Patriarch Dimitrije

Dimitrije
Димитрије
His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbs
Church Serbian Orthodox Church
See Belgrade
Installed September 12, 1920
Term ended April 6, 1930
Predecessor Kalinik
Successor Varnava
Orders
Ordination 1878
Consecration 1884
Personal details
Birth name Dimitrije Pavlović
Born October 28, 1846
Požarevac, Principality of Serbia
Died April 6, 1930(1930-04-06) (aged 83)
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Styles of
Patriarch Dimitrije of Serbia
Reference style His Holiness
Spoken style Your Holiness
Religious style Patriarch
Posthumous style His Holiness Patriarch Dimitrije of Blessed Repose

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, Serbian Patriarch".

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.

References

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Vacant
Post abolished by
Ottoman Empire (1766)
Title last held by
Kalinik II
Patriarch of Serbs
1920–1930
Succeeded by
Varnava
Preceded by
Inokentije Pavlović
Metropolitan of Belgrade
1920
Merged with the
Patriarchate of Karlovci
to resurrect the
Patriarchate of Serbia
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