Archbishop Michael
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His Beatitude Archbishop Michael of Ohrid and Macedonia (Macedonian: Михаил, Mihail) was the fourth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia and once primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
Archbishop Michael was born in Novo Selo, Ottoman Empire (now Republic of Macedonia) in 1922. He had been a longstanding professor and dean at the theological faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje before being elected as the leader of the Macedonian Orthodox Church on December 4, 1993.
Archbishop Michael passed away on July 6, 1999, and is remembered for his great oratory.
| Preceded by Gabriel II |
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia 1993–1999 |
Succeeded by Stephen |
