Porfirije Perić

Porfirije
Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Metropolitan Porfirije
Native name Порфирије
Church Serbian Orthodox Church
Diocese Metropolitanate of Zagreb and Ljubljana
Installed 2014
Predecessor Jovan
Personal details
Birth name Prvoslav Perić
Born (1961-07-22) 22 July 1961
Bečej, FPR Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
Nationality Serbian
Denomination Serbian Orthodox
Residence Zagreb
Alma mater Faculty of Theology of the University of Belgrade
Faculty of Theology of the University of Athens
Ordination history of
Porfirije Perić

Porfirije Perić (born July 22, 1961) is a Serbian Orthodox bishop who is the current Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since 2014. Before that, he was titular bishop of Jegar, since 1999.

Biography

Bishop Porfirije was born as Prvoslav Perić on 22 July 1961, in the town of Bečej (Serbia). He finished his primary and secondary education in Čurug and Novi Sad before enrolling to Belgrade University's Faculty of Theology. He was ordained a monk in 1985. In 1999, he was elected titular bishop of Jegar, and appointed vicar to the Eparchy of Bačka. He earned a doctorate in 2004 in Athens, with thesis Possibility of knowability of God in St. Paul’s understanding according to the interpretation of Saint John Chrysostom.[1]

He was president of the Businessman Charity Foundation and president of the Council of Regulatory Authority of Electronic Media in Serbia from 2008 to 2014.

In 2014, he was elected Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana and enthroned in Zagreb on 13 July by Serbian Patriarch Irinej.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Биографија Митрополита Порфирија – Митрополија загребачко-љубљанска". mitropolija-zagrebacka.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  2. ↑ SOC (2014): Enthronement of His Grace Bishop Dr. Porfirije of Jegar to the throne of Metropolitans of Zagreb-Ljubljana

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.