German Opačić

German Opačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Герман Опачић; August 8, 1857 – January 18, 1899) was the Serbian Orthodox prelate and the last Bishop of Bačka in the 19th-century.[1]

German
Bishop of Bačka
Native name
Герман
ChurchSerbian Orthodox Church
DioceseEparchy of Bačka
Elected1893
Installed1894
Term ended1899
PredecessorVasilijan Petrović
SuccessorMitrofan Šević
Orders
OrdinationApril 24, 1888 (aged 30)
by German
ConsecrationMay 6, 1894
by Georgije
Personal details
Birth nameMilan Opačić
Born(1857-08-08)8 August 1857
Slabinja, Kingdom of Croatia, Austrian Empire
Died18 January 1899(1899-01-18) (aged 41)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
BuriedNovi Sad, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia)
NationalitySerbian / Austro-Hungarian
DenominationSerbian Orthodox

Early life and education

Opačić was born as Milan Opačić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Опачић) on 8 August 1857 in the village of Slabinja, in the Banija region[2] in Austrian Empire (present-day Croatia). His father Marko was a Serbian Orthodox priest and mother Sofia was a priest-wife. After finishing elementary school in Vojnić, Opačić graduated from a gymnasium in Zagreb and Novi Sad.[2] For a while he studied law in Zagreb, but he graduated from Clerical High School of Saint Arsenije in 1884.[1] From 1884 to 1890 Opačić was catechist in gymnasium, and since 1889 was a professor of seminary.

Spiritual service

Opačić became consistory-notary of Archeparchy of Karlovci in 1890.[1] He entered the Kuveždin monastery on the Fruška Gora mountain where he was spiritually guided by hegumen Amfilohije (Jeremić) and became a monk.[2]

Opačić was ordained by Archbishop of Karlovci and Serbian Patriarch German as deacon-monk on April 24, 1888. On December 13, 1890 he was ordained as protodeacon and on October 6, 1891 as archdeacon by Patriarch Georgije.[2]

Opačić was ordained on Christmas Day in 1891 as presbyter and as syncellus on same occasion. In 1892 he was ordained as protosyncellus.

Opačić was unanimously elected as the Bishop of Bačka in 1893 and consecrated on Saint George's Day in 1894 by Patriarch Georgije, Bishop of Timișoara Nikanor Popović and Bishop of Gornji Karlovac Mihailo Grujić.[1]

Death

After a short illness, Opačić died in Vienna in January 1899. He was buried in Plato's chapel at the Almaš Cemetery in Novi Sad, Austria-Hungary (present-day Serbia).[2][1]

See also

References

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
Vasilijan
Bishop of Bačka
1893–1899
Succeeded by
Mitrofan
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