List of Metropolitans of Montenegro

This article lists the Metropolitans of Montenegro, leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, and their predecessors (bishops and metropolitans of Zeta, and Cetinje), from 1219 to the present day.

Background

Pahomije I (1491)
Vavila (1493–1520, who was, according to Petar I, installed by Đurađ V Crnojević after he had left Montenegro)
German II (1520–1530)
Pavle (1530-1532)
Vasilije I (attended Ohrid gathering- 1532–1540)
Nikodim (1540)
Romil (1540–1559)
Makarije (1560–1561)
Ruvim I Veljekrajski (1561–1569)
Pahomije II Komanin (1569–1579)
Gerasim (1575–1582)
Venijamin (1582–1591)
Nikanor (1591–1593)
Stevan (1591–1593) (Jointly with Nikanor)
Rufim II Njeguš (1593–1636)
Mardarije Kornečanin (1637–1659)
Rufim Boljević (1673–1685)
Vasilije Veljekrajski (1685)
Visarion Borilović (1685–1692)
Sava Očinić (1694–1697)

No.	Primate	Reign	Notes
1	Danilo I Данило I	1696–1735	Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.
2	Sava II Сава II	1735–1782	Co-ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766.
3	Vasilije III Василије III	1750–1766	Co-ruled with Sava II.
4	Arsenije Plamenac Арсеније Пламенац	1782–1784
5	Petar I Петар I	1784–1830	Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje.
6	Petar II Петар II	1830–1851
7	Danilo II Данило II	1851 (Designated)	Did not take ecclesiastical office. Became the first secular Prince of Montenegro in 1852.

No.	Primate	Reign	Notes
1	Nikanor Никанор	1858–1860	The first Vladika after centuries to only serve religious function. Banished to the Russian Empire by Prince Nikola; died in 1894.
2	Ilarion II Иларион II	1860–1882
3	Visarion III Висарион III	1882–1884
4	Mitrofan Митрофан	1884–1920
5	Gavrilo Гаврило	1920–1938	First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church. Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950.
6	Joanikije Јоаникије	1940–1945	Executed by the Partisans at the end of World War II for collaboration with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Canonized as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
7	Arsenije Арсеније	1947–1961	Imprisoned by the Yugoslav authorities from 1954 to 1960.
8	Danilo Данило	1961–1990	Retired at his own request; died in 1993.
9	Amfilohije Амфилохије	1991–present

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