Metropolitanate of Belgrade

Serbia in 1878–1912

The Metropolitanate of Belgrade (Serbian: Београдска митрополија or Beogradska mitropolija) was a metropolitanate of the Serbian Orthodox Church that existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territory of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. It was formed in 1831, when Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted church autonomy to the Principality of Serbia.^[1] Territorial enlargement and full canonical autocephaly was gained in 1879.^[2] The Metropolitanate of Belgrade existed until 1920, when it was merged with Patriarchate of Karlovci and other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form the united Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat of the Metropolitanate was in Belgrade, Serbia.

Eparchies

It included following eparchies:

Metropolitans, 1831–1920

No.	Primate	Portrait	Personal name	Reign	Title	Notes
1	Melentije Мелентије Melenthius		Melentije Pavlović Мелентије Павловић	1831–1833	Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia	First Serb Metropolitan of Belgrade
2	Petar Петар Peter		Pavle Jovanović Павле Јовановић	1833–1859	Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia
3	Mihailo Михаило Michael		Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић	1859–1881	Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia	First tenure
4	Teodosije Теодосије Theodosius		Teodor Mraović Теодор Мраовић	1883–1889	Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia
(3)	Mihailo Михаило Michael		Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић	1889–1898	Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia	Second tenure
5	Inokentije Инокентије Innocentius		Jakov Pavlović Јаков Павловић	1898–1905	Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia
6	Dimitrije Димитрије Dimitrius		Dimitrije Pavlović Димитрије Павловић	1905–1920	Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia	Elevated to Patriarch

See also

• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
• Religion in Serbia

References

Bibliography

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