Eparchy of Banat

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Map of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbia, showing the Eparchy of Banat
Map of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbia, showing the Eparchy of Banat
Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Vršac
Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Vršac
Orthodox church in Kikinda
Orthodox church in Kikinda

The Eparchy of Banat (Serbian: Банатска епархија or Banatska eparhija) is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Banat region, Serbia. It is mostly situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, while the eparchy also include a small south-western part of Banat that belong to Belgrade. The seat of the eparchy is in Vršac.

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[edit] Monasteries belonging to the eparchy

[edit] Bishops

[edit] Bishops of Vršac

  • Teodor Nestorović, leader of the Serb uprising in Banat in 1594.
  • Simeon (1611)
  • Antonije (1622)
  • Teodosije, metropolitan (1672)
  • Spiridon Štibica (1695-17??)
  • Mojsije Stanojević (1722-1726)
  • Nikola Dimitrijević (1726-1728)
  • Maksim Nestorović (1728-1738)
  • Jeftimije Damjanović (1739)
  • Isaije Antonović (1741-1748)
  • Jovan Đorđević (1749-1769)
  • Vikentije Popović (1774-1785)
  • Josif Jovanović Šakabenta (1786-1805)
  • Petar Jovanović Vidak (1806-1818)
  • Maksim Manuilović (1829-1833)
  • Josif Rajačić (1833-1842)
  • Stefan Popović (1843-1849)
  • Emilijan Kengelac (1853-1885)
  • Nektarije Dimitrijević (1887-1895)
  • Gavrilo Zmejanović (1896-1919)

[edit] Bishops of Banat

  • Ilarion Radović (1922-1929)
  • Dr. Georgije Letić (1931-1935)
  • Vikentije Bujić (1936-1939)
  • Damaskin Grdanički (1939-1947)
  • Visarion Kostić (1951-1979)
  • Sava Vuković (1980-1985; administrator of the eparchy)
  • Amfilohije Radović (1985-1990)
  • Atanasije Jevtić (1991-1992)
  • Hrizostom Stolić (1992-2003)
  • Nikanor Bogunović (2003 - present)

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