Joan

Orthodox Metropolitan, Albania

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[ROMANIA - 1951].

 

An esteemed pastor and animator of the life of the Romanian Orthodox Church, he trained at the Biblical Institute in Jerusalem. He has been a monk since 1980 and a priest since 1990.

He was Archbishop of Harghita and Covasna, dioceses with a Hungarian-speaking Catholic majority.

Since December 2014 he has been archbishop of Timisoara and metropolitan of Banat.