In 1774, the Habsburg Monarchy annexed Bukovina, and by 1782 local bishop of Rădăuți transferred his seat to Chernivtsi. Already in 1783, he was detached from the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Moldavia and transferred to the jurisdiction of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci.
The church is headed by the Archbishop of Iași and Metropolitan of Moldavia and Bucovina, Teofan Savu.
It is divided into three archdioceses and one diocese.
Lascaris, Michel (1927). "Joachim, métropolite de Moldavie et les relations de l'Église moldave avec le Patriarchat de Peć et l'archevêché d'Achris au XVe siècle". Bulletin de la Section Historique: Académie Roumaine. 13: 129–159.
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