Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni

Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni
Born1746
Bistrița, Transylvania
Died(1821-04-30)30 April 1821
Resting placeCăpriana Monastery
Alma materNaUKMA

Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni (Romanian pronunciation: [ɡaˈvril bənuˈlesku boˈdoni]; 1746 – 30 March 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 Archbishop of Chișinău (1812–1821), being the first head of the church in Bessarabia after the Russian annexation.

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