List of Metropolitans of Montenegro

The following is a list of Metropolitans of Montenegro, leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral and its predecessors.

Background

Pahomije I (1491)
Vavila (1493–1520, who was, according to Petar I, installed by Đurađ V Crnojević after he had left Montenegro)
German II (1520–1530)
Pavle (1530-1532)
Vasilije I (attended Ohrid gathering- 1532–1540)
Nikodim (1540)
Romil (1540–1559)
Makarije (1560–1561)
Ruvim I Njeguš (1561–1569)
Pahomije II Komanin (1569–1579)
Gerasim (1575–1582)
Venijamin (1582–1591)
Nikanor (1591–1593)
Stevan (1591–1593) (Jointly with Nikanor)
Rufim II Njeguš (1593–1636)
Mardarije Kornečanin (1637–1659)
Rufim Boljević (1673–1685)
Vasilije Veljekrajski (1685)
Visarion Borilović-Bajica (1685–1692)
Sava(tije) I Kaluđeričić from the Očinići (1694–1696)

No.	Primate	Reign	Notes
1	Danilo I Данило I	1696–1735	Founder of the House of Petrović-Njegoš.
2	Sava II Сава II	1735–1782	Co-ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766.
3	Vasilije III Василије III	1750–1766	Co-ruled with Sava II.
4	Arsenije Plamenac Арсеније Пламенац	1782–1784
5	Petar I Петар I	1784–1830	Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje.
6	Petar II Петар II	1830–1851
7	Danilo II Данило II	1851 (Designated)	Did not take ecclesiastical office. Became the first secular Prince of Montenegro in 1852.

No.	Primate	Reign	Notes
1	Nikanor Никанор	1858–1860	The first Vladika after centuries to only serve religious function. Banished to the Russian Empire by Prince Nikola; died in 1894.
2	Ilarion II Иларион II	1860–1882
3	Visarion III Висарион III	1882–1884
4	Mitrofan Митрофан	1884–1920
5	Gavrilo Гаврило	1920–1938	First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church. Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950.
6	Joanikije Јоаникије	1940–1945	Executed by the Partisans at the end of World War II. Canonized as a saint by the Serbian Orthodox Church.
7	Arsenije Арсеније	1947–1961	Imprisoned by the Yugoslav authorities from 1954 to 1960.
8	Danilo Данило	1961–1990	Retired at his own request; died in 1993.
9	Amfilohije Амфилохије	1991–present

Archbishops

1219–1346	Sava (St.) Arsenije Sremac (St.) Sava II (St.) Danilo I (St.) Joanikije I (St.) Jevstatije I (St.) Jakov (St.) Jevstatije II (St.) Sava III (St.) Nikodim I (St.) Danilo II (St.) Joanikije II (St.)

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	Joanikije II (St.) Sava IV Jefrem (St.) Spiridon (St.) Danilo III Sava V Danilo IV Kirilo I (St.) Nikon I (St.) Teofan I Nikodim II Arsenije II

1557–1766	Makarije Sokolović (St.) Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Sokolović Jovan Pajsije I Gavrilo I (St.) Maksim I Arsenije III Kalinik I Atanasije I Mojsije I Arsenije IV Joanikije III Atanasije II Gavrilo II Gavrilo III Vikentije I Pajsije II Gavrilo IV Kirilo II Vasilije I Kalinik II

since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy (1690–1920)

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1690–1726	Arsenije III Čarnojević Isaija Đaković Sofronije Podgoričanin Vikentije Popović

Metropolitan of Belgrade 1718–1726	Mojsije Petrović

Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci 1726–1739	Mojsije Petrović Vićentije Jovanović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1739–1848	Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Isaija Antonović Pavle Nenadović Jovan Đorđević Vićentije Jovanović Vidak Mojisije Putnik Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stanković Josif Rajačić

Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci 1848–1920	Josif Rajačić Samuilo Maširević Prokopije Ivačković German Anđelić Georgije Branković Lukijan Bogdanović

1831–1920	Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

1766–1920	Sava Petrović Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

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