Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (1746 – March 30, 1821) Biography
Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (1746 – March 30, 1821) was a Romanian clergyman who served as Metropolitan of Moldavia (1792), Metropolitan of Kherson and Crimea (1793–1799), Metropolitan of Kiev and Halych (1799–1803), Exarch of Moldo-Wallachia (1806–1812), and Metropolitan of Chişinău (1812–1821), being the first head of the church in Bessarabia after the Russian annexation.Early lifeBorn in Bistriţa,Sursa
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