Patriarch Miron of Romania, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Patriarch Miron of Romania

Romanian politician

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1868

Place of Birth: Toplița, Romania

Date of Death: 06-Mar-1939

Profession: priest, politician, journalist

Nationality: France, Romania

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Miron Cristea (Romanian pronunciation: [mi'ron 'kriste?a]; monastic name of Elie Cristea [e'li.e]; 20 July 1868 – 6 March 1939) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Romanian cleric and politician. A bishop in Hungarian-ruled Transylvania, Cristea was elected Metropolitan-Primate of the Orthodox Church of the newly unified Greater Romania in 1919.
As the Church was raised to a rank of Patriarchate, Miron Cristea was enthroned as the first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1925. In 1938, after Carol II banned political parties and established a royal dictatorship, he chose Cristea to be Prime Minister of Romania, a position from which he served for about a year, between 11 February 1938, and his death.