List of Metropolitans of Montenegro

This article lists the Metropolitans of Montenegro, primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, heads of the current Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, and their predecessors (bishops and metropolitans of Zeta, and Cetinje), from 1219 to the present day.[1]

Cetinje Monastery, seat of the Metropolitans of Montenegro
Remains of the historical Cetinje Monastery near the Court Church

List

Bishops of Zeta (1219-1346)
  • Ilarion I (1220–1242)
  • German I (1242–1250)
  • Neofit (1250–1270)
  • Jevstatije (1270–1279)
  • German II and Andrija (1279–1293)
  • Mihailo I (1293)
  • Jovan (1293–1305)
  • Mihailo II (1305–1319)

Metropolitans of Zeta (1346-1485)
  • 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)
  • Pahomije I (1491–1493)
  • Vavila (1493–1520)
  • German III (1520–1530)
  • Pavle (1530–1532)
  • Vasilije I (before 1540)
  • Nikodim (before 1540)
  • Ruvim I (1540–1559)
  • Makarije (1560–1561)
  • Ruvim II (1561–1569)
  • Pahomije II (1569–1579)
  • Gerasim (1575–1582)
  • Venijamin (1582–1591)
  • Nikanor I and Stevan (1591–1593)
  • Ruvim III (1593–1636)
  • Mardarije (1637–1659)
  • Rufim IV (1673–1685)
  • Vasilije II (1685)
  • Visarion II (1685–1692)
  • Sava I (1694–1697)

Hereditary Metropolitans of Montenegro
Further information: Rulers of Montenegro and Petrović-Njegoš dynasty
Primate Portrait Reign Notes
Danilo I
Данило I		 1697–1735 Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.
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		 1851–1852 Secularization; Danilo II proclaimed Prince of Montenegro on 13 March 1852.

Metropolitans of Montenegro, Brda and the Littoral
Primate Portrait 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.
Ilarion II
Иларион II		 1860–1882
Visarion III
Висарион III		 1882–1884
Mitrofan
Митрофан		 1884–1920
Gavrilo
Гаврило		 1920–1938 First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church.
Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950.
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.
Arsenije III
Арсеније III		 1947–1961 Imprisoned by the Yugoslav authorities from 1954 to 1960.
Danilo III
Данило III		 1961–1990 Retired at his own request; died in 1993.
Amfilohije
Амфилохије		 1990–2020

References
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