Patriarch Nicodim of Romania

His Beatitude Patriarch Nicodim of Romania
By God's mercy, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea Cappadociae and Patriarch of All Romania
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Church	Romanian Orthodox Church
See	Bucharest
Installed	July 5, 1939
Term ended	February 27, 1948
Predecessor	Patriarch Miron of Romania
Successor	Patriarch Justinian of Romania
Personal details
Birth name	Nicolae Munteanu
Born	(1864-12-06)6 December 1864 Pipirig, Neamț County
Died	Bucharest
Buried	Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral
Nationality	Romanian
Denomination	Christian Orthodox
Alma mater	Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Russian Empire

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Patriarh Nicodim (centre), with Mihai I (right) and Gheorghiu-Dej (left) at a reception at the Soviet embassy, 1946

Nicodim, born Nicolae Munteanu; (December 6, 1864, Pipirig, Neamț County, Romania – February 27, 1948, Bucharest) was the head of the Romanian Orthodox Church (Patriarch of All Romania) between 1939 and 1948.

Biography

He studied theology at the Kiev-Mohyla Academy, Russian Empire and became a monk at Neamț Monastery in 1894.

Nicodim was supportive of the Royal Family of Romania and a notable anti-Communist, refusing to give support for the Soviet-backed Communist regime in the process of installation in Romania in 1945–1947. His death in 1948 and the subsequent appointment of a new Patriarch, Justinian I, who was supportive of the Communists, has been viewed as suspect by historians.

Nicodim Munteanu was buried at the Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest, next to the first Patriarch of Romania Miron Cristea.

External links

• (Romanian) Nicodim Munteanu on the Romanian Patriarchate website

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by Miron Cristea	Patriarch of All Romania 1939–1948	Succeeded by Justinian Marina