Romanian Orthodox Church Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (after 1954)
Archdiocese
Chernivtsi
Metropolis
Bukovina
Installed
10 November 1935
Term ended
May 1940 or March 1941
Predecessor
Nectarie Cotlarciuc
Successor
Tit Simedrea
Other post(s)
Bishop of Argeș (1921–1923) Bishop of Hotin (1923–1935) Exarch of Transnistria (1942–1943) Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Western Europe (1948–1958)
Orders
Ordination
1908
Consecration
17 October 1935
Personal details
Born
(1879-02-27)February 27, 1879
Pașcani, Romania
Died
August 10, 1964(1964-08-10) (aged 85) Paris or Viels-Maisons, France
Denomination
Eastern Orthodox Church
Profession
Theologian
Alma mater
Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Visarion Puiu (Romanian pronunciation:[visariˈonˈpuju]; sometimes Bessarion in French;[1][2] born Victor Puiu on 27 February 1879 in Pașcani, Romania – 10 August 1964 in Paris[3][4] or Viels-Maisons,[5] France) was a metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church. During World War II, at a time when Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany, he served as the leading Eastern Orthodox clergyman in occupied Transnistria, a territory where several hundred thousand Jews were murdered. In August 1944, when Romania switched sides, he took refuge in Nazi Germany.
After the war, he lived in Italy and Switzerland before finally settling in France. In 1946, he was sentenced to death in absentia by the Bucharest People's Tribunal. He created the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Western Europe under the authority of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, and for a few years played an important role in the Romanian diaspora. The Holy Synod [ro] in Bucharest defrocked Puiu in 1950, but posthumously restored him among its clergy in 1990. Puiu's connections to the Iron Guard, as well as his responsibility in the Holocaust, have been the subject of scholarly publications in the post-communist era.
VisarionPuiu (Romanian pronunciation: [visariˈon ˈpuju]; sometimes Bessarion in French; born Victor Puiu on 27 February 1879 in Pașcani, Romania – 10...
director and screenwriter VisarionPuiu (1879–1964), Romanian Orthodox bishop Puiu Dumitrescu, private secretary to King Carol II Puiu Hașotti (born 1953),...
origins in the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Western Europe created by VisarionPuiu. Clark, Roland (5 June 2015). Holy Legionary Youth Fascist Activism...
priests participated and Metropolitans Nicolae Bălan of Transylvania and VisarionPuiu of Bukovina held special services. Shortly after the funeral, Orthodox...
and, when the latter was discarded, VisarionPuiu. Horia Sima, on the other hand, actively sought to undermine Puiu's candidacy. The tension between the...
After Trifa was freed, he was briefly secretary to Metropolitan bishop VisarionPuiu in Vienna and then Paris, and, following the end of World War II, he...
was replaced by VisarionPuiu. In November 1942 Puiu was called back from retirement to take over Scriban's duties in Transnistria. Puiu received the official...
former students, with 22 Orthodox priests performing the liturgy, led by VisarionPuiu, and a military honor guard in attendance. He was buried in Suceava's...
Romanian Orthodox Church. Under the leadership of Metropolitan bishop VisarionPuiu, the Romanian Orthodox Church in addition to opening all churches closed...
Constantine and Elena Cathedral Residence of the Bishop of Hotin (Strada VisarionPuiu 7) Tighina Mulmana Hospital Sarandë Nicolae Iorga House (Rruga Mitat...
for his own Philokalia edition. Safirin died in early 1922. Bishop VisarionPuiu, who attended his vigil, claimed that he had "passed away like a holy...
1930 (where he served until 1940), and was also tasked by Metropolitan VisarionPuiu with coordinating missionary activities at Nistru, Maramureș. His work...
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Anton Durcovici Imre Erőss Markus Glaser Áron Márton Augustin Pacha János Scheffler Joseph Schubert Orthodox Grigorie Leu Nicodim Munteanu VisarionPuiu...
Anton Durcovici Imre Erőss Markus Glaser Áron Márton Augustin Pacha János Scheffler Joseph Schubert Orthodox Grigorie Leu Nicodim Munteanu VisarionPuiu...
(born 1895). 25 July – Cornel Medrea, sculptor (born 1888). 10 August – VisarionPuiu, metropolitan bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church (born 1879). 1...
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