Ioan

Orthodox Metropolitan Bishop, Romanian Patriarchate

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[1951, Romania]

A respected pastor and authoritative voice in 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.