Patriarch Daniel of Romania
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| By God's mercy, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea Cappadociae and Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, Patriarch of All Romania |
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| Church | Romanian Orthodox Church |
| See | Bucharest |
| Installed | 30 September 2007 |
| Predecessor | Patriarch Teoctist of Romania |
| Other posts | Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bukovina Vicar bishop of Timișoara |
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| Ordination | 14 August 1987 |
| Consecration | 20 March 1990 |
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| Birth name | Dan Ilie Ciobotea |
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22 July 1951 Dobrești, Timiș County |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Parents | Alexie Ciobotea Stela Ciobotea |
| Alma mater | University Theologic Orthodox Institute of Sibiu University of Strasbourg's Faculty of Protestant Theology University of Freiburg's Faculty of Catholic Theology |
| Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church | |
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Incumbent
Patriarch Daniel of Romania |
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| Style | His Beatitude |
| Residence | Bucharest |
| Formation | 1925 |
| First holder | Miron Cristea |
| Website | patriarhia.ro |
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Styles of Patriarch Daniel of Romania |
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| Reference style | His Beatitude |
| Spoken style | Your Beatitude |
| Religious style | Patriarch |
Daniel (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈel]), born Dan Ilie Ciobotea ([ˈdan iˈli.e t͡ʃʲoˈbote̯a]; born 22 July 1951), is the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The elections took place on 12 September 2007. Daniel won with a majority of 95 votes out of 161. He was officially enthroned on 30 September 2007 in the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. As such, his official title is "Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea of Cappadocia, Patriarch of Romania".
Daniel Ciobotea was born in the village of Dobrești, Bara Commune, Timiș County, as the third son in the family of teacher Alexie and Stela Ciobotea.
He followed the Primary School in his home village (1958–1962) and the Gymnasium in Lăpușnic village (1962–1966), Timiș County. In 1966 he began the High School courses in Buziaș, which he then continued in Lugoj, at the "Coriolan Brediceanu" High School (1967–1970).
After passing his Baccalaureate exam, he then joined the university-level Theological Institute in Sibiu (1970–1974), where he obtained his degree in Theology with specialization in the New Testament.
During the period 1974–1976 he followed the doctoral courses at the Theological Institute in Bucharest, Systematic Theology Section, under the supervision of Dumitru Stăniloae; he continued his studies abroad: two years at the Protestant Theology Faculty of the University of Human Studies in Strasbourg and another two years at the Albert Ludwig University in Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Theology Faculty.
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