List of Metropolitans of Montenegro

This article lists the Metropolitans of Montenegro, leaders of the 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]

Remains of the original Cetinje Monastery near the new "Court Church" in Cetinje

Background

Bishops of Zeta (1219-1346)

• Ilarion (1220–1242)
• German (1242–?)
• Neofit (1250–1270)
• Jevstatije (1270–1278)
• Mihailo I (?–?)
• Andrija (?–?)
• Jovan (1293–1305)
• Mihailo II (1305–1319)

Metropolitans of Zeta (1346-1485)

• Jevtimije (1405)
• Arsenije (1405–1417)
• David (1424)
• Teodosije (before 1446)
• Josif (1453)
• Visarion I (1482–1485)

Metropolitans of Cetinje (1485-1697)

• Pahomije I (1491)
• Vavila (1493–1520, who was, according to Petar I, installed by Đurađ V Crnojević after he had left Montenegro)
• German II (1520–1530)
• Pavle (1530-1532)
• Vasilije I (attended Ohrid gathering- 1532–1540)
• Nikodim (1540)
• Romil (1540–1559)
• Makarije (1560–1561)
• Ruvim I Veljekrajski (1561–1569)
• Pahomije II Komanin (1569–1579)
• Gerasim (1575–1582)
• Venijamin (1582–1591)
• Nikanor (1591–1593)
• Stevan (1591–1593) (Jointly with Nikanor)
• Rufim II Njeguš (1593–1636)
• Mardarije Kornečanin (1637–1659)
• Rufim Boljević (1673–1685)
• Vasilije Veljekrajski (1685)
• Visarion Borilović (1685–1692)
• Sava Očinić (1694–1697)

Hereditary Metropolitans (Prince-Bishops) from the House of Petrović-Njegoš

No.	Primate	Portrait	Reign	Notes
1	Danilo I Данило I		1697–1735	Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.
2	Sava II Сава II		1735–1781	Co-ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766.
3	Vasilije III Василије III		1750–1766	Co-ruled with Sava II.
4	Arsenije Plamenac Арсеније Пламенац		1781–1784
5	Petar I Петар I		1784–1830	Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje.
6	Petar II Петар II		1830–1851

Metropolitans of Montenegro, Brda and the Littoral

No.	Primate	Portrait	Reign	Notes
1	Nikanor Никанор		1858–1860	The first Vladika after centuries to only serve religious function. Banished to the Russian Empire by Prince Nikola; died in 1894.
2	Ilarion II Иларион II		1860–1882
3	Visarion III Висарион III		1882–1884
4	Mitrofan Митрофан		1884–1920
5	Gavrilo Гаврило		1920–1938	First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church. Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950.
6	Joanikije Јоаникије		1940–1945	Executed by the Yugoslav Partisans at the end of World War II for collaboration with Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Canonized as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
7	Arsenije Арсеније		1947–1961	Imprisoned by the Yugoslav authorities from 1954 to 1960.
8	Danilo II Данило II		1961–1990	Retired at his own request; died in 1993.
9	Amfilohije Амфилохије		1990–present

See also

• Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro

References

1. Вуковић 1996.

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External links

• Official site of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral