Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch

Dimitrije (Serbian: Димитрије; 28 October 1846 – 6 April 1930) was the first Patriarch of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1920 until his death.[1] He was styled "His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch".

His Holiness

Dimitrije
Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch
ChurchSerbian Orthodox Church
SeeBelgrade
InstalledSeptember 12, 1920
Term endedApril 6, 1930
PredecessorKalinik II
SuccessorVarnava I
Orders
Ordination1878
Consecration1884
Personal details
Birth nameDimitrije Pavlović
BornOctober 28, 1846
Požarevac, Principality of Serbia
DiedApril 6, 1930(1930-04-06) (aged 83)
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Styles of
Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije I
Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious stylePatriarch
Posthumous styleHis Holiness Patriarch Dimitrije I of Blessed Repose

Dimitrije Pavlović was born on 28 October 1846 in Požarevac, Serbia. He was appointed Bishop of Niš in 1884, and held that title until 1889. He then became Bishop of Šabac-Valjevo in 1898 and held that title until 1905. When Inokentije, Metropolitan of Belgrade, died in 1905, Dimitrije was appointed the successor. In 1920, the Serbian Patriarchate was re-established, thus Dimitrije became the first head of the re-established patriarchate. On 8 June 1922, he wed King Alexander I and Princess Maria of Romania in the Cathedral Church in Belgrade. Patriarch Dimitrije died on 6 April 1930 in Belgrade and was buried in the Rakovica monastery.

He was decorated Order of Saint Sava and Albanian Order of Skenderbeg for his help for Albanian Orthodox Church.[2]

References
  1. Вуковић 1996, p. 163-164.
  2. Acović, Dragomir (2012). Slava i čast: Odlikovanja među Srbima, Srbi među odlikovanjima. Belgrade: Službeni Glasnik. p. 343.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Sources
Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Vacant
Post abolished
Title last held by
Kalinik II		 Serbian Patriarch
1920–1930		 Succeeded by
Varnava I
Preceded by
Inokentije Pavlović		 Metropolitan of Belgrade
1905–1920		 Vacant
Merged into the Serbian Orthodox Church
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