to a rank of Patriarchate, Miron Cristea was enthroned as the first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1925.

In 1938, after Carol II banned political parties and established a royal dictatorship, he chose Cristea to be Prime Minister of Romania, a position in which he served for about a year (between 11 February 1938 and his death on 6 March 1939).

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