Dimitrije ( sr, Димитрије; 28 October 1846 – 6 April 1930) was the first Patriarch of the reunified
Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1920 until his death. He was styled "His Holiness, the Archbishop of
Peć
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, Metropolitan of
Belgrade and
Karlovci, and
Serbian Patriarch
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Dimitrije Pavlović was born on 28 October 1846 in
Požarevac
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,
Serbia
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. He was appointed
Bishop of Niš in 1884, and held that title until 1889. He then became
Bishop of Šabac-Valjevo in 1898 and held that title until 1905. When Inokentije, Metropolitan of Belgrade, died in 1905, Dimitrije was appointed the successor. In 1920, the Serbian Patriarchate was re-established, thus Dimitrije became the first head of the re-established patriarchate. On 8 June 1922, he wed King
Alexander I Alexander I may refer to:
* Alexander I of Macedon, king of Macedon 495–454 BC
* Alexander I of Epirus (370–331 BC), king of Epirus
* Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome
* Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 320s), patriarch of ...
and Princess
Maria of Romania in the
Cathedral Church
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in
Belgrade. Patriarch Dimitrije died on 6 April 1930 in Belgrade and was buried in the
Rakovica monastery.
He was decorated
Order of Saint Sava
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and Albanian
Order of Skanderbeg for his help for Albanian Orthodox Church.
See also
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List of 20th-century religious leaders
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1846 births
1930 deaths
People from Požarevac
People from the Principality of Serbia
Patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Metropolitans of Belgrade
Recipients of the Order of St. Sava
Eastern Orthodox Christians from Serbia
19th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
20th-century Eastern Orthodox bishops
Burials at Serbian Orthodox monasteries and churches
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