1923 the Diocese of Constantia (Tomis) was created, which included the counties of the southern part of Dobruja: Constanţa, Ialomița, Durostor and Caliacra. In 1949 Tulcea County was also assigned the Diocese of Constantia, but in 1950, the Diocese of Constantia was abolished, and its territory returned to the Lower Danube diocese, which became known as the Tomis and Lower Danube Archdiocese in 1975. On February 12, 1990, the Archdiocese of Tomis and Lower Danube Archdiocese was split into Archdiocese of Tomis and Archdiocese of Lower Danube; the archdiocese covered all of Dobrudja. On April 15, 2004, the diocese of Tulcea was established in the territory of Northern Dobrudja. Ruling bishops The following is a list of bishops of Dobrudja: Bishops of Scythia Evangelicus (approx. 303) unnamed, participant at the First Council of Nicaea (325) Saint Bretanion, martyred under Valens (364–378) Archbishops of Tomis Gerontius or Terentius, participant at the First Council of Constantinople (381) Saint Theotimos I (390–407) Timotheus, participant at the First Council of Ephesus (431) John I (448) Alexander, participant at the Council of Chalcedon (451) Theotimos II (457) Peter (c. 470–496) Metropolitans of Tomis Paternus (519) Valentinianus (550) Aniketos (10th–11th century) Basil (10th–11th century) Orthodox Archbishops of Vicina Theodore (1285–1292) Luke (1302–1306) Macarius (c.1337/1338–c.1347) Cyril (1347) Hyacinth (1348–1359) Orthodox Metropolitans of Tulcea Panaret (1839–1850) Dionisie (1870–1877) Nichifor (c. 1877–1878) Bishops of Constanţa (Tomis) Ilarie Teodorescu (1923–1925) Gherontie Nicolau (1926–1942) Eugenie Laiu (1942–1944), locum tenens Chesarie Păunescu (1944–1950) Archbishops of Tomis Lucian Florea (1990–2001) Teodosie Petrescu (2001–present) References Constanța Tomis