Metropolitanate of Belgrade


The Metropolitanate of Belgrade was an Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical province which existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territory of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. It was formed in 1831, when the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted church autonomy to its eparchies in the Principality of Serbia. Territorial enlargement and full canonical autocephaly were gained in 1879. The Metropolitanate existed until 1920, when it was merged with Patriarchate of Karlovci and other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form the united Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat of the Metropolitanate was in Belgrade, Serbia.
The Metropolitanate and all of its eparchies suffered significant loses during World War I, particularly after 1915, during the occupation of Serbia by the Central Powers.

Eparchies

The Metropolitanate included the following eparchies:
EparchySeatNotes
Eparchy of BelgradeBelgradeNow Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci.
Eparchy of ŽičaČačakEparchy of Užice until 26 June 1884. Now seated in Kraljevo.
Eparchy of ŠabacŠabacPart of the Eparchy of Belgrade from 1886 to 1898.
Eparchy of TimokZaječarFormed after 1833. Part of the Eparchy of Niš from 1886 to 1891.
Eparchy of NišNišAdded in 1879. Eparchy of Nišava abolished and merged with Eparchy of Niš on 1 November 1880.
Eparchy of Raška and PrizrenPrizrenAdministration from 1912.
Eparchy of SkopjeSkopjeAdministration from 1912.
Eparchy of Debar and KičevoKičevoAdministration from 1912.

Metropolitans, 1831–1920

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