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The '''Romanian Orthodox Diocese *[[:Template:Parishes of Australia Australasia and New Zealand''' was established by the Holy Synod in March 2008 with the election of Archimandrite Oceania]]*[[Mihail (Filimon)|MihailChurch of Romania]] as the ruling bishop of Australia and New Zealand.
The diocese consists ==External links==*[http://www.roeanz.com.au/ Official Website of ten parishes, with two each in Melbourne and Sydney, the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and one each in Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, and in New Zealand, one each in Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch]*[http://www.patriarhia.ro/ Official Website of the Patriarchate of Romania] Prior to its establishment as a diocese, *[http://www.financiarul.ro/2008/06/26/enthronement-of-right-rev-mihail-the Romanian Orthodox parishes were -first directly responsible to -bishop-of-the Holy Synod, then grouped together in a Vicariate (under -romanian-orthodox-episcopate-of-australia-and-new-zealand/ Enthronement of Right Rev. Fr [[Dumitru ComanMihail, the first Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]]). The first parish was established in 1972.
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{{diocese|
name=Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand|
jurisdiction=[[Church of Romania|Romania]]|
type=Diocese|
founded=2008|
bishop=[[Michael (Filimon)|Mihail]]|
see=Melbourne, Vic., Aust.|
hq=Melbourne, Vic., Aust.|
territory=Australia, New Zealand|
language=Romanian|
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
population=''unknown''|
website=[http://www.roeanz.com.au Official website]
}}
The '''Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Church of Romania]]. Bishop [[Michael (Filimon)]] is the inaugural ruling [[bishop]] for the diocese, and was enthroned on [[June 29]] 2008.
==History==
The first Romanian Orthodox [[parish]] in Australasia was founded in 1972, but it was not until much later that there was any organisation of the parishes, with each parish directly responsible to a member of the Holy [[Synod]] that was responsible for Romanian Orthodox in the diaspora.
In 2006, Fr Dumitru Coman, a parish priest in Melbourne, was made the [[Vicar]] of the Romanian Orthodox Vicariate of Australia and New Zealand, and in 2008, the Diocese of Australia and New Zealand was founded with the election on [[March 5]] of [[Archimandrite]] Mihail (Filimon) as the first ruling bishop.
==Organisation==
The Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand is a single diocese with twelve churches - two each in Melbourne and Sydney, and one each in Adelaide, Brisbane, Bayswater, Geelong, Dandenong, Perth, Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.
==Episcopacy==
*Mihail (Filimon), Bishop of Australia and New Zealand, Mar 2008-present.
==See also==
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[[Category:Dioceses]]
[[Category:Jurisdictions]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in Australia]]
[[Category:Orthodoxy in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Romanian Dioceses]]
[[ro:Eparhia Ortodoxă Română a Australiei şi Noii Zeelande]]
