Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia

Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia

Митрополија Дабробосанска
Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia; Митрополија Дабробосанска
	Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Sarajevo
Location
Territory	Central region of Bosnia and Hercegovina
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church; Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Established	1219
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Sarajevo
Language	Church Slavonic; Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop	Hrizostom Jević
Map
Website
	http://www.mitropolijadabrobosanska.org/

The Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia (Serbian: Митрополија дабробосанска / Mitropolija dabrobosanska) is a metropolis of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina, seated in Sarajevo. Since 2017, Metropolitan of Dabar and Bosnia is Hrizostom Jević.^[1]

History

The medieval Eparchy of Dabar (Serbian: Дабарска епархија / Dabarska eparhija) was founded in 1219 by the first Serbian archbishop, Saint Sava. The seat of bishops of Dabar was in the Banja Monastery near Priboj. Eparchy of Dabar had jurisdiction over the region of lower Lim and middle Drina on the borders with medieval Bosnia.^[2]

In 1557, Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was restored and the Eparchy of Dabar and Bosnia was returned to its jurisdiction, with its bishops of holding the honorary title of metropolitan.^[3] In 1766, when the autocephalous Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was abolished, Eparchy of Dabar-Bosnia and all other Serbian eparchies under Ottoman rule came under the jurisdiction of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Bishop of Dabar-Bosnia kept his honorary title of metropolitan, as was also the custom in the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The seat of metropolitan was in Sarajevo.^[4]

Since the 1878 campaign, Bosnia and Herzegovina was ruled by Austria-Hungary, but under the Convention of 1880 all Eastern Orthodox eparchies remained under ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. At the end of the First World War in 1918, all Eastern Orthodox bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina reached a unanimous decision to join with other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces into united Serbian Orthodox Church. The process of unification was completed in 1920 and since then Eparchy of Dabar-Bosnia remains part of the united Serbian Orthodox Church.^[5]

From 2015 to 2017, the diocese was administered by Bishop Grigorije (Durić) of Zahumlje and Herzegovina.^[6]

Bishops

Hristofor (13th c.)
Joanikije (before 1292)
Metodije (end of 13th c.)
Nikola I (1284–1292)
Jovan I (?)
Spiridon (between 1286–1292)
Isaija I (1281–1291)
Jovan II (after 1286)
Jovan III (after 1286)
Isaija II (after 1286)
Gavrilo (13th c.)^[7]
Jovan IV (1301–1317)
Nikolaj II (after 1317–before 1328)
Nikolaj III (before 1328-c. 1330)
Marko (c. 1532)
Varlam (c. 1557)
Simeon (c. 1573)
Nikanor (?)
Josif (died 15 May 1575)^[8]
Gavrilo Avramović (1578–1588)^[9]
Petronije (1578–1589)^[10]
Aksentije (1589–1601)
Teodor (1601–1619)
Makarije (c. 1620)
Isaija (1627–1635)
Gavrilo Predojević (–1638)
Isaija II (1640–1655)
Longin (1656–1666)
Hristofor Pivljanin (1666–1681)
Atanasije Ljubojević (1681–1688)
Visarion II (1690–1708)
Isaija III (1708–1709)
Mojsije Petrović (1709–1713)
Meletije Umiljenović (1713–1740)
Gavrilo Mihailović (1741–1752)
Pajsije Lazarević (1752–1759)
Vasilije Jovanović Brkić (1760–1763)
Dionisije (1763?)
Serafim (1753-after 1790)
Danilo (c. 1769)
Kirilo (1776–1779)
Pajsije (before 1793–1802)
Kalinik (1808–1816)
Evgenije (1808?)
Venijamin (1816–1835)
Amvrosije Papa-Georgopolos (1835–1840)
Ignjatije (1841–1851)
Prokopije (1851–1856)
Dionisije (1856–1860)
Ignjatije II (1860–1868)
Dionisije II Ilijević (1868–1871)
Pajsije (1872–1874)
Antim (1874–1880)
Sava Kosanović (1881–1885)
Bishop Georgije (Nikolajević) (1885–1896)
Nikolaj Mandić (1896–1907)
Evgenije Letica (1908–1920)
Petar Zimonjić (1920–1941)
Nektarije Krulj (1951–1966)
Vladislav Mitrović (1967–1992)
Nikolaj Mrđa (1992–2015)
Grigorije Durić (2015–2017), administrator
Hrizostom Jević (2017-present)

Annotations

It is known in English as the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna^[11] or Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia.^[12]^[6] It is scarcely known as the Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia.^[13] It was formerly unofficially known as the Metropolitanate of Sarajevo (Сарајевска митрополија).^[14]

References

^ "Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^ Јањић 2011, p. 133-148.
^ Sotirović 2011, pp. 143–169.
^ Kašić 1972, pp. 53–54.
^ Kiminas 2009, pp. 22, 28.
^ ^a ^b "Bishop Grigorije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina appointed Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^ Вуковић 1996, p. 97.
^ Вуковић 1996, p. 252.
^ Bataković, Dušan T. (1996). The Serbs of Bosnia & Herzegovina: History and Politics. ISBN 9782911527104.
^ Вуковић 1996, p. 406.
^ "Serbian Patriarch Irinej in the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^ "Metropolitan Nikolaj of Dabar-Bosnia reposes in the Lord | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.
^ Slobodan Mileusnić (1994). Medieval monasteries of Serbia. Prometej. p. 130. ISBN 9788676391479.
^ Поповић 1912, p. 624, 627.

Sources

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Јанковић, Марија (1985). Епископије и митрополије Српске цркве у средњем веку (Bishoprics and Metropolitanates of Serbian Church in Middle Ages). Београд: Историјски институт САНУ.
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External links

"Митрополија Дабробосанска: Српска Православна Црква".

[1] "Communique of the Holy Assembly of Bishops | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.

[FOOTNOTEЈањић2011133-148-2] Јањић 2011, p. 133-148.

[FOOTNOTESotirović2011143–169-3] Sotirović 2011, pp. 143–169.

[FOOTNOTEKašić197253–54-4] Kašić 1972, pp. 53–54.

[FOOTNOTEKiminas200922,_28-5] Kiminas 2009, pp. 22, 28.

[auto-6] "Bishop Grigorije of Zahumlje-Herzegovina appointed Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosnia | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.

[FOOTNOTEВуковић199697-7] Вуковић 1996, p. 97.

[FOOTNOTEВуковић1996252-8] Вуковић 1996, p. 252.

[9] Bataković, Dušan T. (1996). The Serbs of Bosnia & Herzegovina: History and Politics. ISBN 9782911527104.

[FOOTNOTEВуковић1996406-10] Вуковић 1996, p. 406.

[11] "Serbian Patriarch Irinej in the Metropolitanate of Dabar-Bosna | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.

[12] "Metropolitan Nikolaj of Dabar-Bosnia reposes in the Lord | Serbian Orthodox Church [Official web site]". www.spc.rs.

[Mileusnić1994-13] Slobodan Mileusnić (1994). Medieval monasteries of Serbia. Prometej. p. 130. ISBN 9788676391479.

[FOOTNOTEПоповић1912624,_627-14] Поповић 1912, p. 624, 627.

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