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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.

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.

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.

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

*[[Church of Romania]]

*[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]