Eparchy of Bačka
The Eparchy of Bačka (Serbian: Бачка епархија, romanized: Bačka eparhija) is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Bačka region, Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina and the seat of the eparchy is at Saint George's Cathedral in Novi Sad.
Eparchy of Bačka Бачка епархија Bačka eparhija | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Serbia, Hungary |
| Territory | Bačka |
| Headquarters | Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Coordinates | 45°15′25″N 19°50′53″E |
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| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Established | 16th century |
| Cathedral | Saint George's Cathedral, Novi Sad |
| Language | Church Slavonic Serbian |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Irinej Bulović |
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History
The eparchy was established in the 16th century. In the beginning, the seat of the bishop was in Segedin (today in Hungary). It was later moved to monasteries of Bačka, and was finally stabilized in Novi Sad in the beginning of the 18th century.
Seems that between the second half of the 16th century and the second half of the 17th century, the Eparchy was a Metropolitanate, since its administrators in this time period are mentioned with metropolitan title.
Territory
The eparchy includes entire Serbian part of Bačka, but also has supreme authority over some territories in present-day Hungary, including counties Bács-Kiskun (Baja), Csongrád (Szeged) and Heves (Eger).
Bishops and metropolitans
- Filip, bishop
- Sava, bishop
- Makarije, bishop
- Simeon, bishop
- Georgije, metropolitan (1579)
- Mardarije, metropolitan (1609)
- Mihailo, metropolitan (1651)
- Georgije, bishop (1667)
- Jeftimije Drobnjak, bishop (1695-1708)
- Stevan Metohijac, bishop (1708-1709)
- Hristofor Dimitrijević-Mitrović, bishop (1710-1712)
- Grigorije Dimitrijević, bishop (1713-1717)
- Sofronije Tomašević, bishop (1718-1730)
- Visarion Pavlović, bishop (1731-1756)
- Mojsije Putnik, bishop (1757-1774)
- Arsenije Radivojević, bishop (1774-1781)
- Atanasije Živković, bishop (1781-1782)
- Josif Jovanović Šakabenta, bishop (1783-1786)
- Jovan Jovanović, bishop (1786-1805)
- Gedeon Petrović, bishop (1807-1832)
- Stefan Stanković, bishop (1834-1837)
- Georgije Hranislav, bishop (1839-1843)
- Platon Atanacković, bishop (1851-1867)
- German Anđelić, bishop (1874-1882)
- Vasilijan Petrović, bishop (1885-1891)
- German Opačić, bishop (1893-1899)
- Mitrofan Šević, bishop (1900-1918)
- Dr. Irinej Ćirić, bishop (1922-1955)
- Nikanor Iličić, bishop (1955-1986)
- Dr. Irinej Bulović, bishop (1990-current)
Monasteries belonging to the eparchy
- Kovilj Monastery in Novi Sad municipality. The monastery was reconstructed in 1705-1707. According to the legend, the monastery of Kovilj was founded by the first Serb archbishop Saint Sava in the 13th century.
- Bođani Monastery in Bač municipality. It was founded in 1478.
- Sombor Monastery in Sombor municipality. It was founded in 1928-1933.
- In the outset of the 18th century there was a Serb monastery in Bački Monoštor near Sombor.
See also
Sources
- Narodna enciklopedija, article written by Radoslav Grujić.
- Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Евро, Унирекс, Каленић.
- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 9781405142915.
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