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Sofronie Vulpescu (Romanian pronunciation: [soˈfroni.e vulˈpesku]; born Ștefan Vulpescu [ʃteˈfan]; February 9, 1856 – September 6, 1923) was a Romanian cleric who became a bishop within the Romanian Orthodox Church. Born in Lupșanu, Călărași County, he studied at the Nifon seminary in Bucharest from 1873 to 1877 before being ordained a priest in 1879 and assigned to his native village, serving there until 1890. After being left a widower, he took the advanced course of the central seminary (1890–1894) and studied at the theology faculty of the University of Bucharest (1894–1898). Meanwhile, he was a singer at Saint Spyridon the New Church (1890–1893) and a priest at the Romanian Metropolitan Cathedral (1893–1900). He became a monk in 1893, taking the name Sofronie. In May 1900, he was named vicar of the Râmnic Diocese in the Oltenia region; the same month, he was consecrated bishop, and used the title Craioveanul. Following the death of Ghenadie Georgescu in late 1912, he led the diocese on an interim basis. In May 1913, he was elected Georgescu's successor as Bishop of Râmnic, and was enthroned the next month. In May 1917, during World War I, the German military authorities then occupying southern Romania placed…