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name=Romanian Orthodox Diocese Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand|

bishop=Bp.-elect [[Mihail Michael (Filimon)|Mihail]]|see=''unknown''Melbourne, Vic., Aust.|hq=''unknown''Melbourne, Vic., Aust.|

website=''unknown''[http://www.roeanz.com.au Official website]

{{orthodoxyinaustralasiasmall}}The '''Romanian Orthodox Diocese Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand''' is a [[diocese]] of the [[Church of Romania]]. Archimandrite Bishop [[Mihail Michael (Filimon)|Mihail]] has been elected as is the inaugral inaugural ruling [[bishop ]] for the Diocesediocese, and was enthroned on [[June 29]] 2008.

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 March election ]] of [[Archimandrite ]] Mihail (Filimon) as the first ruling bishop.

The Romanian Orthodox Diocese Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand is a single diocese with ten twelve churches - two each in Melbourne and Sydney, and one each in Adelaide, Brisbane, Bayswater, Geelong, Dandenong, Perth, Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch.

*Archimandrite Mihail (Filimon), Bishop-elect of Australia and New Zealand, Mar 2008-present.

== See also =={{orthodoxyinaustralasiasmall}}* [[:Template:Parishes of Australasia and Oceania]]* [[Church of Romania]]

== External links ==*[http://www.roeanz.com.au/ Official Website of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]* [http://www.patriarhia.ro/ Official Website of the Patriarchate of Romania]*[http://www.financiarul.ro/2008/06/26/enthronement-of-right-rev-mihail-the-first-bishop-of-the-romanian-orthodox-episcopate-of-australia-and-new-zealand/ Enthronement of Right Rev. Mihail, the first Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of Australia and New Zealand]