Metropolitanate of Karlovci

Metropolitanate of Karlovci Карловачка митрополија Karlovačka mitropolija
Coat of Arms of Metropolitanate of Karlovci
Status	self-governing Orthodox Metropolitanate
Diocese type	Metropolitanate
Founded	1691
Dissolved	1848
Headquarters	Karlovci, Habsburg Monarchy (today Sremski Karlovci, Serbia)
Territory	Habsburg Monarchy
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian

Arsenije III Čarnojević, the metropolitan of Sentandreja

Josif Rajačić, the last metropolitan of Karlovci

The Metropolitanate of Karlovci (Serbian: Карловачка митрополија or Karlovačka mitropolija) was a metropolitanate of the Orthodox Church that existed between 1691 and 1848. Between 1691 and 1706 it was known as the Metropolitanate of Sentandreja, between 1708 and 1713 as the Metropolitanate of Krušedol, and between 1713 and 1848 as the Metropolitanate of Karlovci. In 1848, it was transformed into the Patriarchate of Karlovci, which existed until 1920, when it was merged with Metropolitanate of Belgrade to form the Patriarchate of Serbia.

History

First seat of the Metropolitanate (1691-1706) was in Sentandreja. Between 1708 and 1713, the seat of the Metropolitanate was in the monastery of Krušedol, and in 1713 it was moved to Karlovci (today Sremski Karlovci, Serbia).

In the second half of the 18th century, the Metropolitanate of Karlovci included a large territory that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to Bukovina and from Danube and Sava to Upper Hungary. The Metropolitanate had a jurisdiction over Orthodox Serbs, Romanians, Greeks and Cincars that lived in the Habsburg Monarchy.

Eparchies

It included following eparchies:

• Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
• Eparchy of Pakrac
• Eparchy of Srem
• Eparchy of Bačka
• Eparchy of Budim
• Eparchy of Arad
• Eparchy of Temišvar
• Eparchy of Vršac
• Eparchy of Erdelj
• Eparchy of Bukovina

Metropolitans (1691-1848)

Name	Start of Reign	End of Reign	Birth Name	Title
Arsenije III	1691	1706	Arsenije Čarnojević	Patriarch of Peć Metropolitan of Sentandreja
Isaija I	1708	1708	Isaija Đaković	Metropolitan of Krušedol
Sofronije	1710	1711	Sofronije Podgoričanin	Metropolitan of Krušedol
Vićentije I	1713	1725	Vićentije Popović Hadžilović	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Mojisije I	/	1730	Mojisije Petrović	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Vićentije II	1731	1737	Vićentije Jovanović	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Arsenije IV	1737	1748	Arsenije Jovanović-Šakabenta	Patriarch of Peć Metropolitan of Karlovci
Isaija II	1748	1749	Isaija Antonović	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Pavle	1749	1768	Pavle Nenadović	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Jovan	1768	1773	Jovan Đorđević	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Vićentije III	1774	1780	Vićentije Jovanović Vidak	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Mojsije	1780	1790	Mojisije Putnik	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Stefan I	1790	1836	Stevan Stratimirović	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Stefan II	1836	1841	Stefan Stanković	Metropolitan of Karlovci
Josif	1842	1848	Josif Rajačić	Metropolitan of Karlovci Patriarch of Karlovci

See also

• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Patriarchate of Karlovci
• Religion in Serbia
• Religion in Vojvodina

References

• Živko M. Marinković - Jevrem Igumanović, Istorija opštehrišćanske i Srpske pravoslavne crkve sa hronologijom, Banja Luka - Beograd, 2002.
• Vojislav Stoja, Istorija Srpske pravoslavne crkve - kratak pregled, Novi Sad, 2000.
• Dr Dušan Popov, Karlovačka mitropolija, Enciklopedija Novog Sada, sveska 10, Novi Sad, 1998.

Notes

External links

• About Metropolitanate of Karlovci (Serbian)
• About Metropolitanate of Karlovci (Serbian)