Nicodim Munteanu

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

Nicodim Munteanu also known as Patriarch Nicodim (December 6, 1864, Pipirig, Neamţ 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 Neamţ 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 Patriarchy website

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

v t e Heads of the Romanian Orthodox Church

Metropolitan-Primates	Nifon Rusailă Calinic Miclescu Iosif Gheorghidan (first time) Ghenadie Petrescu Iosif Gheorghidan (second time) Atanasie Mironescu Conon Arămescu-Donici Miron Cristea

Patriarchs	Miron Cristea Nicodim Munteanu Justinian Marina Iustin Moisescu Teoctist Arăpașu Daniel Ciobotea

v t e Anti-Communist Metropolitans and Bishops in Romania

Greek Catholic	Vasile Aftenie Ioan Bălan Tit Liviu Chinezu Ioan Dragomir Valeriu Traian Frențiu Iuliu Hirţea Iuliu Hossu Ioan Ploscaru Alexandru Rusu Ioan Suciu Alexandru Todea

Roman Catholic	Szilárd Bogdánffy Adalbert Boros Alexandru Cisar Ioan Duma Anton Durcovici Imre Erőss Markus Glaser Áron Márton Augustin Pacha János Scheffler Joseph Schubert

Orthodox	Grigorie Leu Nicodim Munteanu Visarion Puiu

Persondata
Name	Munteanu, Nicodim
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 6, 1864
Place of birth
Date of death	February 27, 1948
Place of death

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