Its see is the Archdiocese of Craiova; its suffragan dioceses are the Archdiocese of Râmnic and the dioceses of Severin and Strehaia and Slatina and Romanați.
The headquarters is the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius in Craiova.
After a short period, this entity was moved to Râmnic as the Diocese of Râmnic-Nou Severin.
The modern metropolis was established in November 1939 and dissolved in April 1945, shortly after the imposition of a Romanian Communist Party-dominated government.
In mid-1947, the Archdiocese of Craiova, covering western Oltenia, was created.