The Metropolitanate of Belgrade ( sr, Београдска митрополија, Beogradska mitropolija) was an

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ecclesiastical province (

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) which existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territory of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. It was formed in 1831, when the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted church autonomy to its eparchies in the

Principality of Serbia The Principality of Serbia ( sr-Cyrl, Књажество Србија, Knjažestvo Srbija) was an autonomous state in the Balkans that came into existence as a result of the Serbian Revolution, which lasted between 1804 and 1817. Its creation wa ...

. Territorial enlargement and full canonical autocephaly were gained in 1879. The Metropolitanate of Belgrade existed until 1920, when it was merged with

Patriarchate of Karlovci The Patriarchate of Karlovci ( sr, Карловачка патријаршија, Karlovačka patrijaršija) or Serbian Patriarchate of Sremski Karlovci ( sr, Српска патријаршија у Сремским Карловцима, Srpska ...

and other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form the united Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat of the Metropolitanate was in Belgrade,

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. The Metropolitanate and all of its eparchies suffered significant loses during

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(1914–1918), particularly after 1915, during the

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by the

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Eparchies

It included following eparchies:

Metropolitans, 1831–1920

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Eparchies

Metropolitans, 1831–1920

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