Metropolitanate of Belgrade

Metropolitanate of Belgrade Београдска митрополија Beogradska mitropolija
Location
Territory	Serbia
Headquarters	Belgrade, Serbia
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Self-governing Orthodox Metropolitanate
Established	1766
Dissolved	1920
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian

The Metropolitanate of Belgrade (Serbian: Београдска митрополија or Beogradska mitropolija) was a metropolitanate of the Orthodox Church that existed between 1766 and 1920. It was formed in 1766, when Patriarchate of Peć was abolished by the Ottoman Empire. The Metropolitanate of Belgrade existed until 1920, when it was merged with Patriarchate of Karlovci to form the Patriarchate of Serbia. The seat of the Metropolitanate was in Belgrade, Serbia.

Eparchies

It included following eparchies:

Eparchy	Seat	Notes
Eparchy of Belgrade	Belgrade	Now Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci
Eparchy of Žiča	Čačak	Now seated in Kraljevo
Eparchy of Šabac	Šabac
Eparchy of Timok	Zaječar	Timok
Eparchy of Niš	Niš
Eparchy of Skopje	Skopje	Now Metropolitanate of Skopje
Eparchy of Veles and Debar	Bitola	Now Metropolitanate of Skopje and Eparchy of Debar and Kičevo
Eparchy of Prizren	Prizren	Now Eparchy of Raška and Prizren

Metropolitans, 1766–1920

No.	Primate	Portrait	Personal name	Reigned from	Reigned until	Title	Notes
1	Jeremija Јеремија Jeremiah			1766	1784	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
2	Dionisije I Дионисије I Dionysius I			1785	1791	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
3	Metodije Методије Methodius			1791	1801	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
4	Leontije Леонтије Leontius		Leontije Lambrović Леонтије Ламбровић	1801	1813	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
5	Dionisije II Дионисије II Dionysius II		Dimitrije Димитрије	1813	1815	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
6	Agatangel Агатангел Agathangelos			1815	1825	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
7	Kiril Кирил Cyril			1825	1827	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
8	Antim Антим Anthimos			1827	1830	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Ethnic Greek Metropolitan
9	Melentije Мелентије Melenthius		Melentije Pavlović Мелентије Павловић	1830	1833	Metropolitan of Belgrade	First Serb Metropolitan of Belgrade
10	Petar Петар Peter		Pavle Jovanović Павле Јовановић	1833	1859	Metropolitan of Belgrade
11	Mihailo Михаило Michael		Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић	1859	1881	Metropolitan of Belgrade	First tenure
12	Teodosije Теодосије Theodosius		Teodor Mraović Теодор Мраовић	1883	1889	Metropolitan of Belgrade
--	Mihailo Михаило Michael		Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић	1889	1898	Metropolitan of Belgrade	Second tenure
13	Inokentije Инокентије Innocentius		Jakov Pavlović Јаков Павловић	1898	1905	Metropolitan of Belgrade
14	Dimitrije Димитрије Dimitrius		Dimitrije Pavlović Димитрије Павловић	1905	1930	Metropolitan of Belgrade (1905–1920) Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Patriarch of all Serbia (1920–1930) 49th Patriarch of Serbs (41st Patriarch of Peć)

See also

• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Religion in Serbia