Petru Păduraru | |
Birth Name: | Ion Chirilovici Păduraru |
Birth Date: | 24 October 1946 |
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Parents: | Ana Avram and Chiril Păduraru |
Petru Păduraru (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /ˈpetru pəduˈraru/; born Ion Chirilovici Păduraru in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /iˈon ciˈrilovit͡ʃʲ/; October 24, 1946) is a Moldovan Eastern Orthodox prelate and the current Metropolitan of Bessarabia within the Romanian Orthodox Church.
Păduraru was born on October 24, 1946, in Țiganca, Moldavian SSR.
He has been the Metropolitan of Bessarabia since October 3, 1995.