| Metropolitanate of Karlovci Карловачка митрополија Karlovačka mitropolija |
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Coat of Arms of Metropolitanate of Karlovci |
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| Status | self-governing Orthodox Metropolitanate |
| Diocese type | Metropolitanate |
| Founded | 1691 |
| Dissolved | 1848 |
| Headquarters | Karlovci, Habsburg Monarchy (today Sremski Karlovci, Serbia) |
| Territory | Habsburg Monarchy |
| Language | Church Slavonic Serbian |
The Metropolitanate of Karlovci (Serbian: Карловачка митрополија or Karlovačka mitropolija) was a metropolitanate of the Orthodox Church that existed between 1691 and 1848. Between 1691 and 1706 it was known as the Metropolitanate of Sentandreja, between 1708 and 1713 as the Metropolitanate of Krušedol, and between 1713 and 1848 as the Metropolitanate of Karlovci. In 1848, it was transformed into the Patriarchate of Karlovci, which existed until 1920, when it was merged with Metropolitanate of Belgrade to form the Patriarchate of Serbia.
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First seat of the Metropolitanate (1691-1706) was in Sentandreja. Between 1708 and 1713, the seat of the Metropolitanate was in the monastery of Krušedol, and in 1713 it was moved to Karlovci (today Sremski Karlovci, Serbia).
In the second half of the 18th century, the Metropolitanate of Karlovci included a large territory that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to Bukovina and from Danube and Sava to Upper Hungary. The Metropolitanate had a jurisdiction over Orthodox Serbs, Romanians, Greeks and Cincars that lived in the Habsburg Monarchy.
It included following eparchies:
| Name | Start of Reign | End of Reign | Birth Name | Title |
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| Arsenije III | 1691 | 1706 | Arsenije Čarnojević | Patriarch of Peć Metropolitan of Sentandreja |
| Isaija I | 1708 | 1708 | Isaija Đaković | Metropolitan of Krušedol |
| Sofronije | 1710 | 1711 | Sofronije Podgoričanin | Metropolitan of Krušedol |
| Vićentije I | 1713 | 1725 | Vićentije Popović Hadžilović | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Mojisije I | / | 1730 | Mojisije Petrović | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Vićentije II | 1731 | 1737 | Vićentije Jovanović | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Arsenije IV | 1737 | 1748 | Arsenije Jovanović-Šakabenta | Patriarch of Peć Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Isaija II | 1748 | 1749 | Isaija Antonović | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Pavle | 1749 | 1768 | Pavle Nenadović | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Jovan | 1768 | 1773 | Jovan Đorđević | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Vićentije III | 1774 | 1780 | Vićentije Jovanović Vidak | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Mojsije | 1780 | 1790 | Mojisije Putnik | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Stefan I | 1790 | 1836 | Stevan Stratimirović | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Stefan II | 1836 | 1841 | Stefan Stanković | Metropolitan of Karlovci |
| Josif | 1842 | 1848 | Josif Rajačić | Metropolitan of Karlovci Patriarch of Karlovci |
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