List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church

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This article lists the heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, since the creation of the church as an autocephalous Archbishopric in 1219 to today's Patriarchate.

The list includes all the Archbishops and Patriarchs that led the Serbian Orthodox Church under the Serbian Archbishopric and Serbian Patriarchate of Peć.

List of Patriarchs, 1920–present[change | change source]

Serbian Patriarchate of Belgrade (Peć) (1920–present)
No. Primate Portrait Reign Notes
39 Dimitrije
Димитрије
Dimitrius 		12 September 1920 6 April 1930 First Patriarch of the reunified Serbian Church.
Seated at Belgrade.
Styled "Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch"[B]
Born in Požarevac as Dimitrije Pavlović / Димитрије Павловић.
40 Varnava
Варнава
Barnabas 		12 May 1930 23 July 1937 Died under unclear circumstances (possible poisoning).
Born in Pljevlja as Petar Rosić / Петар Росић.
41 Gavrilo V
Гaврилo V
Gabriel V 		21 February 1938 7 May 1950 Commonly known as Gavrilo.
Born in Vrujci as Gavrilo Dožić / Гaврилo Дoжић.
42 Vikentije II
Викентије II
Vicentius II 		1 July 1950 5 July 1958 Died under unclear circumstances (possible poisoning).
Commonly known as Vikentije.
Born in Bačko Petrovo Selo as Vitomir Prodanov / Витомир Проданов.
43 German
Герман
Herman 		14 September 1958 30 November 1990 Longest reigning Patriarch (32 years, 1 month, 17 days).
The only retired Patriarch during his life; died on 27 August 1991.
Born in Jošanička Banja as Hranislav Đorić / Хранислав Ђорић.
44 Pavle
Павле
Paul 		1 December 1990 15 November 2009[1] Born in Kućanci as Gojko Stojčević / Гојко Стојчевић.
45 Irinej
Иринеј
Irenaeus 		23 January 2010[2][3] 20 November 2020[4] Born in Vidova as Miroslav Gavrilović / Мирослав Гавриловић.
46 Porfirije
Порфирије
Porphyrius 		19 February 2021[5][6] Incumbent Born in Bečej as Prvoslav Perić / Првослав Перић.

References[change | change source]

  1. ↑ "Patriarch of Serbia reposed in the Lord". spc.rs. 23 November 2009. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ↑ "Bishop of Nis Irinej elected for a new Patriarch of Serbia". spc.rs. 22 January 2010. Archived from the original on 10 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Enthronement of Patriarch Irinej of Serbia". spc.rs. 23 January 2010. Archived from the original on 6 March 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  4. ↑ "Serbian Patriarch Irinej reposed in the Lord". spc.rs. 20 November 2020. Archived from the original on 20 November 2020. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana elected for a new Patriarch of Serbia". spc.rs. 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 18 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. ↑ "His Holiness Porfirije, Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch enthroned". spc.rs. 19 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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