Josif Rajačić

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Josif Rajačić (1785–1861, Cyrillic: Јосиф Рајачић) was a metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian patriarch and administrator of Serbian Vojvodina.

Rajačić was born in Lučani (Croatia), and died in Sremski Karlovci (Vojvodina, Serbia). At the May assembly of Serbs in Sremski Karlovci in 1848, he was proclaimed for the Serbian patriarch. Josif Rajačić was not only the spiritual, but also the political and military leader of Serbs.

He became administrator of Serbian Vojvodina, and was on the head of the new Serb government (praviteljstvo) of Vojvodina. Rajačić formed an alliance with the Habsburgs in notion to crush the Hungarian revolution. After the Hungarians were defeated, Austrians nominated Rajačić for the civil commissary for Vojvodina.

He helped in educational development of the Serb people in the Habsburg Monarchy. In the time when he was metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, many new Serbian schools were opened. He also opened patriarchal library and the printing house. He spent much of his energy to help that Vojvodina come under the administration of the Serb people.

[edit] Literature

• Jovan Mirosavljević, Brevijar ulica Novog Sada 1745-2001, Novi Sad, 2002.
• Drago Njegovan, Prisajedinjenje Vojvodine Srbiji, Novi Sad, 2004.

[edit] See also

• Vojvodina
• Rulers of Vojvodina
• History of Vojvodina
• History of Serbia
• Serbian Orthodox Church

Preceded by: Stefan II (Stephen II)

Metropolitan/Patriarch of Karlowitz 1842–1861

Succeeded by: Samuilo (Samuel)