Petar Jovanović (metropolitan)
Petar Jovanović (baptised as Pavle Jovanović; 18 February 1800 in Ilok – 22 September 1864 in Sremski Karlovci) was the Metropolitanate of Belgrade, Metropolitan of Belgrade, head of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Principality of Serbia from 1833 until 1859. Biography Early life Born in Ilok (present-day Croatia), he graduated from the Karlovci Gymnasium and the Clerical High School of Saint Arsenije in Sremski Karlovci. Then he studied philosophy in Szeged. After graduating in 1819, he became a teacher at the Karlovci Gymnasium. In 1830 he went to Serbia to become secretary of the Metropolitan of Belgrade Melentije Pavlović, and at the same time secretary of the Supreme National Court, and then personal secretary of the Prince Miloš Obrenović. He was a married man; his wife died shortly after they moved to Serbia.Đ. Slijepčević,''Istorija...'', p. 325. Election as Metropolitan After the death of Metropolitan Melentije in 1833, Prince Miloš offered Pavle Jovanovi ...
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