Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I hangaia te Metropolis o Bessarabia i te 1918, ko te Archbishopric o Chișinău, ka whakahaerehia hei Metropolis, i te 1927. Kaore i te mahi i te wa o te noho a te Soviet i Bessarabia
(1940-1941) me te mana Soviet i Moldova (1944-1991), i whakahoutia ano te Metropolis o Bessarabia i te 14 o Mahuru 1992, a ka eke ki te taumata o te exarchate, i te 1995. Ko te Metropolitan o Bessarabia o tenei wa ko Petru (Păduraru).