Cetinje Monastery, seat of the Metropolitans of Montenegro
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]

List

Bishops of Zeta (1219–1346)

Metropolitans of Zeta (1346–1485)

Metropolitans of Cetinje (1485–1697)

Hereditary Metropolitans of Montenegro

Further information: List of rulers of Montenegro and Petrović-Njegoš dynasty
Primate Portrait Reign Notes
Danilo I
Данило I 		1697–1735 Founder of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty.
Sava II
Сава II 		1735–1781 Co-ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766.
Vasilije III
Василије III 		1750–1766 Co-ruled with Sava II.
Arsenije II
Арсеније II 		1781–1784
Petar I
Петар I 		1784–1830 Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje.
Petar II
Петар II 		1830–1851
Danilo II
Данило II 		1852 Never consecrated. Secularization; Danilo II proclaimed Prince of Montenegro on 13 March 1852.

Metropolitans of Montenegro, Brda and the Littoral

Primate Portrait Reign Notes
Nikanor II
Никанор II 		1858–1860 The 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 		1860–1882 Born in Podgorica as Ilija Roganović / Илија Рогановић.
Visarion III
Висарион III 		1882–1884 Born in Sveti Stefan as Vasilije Ljubiša / Василије Љубиша.
Mitrofan
Митрофан 		1884–1920 Born in Glavati as Marko Ban / Марко Бан.
Gavrilo
Гаврило 		1920–1938 First 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 		1940–1945 Executed 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 		1947–1961 Imprisoned by the Yugoslav Communist authorities from 1954 to 1960.
Born in Banatska Palanka as Svetislav Bradvarević / Светислав Брадваревић.
Danilo III
Данило III 		1961–1990 Retired at his own request; died in 1993.
Born in Drušići as Tomo Dajković / Томо Дајковић.
Amfilohije
Амфилохије 		1990–2020 Born in Bare (Kolašin) as Risto Radović / Ристо Радовић.
Joanikije II
Јоаникије 		2020–present Served 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.

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.

Sources

External links

Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro
Primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church
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