Samuilo Maširević ( sr-Cyrl, Самуило Маширевић; 1804–1870) was the Patriarch of Karlovci, the spiritual leader of Habsburg

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, from 1864 until his death in 1870.

Biography

He graduated from the gymnasium and seminary, and studied

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as well. At the age of twenty-three, he entered the

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, and took

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before the superior,

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Dimitrije Krestić.Episkop Sava Vuković, ''Srpski jerarsi od devetog do dvadesetog veka'', Evro Beograd, Unireks Podgorica, Kalenić Kragujevac, 1996, p. 437. In the following years he served as

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, he was also a lecturer of the seminary in

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, then he was granted the dignity of archimandrite and became the head of the monasteries of St. George and Bezdin, on the

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. He received the episcopal nomination on 30 October 1852, and on 8 May 1858, he was ordained bishop of Temišvar. He was administrator of the Patriarchate of Karlovci after the death of Patriarch

Josif Rajačić Josif Rajačić ( sr-Cyrl, Јосиф Рајачић; 20 July 1785 – 1 December 1861), also known as Josif Rajačić-Brinski, was the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox Archbishop and Metropolitanate of Karlovci, metropolitan of Sremski ...

in 1864, then the Serbian Orthodox Church Council elected him to succeed Rajačić as the Patriarch of Karlovci. In 1865, at the time when he served as the Patriarch, the

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, which included ethnically

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Orthodox parishes in

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, separated from the Patriarchate of Karlovci. He died in 1870 and was buried in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in

Sremski Karlovci Sremski Karlovci ( sr-Cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka Districtautonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danube, from Novi Sad. According to the 202 ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Masirevic, Samuilo 1804 births 1870 deaths Patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church