Bishop Sofronie Vulpescu

Studia Humanitatis No. II (XII) / 2021 Bishop Antim Petrescu — the shortest tenure in the See of Râmnic (II) Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

Bishop Antim Petrescu of Râmnic (1918–1919), elected in July 1918 and dismissed by government decree in November of the same year, carried out an intensive pastoral ministry in Oltenia, visiting parishes, supporting the construction and renovation of churches, and taking an active interest in the social issues facing the peasantry and war orphans, and leaving behind the memory of a self-sacrificing hierarch, as recalled by Nicolae Iorga, Gala Galaction and Archimandrite Iuliu Scriban.

Studia Humanitatis No. II (IX) / 2019 The Ministry of Bishop Sofronie Vulpescu in Râmnic (1913–1918) II Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

Bishop Sofronie Vulpescu of Râmnic (†1923) is portrayed in the context of his pastoral and cultural work carried out before and during the First World War: the construction of new premises for the Theological Seminary in Râmnicu-Vâlcea, the reorganisation of the diocesan printing press, the publication of the Orthodox Church Calendar for 21 years, and the publication of works such as Man’s Free Will as a Principle of Moral Action and General Observations on the Life and Works of Immanuel Kant, alongside his contribution to the Synod and the hardships he endured under German occupation.

Studia Theologica No. I (VIII) / 2019 The election of Bishop Sofronie Vulpescu to the see of the Diocese of Râmnic (1913–1918) Rev. Dr. Laurențiu Rădoi

Bishop Sofronie Vulpescu of Râmnic, the only Romanian hierarch imprisoned by German authorities during the First World War, is the subject of this study, which reconstructs his life and ecclesiastical career from his birth in 1856 in Lupșanu to his enthronement as Bishop of Râmnic-Noul Severin in 1913, drawing on speeches, reports, and contemporary accounts, including critical remarks by Nicolae Iorga and Tudor Arghezi.

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