Vladimir Cantarean
Vladimir | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova | |
Vladimir in 2018 | |
| Church | Moldovan Orthodox Church |
| See | Chișinău |
| Installed | 21 December 1992 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 22 May 1974 |
| Consecration | 21 July 1989 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicolae Cantarean 18 August 1952 |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Alma mater | Moscow Theological Academy |
Vladimir, (born Nicolae Cantarean, 18 August 1952), is a bishop of the Moldovan Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate. He serves as Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova and thus as first hierarch of the Church of Moldova and as a permanent member of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.