Викарни епископи Дабробосанске митрополије (1766-1878)

Nedeljko, Radosavljević

Историјски часопис

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2013-2020/03/11/13:00:58

From the time of abolition of the Patriarchate of Peć in 1766 up to the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1878, the Dabro-Bosnian metropolis was the largest diocese with the predominantly Serbian congregants within the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In order to perform their duties more efficiently, the Dabro-Bosnian metropolitans often appointed vicary bishops with the title of metropolitans of Kratovo. During the above-mentioned period, thirteen DabroBosnian and at least ten metropolitans of Kratovo were recorded. Among them were no less than four Serbs, three of which were certainly born in Bosnia. In normal circumstances, they assisted Dabro-Bosnian metropolitans in their diocesan duties. During the absence of metropolitans, vicars gained the full spiritual power. When it comes to their appointment, a council of bishops of neighboring dioceses would perform it after the Patriarchate’s evaluation of the necessity for their service. They also received the decree of approval from the Sultan, for which they had to pay a certain sum of money. The most famous vicary bishops of the Dabro-Bosnian metropolis were Venedikt Kraljević, who became a Dalmatian bishop in 1810, and Joseph, who became a Metropolitan of Herzegovina in 1816. The fragmentary data that are preserved for other vicary bishops still allow their identification and determining the time of service, area of origin and previously unknown biographical details.

Ottoman Empire, Ecumenical Patriarchate, Dabro-Bosnian metropolis, duties, election, metropolitans of Kratovo, rights, vicary bishops