The ancient town of Belgrade - known as Singindunum in Roman times - became
the capital of Serbia in 1402 and remained so - with some interruptions from
1427 to 1807 and from 1813 to 1841 - until 1918 when it became the capital of
Yugoslavia.
After 1929 it became a City area (Podrucje Grada Beograda) not included into
one of the Banovinates.
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CHIEF ADMINISTRATORS
City Chiefs of Belgrade
Upravitelj Varosi Beogradske
1868 - 1871 Jakov P. Petrovic Tucakovic 1826 - 1889
1871 Acim Cumic 1836 - 1901
1871 - 1873 Jakov P. Petrovic Tucakovic (2x)
1873 - 1874 Zivojin M. Blaznavac 1835 - 1920
1874 - 1875 Dimitrije M. Joksic
1875 - 1876 Jovan Dj. Avakumovic 1841 - 1928
1876 - 1878 Jakov P. Petrovic Tucakovic (3x)
1878 - 1879 ...
1879 - 1887 Zivojin M. Blaznavac (2x)
1887 Vladan Djordjevic 1844 - 1930
1887 - 1888 Zivko Andjelic 1844 - 1899
1888 - 1889 Glisa Djordjevic 1842 - 1896
1889 - 1890 Svetozar M. Arsenovic 1851 - 1891
1890 - 1891 Velimir M. Todorovic 1848 - 1920
1891 - 1892 Mihailo P. Jovanovic 1855 -
1892 - 1893 Pavle Denic 1855 -
1893 - 1894 Stojan M. Protic 1857 - 1923
1894 Aleksa-Aca A. Stevanovic 1844 - 1913
1894 Zivko Kasidolac 1857 - 1909
1894 - 1895 ...
1895 - 1896 Nikola D. Stevanovic 1852 - 1922
1896 - 1897 Nikola Pasic 1845 - 1926
1897 - 189. Kosta Glavinic 1858 - 1939
189. - 189. ...
189. - 1900 Risto Bademlic
Presidents of Belgrade's Municipality(1)
Predsednik Opstine Beogradske
1900 - 1901 Antonije Pantovic
1901 - 1903 Milovan R. Marinkovic
1903 - 1907 Kosta Glavinic s.a.
1907 - 1910 Velisav Vulovic
1910 Kosta Glavinic (2x)
1910 - 1913 Ljubomir-Ljuba Davidovic 1863 - 1940
1913 - 1915 Djoka Nestorovic
1915 - 1916 Stevan Levaj
1916 - 1918 Vojislav Veljkovic 1865 - 1931
1918 - 1919 Mihailo Marjanovic
1919 - 1920 Kosta Jovanovic 1875 - 1930
1920 Filip Filipovic 1878 - 1938
1920 - 1921 Djordje Karajovanovic
1921 - 1923 Dobra Mitrovic
1923 - 1925 Mihailo Marjanovic (2x)
1925 - 1926 ...
1926 - 1929 Kosta Kumanudi 1874 - 1962
1929 - 1930 Milos Savcic 1865 - 1941
1930 - 1932 Milan Nesic
1932 - 1935 Milutin Petrovic
1935 - 1939 Vlada Ilic
1939 - 1941 Vojin Djuricic
1941 - 1944 ...
Presidents of People's Liberation Council
Predsednik Narodnooslobodilackog Odbora
1944 Sinisa Stankovic 1892 - 1974
1944 Kirilo Savic 1870 - 1957
1944 - 1947 Mihailo Ratkovic
(1) City Chiefs 1900 - 1944
(Chiefs of Police, by far more important then the Presidents of the
Municipality)
1900 - 1903 Boza K. Marsicanin 1855 - 1921
1903 Bogdan Damjanovic 1855 - 1929
1903 Dusan A. Vujic 1866 - 1913
1903 - 1905 Mijailo I. Cerovic 1856 - 1927
1905 Mihailo A. Raskovic 1854 - 1913
1905 - 1906 Dragic Pavlovic 1871 -
1906 Branimir Rajic 1868 -
1906 - 1907 Mijailo I. Cerovic (2x)
1904 - 1908 Dragutin N. Milicevic 1861 - 1911
1908 - 1910 Obrad B. Blagojevic 1873 - 1930
1910 - 1912 Gojko S. Pavlovic 1868 - 1919
1912 - 1918 Manojlo M. Lazarevic 1874 -
1918 - 1919 Kosta J. Tucakovic
1919 - 1934 Manojlo M. Lazarevic (2x)
1934 - 1935 Dusan M. Filipovic 1892 -
1935 - 1939 Milan Z. Acimovic 1900 - 1946
1939 - 1940 Dragoslav Lazic
1940 - 1941 Dragomir V. Drincic 1897 -
1941 Milutin D. Stefanovic
1941 Dusan P. Ribar 1888 -
1941 Jovan Milicevic
1941 - 1944 Dragomir-Dragi Jovanovic 1897 -
The first Christian communities appeared in what was to become Yugoslavia as
early as the first century.
During the Middle Ages a split occured and while some communities joined the
Serbian Orthodox Church others became members of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Serbian Orthodox Church was at first under the direct authority of the
Patriarchs of Constantinople. It became an autocephalous Church in 1219 and
a separate Patriarchate - with its see at Pec - in 1346.
After the Osmanli conquest of Serbia, the Patriarchate gradually lost its
importance and in 1766 it was simply abolished.
From now on - and until the re-establishment of the Serbian Patriarchate in
1920 - each of the political units where a Serbian Orthodox community existed
would have its own organization.
notes
- Autocephalous = Fully independent as far as the organization was concerned
but in full communion with the other Orthodox Churches as far as religious
matters were concerned.
- Autonomous = with a separate organization while remaining however subject
to the overall authority of the Patriarchs.
See also ROMAN CATHOLIC HIERARCHY IN YUGOSLAVIA 1871/1918 - 1945 for more
information on Church history in Yugoslavia and its regions
Although there also existed some small Serbian Orthodox communities in other
parts of the Empire, most of them were located in the mainly Roman Catholic
Kronland Dalmatia, where they had been founded in the 15th -16th centuries
by Serbs taking refuge for the Osmanli.
At fisrt these communities had been dependent of the Metripolitans of Dabro-
Bosna, but later, after the abolition of the Orthodox hierarchy in Dalmatia,
they became dependent of the Dalmatian Roman Catholic hierarchy.
This situation lasted until 1806 when, at the time of the French occupation
of Dalmatia, the Eparchy of Zadar / Dalmatia was erected.
In 1870 the southern parts were detached to become the second Eparchy of Boka
Kotorska and in 1873 both Eparchies, which till then had been subject to the
Patriarchate of Sremski Karlovci in Hungary, were transferred to the - mainly
Romanian - Metropolitanate of Czernowitz.
Christianism was introduced in Bosnia in the 4th (?) century and a regular
hierarchy was set up soon afterwards.
From the 9th century onwards its communities joined either the Roman Catholic
or the Serbian Orthodox Church. The later gradually became the most important,
certainly after the Osmanli conquest of 1463.
The major Serbian Orthodox jurisdiction for Bosnia was the Metropolitanate of
Dabro-Bosna erected in 1219. It was first subordinated to the Patriarchate of
Pec, but after the abolition of this Patriarchate in 1766, it became directly
subordinated to the Patriarchs of Constantinople, who appointed Greeks to rule
it.
This situation lasted until 1880, when, following an agreement between the
Austro-Hungarian government and the Patriarchate, Serbian rule was restored
and the Church was declared autonomous
Serbian Orthodox communities, subject to the Patriarchate of Pec, appeared in
- mainly Roman Catholic - Croatia as early as the 13th century.
Following the Osmanli conquest of the country some believers united with the
Catholic Church while others migrated to Southern Hungary, to the region now
known as Vojvodina.
In 1690 the Hungarian government recognized Arsenije III Crnojevic (1633 -
1706) - a former Patriarch of Pec, who had led one of the major migrations
- as spritual head of all Orthodox believers (Serbs, Romanians, Ukrainians,
...) in the region, in this way establishing the Metropolitanate of Sremski
Karlovci.
After the fall of the Pec Patriarchate, the see became gained in importance
and in 1848, as a reward for Serbian support against the Hungarian rebels, it
was made an autocephalous Patriarchate having at first jurisdiction over all
Orthodox communities in the Habsburg realm, but later only over those living
in the southern regions of Hungary and in Croatia. (2)
Christianism was introduced in Macedonia in the course of the 4th century.
Its communities later joined either the Roman Catholic or one of the Orthodox
(Serbian or Bulgarian((3)) Churches.
The Macedonian Serbian Orthodox eparchies - headed by the Metropolitanate of
Skopje - were part of the Patriarchate of Pec until its abolition in 1766.
They then became directly subordinated to the Patriarchate of Constantinople
which, until 1897, appointed Greeks to administer them.
SKOPJE
Metropolitans
(Phanariote Greeks until 1897, Serbs afterwards)
1868 - 1892 Pajsije 1806 - 1892
1892 - 1896 Metodije II 1... - 1896
1896 - 1897 Amvrosije
1897 - 1903 Firmilijan Drazic 1852 - 1903
1903 - 1904 vacant
1904 - 1905 Sevastijan Debeljkovic 1869 - 1905
1905 - 1915 Vikentije (Vasilije) Krdzic 1853 - 1915
1915 - 1920 vacant (during the first
Bulgarian occupation(3))
(3) The frontiers between the two communities were not very clear and
often changed until the end of the 16th century.
From 1870 onwards the Bulgarian Exarchate again claimed the whole
of Macedonia as part of its jurisdiction and started appointing
its own Eparchs and Metropolitans in all Macedonian dioceses from
1873 onwards.
In 1877, as a consequence of the Bulgarian revolts, they were however
expelled by the Osmanli authorities and it lasted until 1890 before
the Bulgarian hierarchy in Macedonia was once again restored.
Bulgarian Metropolitans of Skopje
1873 - 1874 Dorotej
1875 - 1877 Kiril
1877 - 1890 vacant
1890 - 1892 Teodosije, deposed after an
attempt to enter into an
union with the Catholic Church
1892 - 1895 Maksim
1895 - 1910 Sinesije
1910 - 1913 Neofit
1913 - 1915 vacant (after the integration
of Macedonia into Serbia)
1915 - 19.. Neofit (2x) (during the
first Bulgarian occupation)
After the Bulgarian defeat in 1918 the Exarchate had to give up its
claim on Macedonia.
In 1941 - 1945 during the second Bulgarian occupation the Bulgarian
hierarchy was briefly restored
Bulgarian Metropolitan of Skopje
1941 - 1945 Sofronije
Christianism was introduced in what was to become Montenegro asearly as the
first century.
At first its communities were part of the Roman Catholic Church, but from the
13th century onwards, most - if not all - joined the Serbian Orthodox Church.
An Eparchy of Zeta was founded in 1219 as part of the Serbian Metropolitanate
In 1346, when Serbia became a Patriarchate, Zeta was made a Metropolitanate,
which was renamed Montenegro / Crna Gora ca 1499.
In 1766, after the fall of the Serbian Patriarchate, the Montenegrin Church
became autocephalous.
Metropolitans
(until 1852 the Metropolitans were also Heads of State of Montenegro)
1860 - 1882 Ilarion Roganovic 1828 - 1882
1882 - 1884 Visarion III Ljubisa 1823 - 1884
1884 - 1920 Mitrofan (Marko) Ban s.a.
Christianism was introduced - or rather re-introduced, as there had already
existed some communities in Roman times - in Serbia by Latin missionaries in
the course of the 7th century.
Later, in the course of the 9th century, Byzantine missionaries also started
working in the country, introducing the Byzantine (or Greek) Orthodox rite,
which, after some hesitations, was finally adopted by nearly all Serbs. (4)
After the abolition of the Patriarchate of Pec in 1766, the Church in Serbia
was headed by Metropolitans, dependent of the Patriarchs of Constantinople.
In 1832, after the founding of the Serbian principality, the Serbian Church
was granted autonomy and in 1879, after the proclamation of independence it
was recognized by Constantinople as one of the autocephalous Orthodox Churches
BELGRADE
Metropolitans
1859 - 1881 Mihailo II (Miloje P.) Jovanovic 1826 - 1898
1881 - 1883 Mojsije (Maksim) Veresic* 1... - 1896
1883 - 1889 Teodosije (Teodor) Mraovic 1815 - 1892
1889 - 1898 Mihailo II (Miloje P.) Jovanovic (2x)
1898 - 1905 Inokentije Pavlovic 1840 - 1905
1905 - 1920 Dimitrije Pavlovic 1846 - 1930
(4) For Roman Catholics in Serbia see here
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In 1920 all Serbian Orthodox hierarchies united into one Serbian Orthodox
Church and the ancient Patriarchate - covering the whole territory of the
new Yugoslavian state (5) - was restored.
Archbishops of Pec, Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci and Patriarchs of
all Serbs
1920 - 1930 Dimitrije Pavlovic s.a.
1930 - 1937 Varnava (Petar) Rosic 1880 - 1937
1937 - 1938 Dositej (Vasic) 1887 - 1945
1938 - 1950 Gavrilo (Djordje) Dozic-Medenica 1881 - 1950
(5) The Serbian Orthodox communities in the Diaspora were also dependent
of the Patriarchate.
Since 1926 it also included an Eparchy in the U.S.
In 1942, following the proclamation of the independent State of
Croatia, its government tried to establish an autocephalous
Croatian Orthodox Church. It was a complete failure and
the Church ended with the collapse of the Croatian state in 1945.
Metropolitan of Zagreb
1942 - 1945 Germogen 1861 - 1945
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