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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 edit

Bishops of Zeta (1219–1346) edit

Ilarion I (1220–1242)
German I (1242–1250)
Neofit (1250–1270)
Jevstatije (1270–1279)
Jovan (1279–1286)
German II (1286–1292)
Mihailo I (1293–1305)
Andrija (1305–1319)
Mihailo II (after 1319)

Metropolitans of Zeta (1346–1485) edit

David I (1391–1396)
Arsenije I (1396–1417)
David II (1417–1435)
Jeftimije (1434–1446)
Teodosije (after 1446)
Josif (1453)
Visarion I (1482–1485)

Metropolitans of Cetinje (1485–1697) edit

Pahomije I (1491–1493)
Vavila (1493–1495)
Roman (1496)
German III (1496–1520)
Pavle (1520–1530)
Vasilije I (1530–1532)
Romil I (1532–1540)
Nikodim (1540)
Ruvim I (1540–1550)
Makarije (1550–1558)
Dionisije (1558)
Romil II (1558–1561)
Ruvim II (1551–1569)
Pahomije II (1569–1579)
Gerasim (1575–1582)
Venijamin (1582–1591)
Nikanor I and Stevan (1591–1593)
Ruvim III (1593–1636)
Mardarije (1637–1659)
Ruvim IV (1673–1685)
Vasilije II (1685)
Visarion II (1685–1692)
Sava I (1694–1697)

Hereditary Metropolitans of Montenegro edit

Primate	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 edit

Primate	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.

Notes edit

^ Officially enthroned in the Cetinje Monastery on 5 September 2021,^[5] amidst a series of violent protests.^[6]

References edit

^ Вуковић 1996.
^ "Saint Joanikije (Lipovac) of Montenegro". spc.rs. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
^ "Episkop Joanikije postavljen za administratora Mitropolije" (in Serbian). RTS. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^ Саопштење за јавност Светог Архијерејског Сабора (СПЦ, 29. мај 2021)
^ Устоличен Митрополит црногорско-приморски г. Јоаникије (СПЦ, 5. септембар 2021)
^ "Protests as Montenegro's new Orthodox head inaugurated". Al Jazeera. 5 September 2021.

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