Peter Păduraru
Petru | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Bessarbia | |
Petru in 2014 | |
| Native name | Petru Păduraru |
| Church | Romanian Orthodox Church |
| Metropolis | Metropolis of Bessarabia |
| See | Chișinău |
| Installed | 14 September 1992 |
| Predecessor | Vladimir Cantarean (Moldovan Orthodox Church under ROC) |
| Previous post | Bishop of Bălți (1990-1992) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 23 February 1973 by Gregory Zakaliak |
| Consecration | 1 September 1990 by Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ion Chirivinici Păduraru 24 October 1946 Țiganca, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodoxy |
Metropolitan Petru (Secular name: Ion Chirivinici Păduraru; born 24 October 1946) is a Moldovan Eastern Orthodox metropolitan and the current Metropolitan of Bessarabia of the Romanian Orthodox Church.