Patriarch Miron of Romania

His Beatitude Patriarch Miron of Romania
By God's mercy, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Ungro-Vlachia, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea Cappadociae Patriarch of All Romania Prime Minister of Romania
Miron in 1936
Church	Romanian Orthodox
Archdiocese	Bucharest
Elected	1919
Term ended	1939
Predecessor	Conon Arămescu-Donici
Successor	Patriarch Nicodim of Romania
Personal details
Born	Elie Cristea 20 July 1868 Toplița, Austria-Hungary
Died	6 March 1939(1939-03-06) (aged 70) Cannes, France
Buried	Romanian Patriarchal Cathedral
Nationality	Romanian
Signature
Prime Minister of Romania
In office 11 February 1938 – 6 March 1939
Monarch	Carol II
Deputy	Armand Călinescu
Preceded by	Octavian Goga
Succeeded by	Armand Călinescu
Personal details
Political party	none
Profession	priest

Miron Cristea (Romanian pronunciation: [miˈron ˈkriste̯a]; monastic name of Elie Cristea [eˈli.e]; 20 July 1868 – 6 March 1939)^[1] was a Romanian cleric and politician.

A bishop in Hungarian-ruled Transylvania, Cristea was elected Metropolitan-Primate of the Orthodox Church of the newly unified Greater Romania in 1919. As the Church was raised to a rank of Patriarchate, Miron Cristea was enthroned as the first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1925.

In 1938, after Carol II banned political parties and established a royal dictatorship, he chose Cristea to be Prime Minister of Romania, a position in which he served for about a year (between 11 February 1938 and his death on 6 March 1939).