List of metropolitans of Montenegro

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Cetinje Monastery, seat of the Metropolitans of Montenegro Monastero di cetinje, 01.JPG
Cetinje Monastery, seat of the Metropolitans of Montenegro
Remains of the historical Cetinje Monastery near the Court Church Cetinje, Court Church.jpg
Remains of the historical Cetinje Monastery near the Court Church

This article lists the Metropolitans of Montenegro, primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, heads of the current Serbian Orthodox metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, and their predecessors (bishops and metropolitans of Zeta, and Cetinje), from 1219 to the present day. [1]

Contents

Bishops of Zeta (1219–1346)

Metropolitans of Zeta (1346–1485)

Metropolitans of Cetinje (1485–1697)

Hereditary Metropolitans of Montenegro

PrimatePortraitReignNotes
Danilo I
Данило I
Vladika danilo -172950031.jpg 1697–1735Founder of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty.
Sava II
Сава II
Vladika sava.jpg 1735–1781Co-ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766.
Vasilije III
Василије III
Vasilije petrovic.jpg 1750–1766Co-ruled with Sava II.
Arsenije II
Арсеније II
Unknown person.jpg 1781–1784
Petar I
Петар I
Petar I Petrovic-Njegos Znameniti Srbi XIX. veka.jpg 1784–1830Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje.
Petar II
Петар II
Njegosh vladika.jpg 1830–1851
Danilo II
Данило II
Danilo II.jpg 1852Never consecrated. Secularization; Danilo II proclaimed Prince of Montenegro on 13 March 1852.

Metropolitans of Montenegro, Brda and the Littoral

PrimatePortraitReignNotes
Nikanor II
Никанор II
Unknown person.jpg 1858–1860The first Vladika after centuries to only serve religious function.
Banished to the Russian Empire by Prince Nikola; died in 1894.
Born in Drniš as Nikola Ivanović / Никола Ивановић.
Ilarion II
Иларион II
Ilarion Roganovic.jpg 1860–1882Born in Podgorica as Ilija Roganović / Илија Рогановић.
Visarion III
Висарион III
Visarion Ljubisa 1884 Vilimek.png 1882–1884Born in Sveti Stefan as Vasilije Ljubiša / Василије Љубиша.
Mitrofan
Митрофан
Mitropolit Mitrofan (Ban).JPG 1884–1920Born in Glavati as Marko Ban / Марко Бан.
Gavrilo
Гаврило
Patrijarkh Gavrilo (Dozhitsh).jpg 1920–1938First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church.
Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950.
Born in Vrujci as Gavrilo Dožić / Гaврилo Дoжић.
Joanikije I
Јоаникије
Ioannikii (Lipovats).jpg 1940–1945Executed by the Yugoslav Partisans at the end of World War II for collaboration with the occupying Axis powers. Canonized as a Serbian Orthodox saint in 1999. [2]
Born in Stoliv as Jovan Lipovac / Јован Липовац.
Arsenije III
Арсеније III
Unknown person.jpg 1947–1961Imprisoned by the Yugoslav Communist authorities from 1954 to 1960.
Born in Banatska Palanka as Svetislav Bradvarević / Светислав Брадваревић.
Danilo III
Данило III
Danilo (Dajkovitsh).jpg 1961–1990Retired at his own request; died in 1993.
Born in Drušići as Tomo Dajković / Томо Дајковић.
Amfilohije
Амфилохије
Amfilohije, Metropolitan of Montenegro.jpg 1990–2020Born in Bare (Kolašin) as Risto Radović / Ристо Радовић.
Joanikije II
Јоаникије
Episkop Ioannikii (Michovich). 7 maia 2014 (14000147298).jpg 2020–presentServed as the administrator of the Metropolitanate from October 2020, [3] prior he was officially elected Metropolitan by the Bishops' Council in May 2021. [4] [a]
Born in Velimlje as Jovan Mićović / Јован Мићовић.

Timeline

Joanikije II, Metropolitan of MontenegroAmfilohije, Metropolitan of Montenegro:sr:Danilo Dajković:sr:Arsenije BradvarevićJoanikije I, Metropolitan of MontenegroGavrilo V, Serbian PatriarchMitrofan BanVisarion LjubišaIlarion RoganovićNikanor IvanovićList of metropolitans of Montenegro

See also

Notes

  1. Officially enthroned in the Cetinje Monastery on 5 September 2021, [5] amidst a series of violent protests. [6]

References

  1. Вуковић 1996.
  2. "Saint Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro". spc.rs. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. "Episkop Joanikije postavljen za administratora Mitropolije" (in Serbian). RTS. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  4. Саопштење за јавност Светог Архијерејског Сабора (СПЦ, 29. мај 2021)
  5. Устоличен Митрополит црногорско-приморски г. Јоаникије (СПЦ, 5. септембар 2021)
  6. "Protests as Montenegro's new Orthodox head inaugurated". Al Jazeera. 5 September 2021.

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