Gerasim Adamović ( sr, Герасим Адамовић, ro, Gherasim Adamovici; 1733–1796) was Serbia-born Eastern Orthodox bishop of Transylvania (1789–1796) when it was under Austria-Hungary rule.Герасим Адамовић
from Народна енциклопедија српско-хрватско-словеначка, прва књига, 1929.Ljubivoje Cerović
"SÂRBII DIN ROMÂNIA. Din evul mediu timpuriu până în zilele noastre"
(Translated from Serbian book: Љубивоје Церовић, ''Срби у Румунији од раног средњег века до данашњег времена'', Савез Срба у Румунији, Темишвар, 2000.), 2005, Иван М. (игуман Јустин) Стојановић
МАНАСТИРИ ТЕМИШВАРСКЕ ЕПАРХИЈЕ – ЦЕНТРИ ВЕРСКОГ И КУЛТУРНОГ ЖИВОТА СРБА У РУМУНИЈИ
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Biography

Gerasim Adamović was born in a Serbian city of Šikloš (now is Southern Hungary).Ljubomir Stepanov, Stevan Bugarski, ''Manastir Bezdin. Kratki prikaz'', 2003,
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/ref> During 1779–1783 he was archimandrite of the

Sveti Đurađ monastery Sveti Đurađ or St. George Monastery ( sr-cyr, Манастир Свети Ђурађ; ro, Mănăstirea Sfântul Gheorghe) is a medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery located in Mânăstire, Timiș County, Romania, 20 km from the Romanian-Serbian b ...

in Birda (Манастир Светог великомученика Георгија, also Шенђурац на Брзави). He was also archimandrite of the Serbian Bezdin Monastery (1783–1789). He was one of the signatories of the second, expanded version of ''

Supplex Libellus Valachorum ''Supplex Libellus Valachorum Transsilvaniae'' (Latin for ''Petition of the Romanians of Transylvania'') is the name of two petitions sent by the leaders of the ethnic Romanians of Transylvania to the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold II, demanding equ ...

'', a petition for Romanians (''valachorum'') of Transylvania to be equal in political, economic and religious rights to the privileged groups: Transylvanian nobles, Transylvanian Saxons (Germans), and

Székelys The Székelys (, Székely runes: 𐳥𐳋𐳓𐳉𐳗), also referred to as Szeklers,; ro, secui; german: Szekler; la, Siculi; sr, Секељи, Sekelji; sk, Sikuli are a Hungarian subgroup living mostly in the Székely Land in Romania. ...

(Hungarians). Ioan Lupaș, ''Misiunea episcopilor Gherasim Adamovici și Ioan Bob la Curtea din Viena în anul 1792'', Sibiu, 1912 Adamović was the last Serbian Bishop of Transylvania. He had residence in the village of

Rășinari Rășinari (german: Städterdorf; hu, Resinár) is a commune in Sibiu County, Transylvania, Romania. It has a population of 5,280 inhabitants (2011 census) and is composed of two villages, Prislop (''Priszloptelep'') and Rășinari. Until 2012, ...

near Sibiu

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adamovic, Gerasim 1733 births 1796 deaths People from Baranya County 18th-century Serbian people Habsburg Serbs 18th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church