The Archdiocese of Argeș and Muscel () is a diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Its see is the Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Curtea de Argeș and its ecclesiastical territory covers Argeș County. The archdiocese forms part of the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja. "Mitropolia Munteniei și Dobrogei" , at the Ministry of Culture and National Patrimony, Under-Secretariat for Culture and Religious Affairs
The institution traces its beginnings to the old Metropolis of Ungro-Wallachia, which moved to Târgoviște in 1517.Mircea Păcurariu, Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, vol. I, p. 445. Bucharest: Editura Institutului Biblic și de Misiune al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, 1991, A Diocese of Argeș was established in 1793, covering the counties of Argeș and Olt. Its most prominent bishop was probably the first, losif, who reigned until 1820; he translated and published numerous liturgical books. The diocese was disbanded in 1949, early in the communist regime,Mircea Păcurariu, Istoria bisericii ortodoxe române: Manual pentru Seminariile teologice, p. 231. Bucharest: Tipografia Eparhiala, 1972 and merged into the Râmnic Diocese.Emil Lăzărescu, Biserica mănăstirii Argeșului, p. 12. Bucharest: Editura Meridiane, 1967 It was revived in 1990, following the Romanian Revolution, and elevated to the rank of archdiocese in 2009. "Retrospectiva anului 2009, în Muscel", Evenimentul Muscelean, December 29, 2009
Bishops
The following men have served as bishop at Argeș since 1793: George Aniculoaie, "Episcopia Argeșului și Muscelului", Lumina, September 26, 2009
Iosif (1793-1820) Ilarion Gheorghiadis (1820-1823, 1828-1845) Grigore Râmniceanul (1823-1828) Samuil Tărtășescu Sinadon (1845-1849) Climent Găiseanu (1850-1862) Neofit Scriban (1862-1865, 1868-1873) Ghenadie Țeposu (1865-1868) Iosif Naniescu (1873-1875) Ghenadie Petrescu (1875-1893) Gherasim Timuș (1893-1911)
Calist Ialomițeanul (1912-1917) Teofil Mihăilescu (July-November 1918) Vartolomeu Stănescu (1919-1920) Evghenie Humulescu (1920-1921, 1923) Visarion Puiu (1921-1923) Nichita Duma (1923-1936) Grigorie Leu (1936-1940) Emilian Antal (1941-1944) Iosif Gafton (1944-1949) Calinic Argatu (1990-)
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