Gavrilo III, Serbian Patriarch

Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo III
Српски патријарх Гаврило III
Σερβικός Πατριάρχης Γαβριήλ Γ΄
Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch
Church Serbian Patriarchate of Peć
See Patriarchal Monastery of Peć
Installed 1752
Term ended 1758
Predecessor Gavrilo II
Successor Vikentije I
Personal details
Nationality Rum Millet (Serbian)
Denomination Eastern Orthodox Church
Occupation Spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Gavrilo III Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило III Николић) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch from 1752 to 1758.[1]

Before he became Serbian Patriarch, he was Metropolitan of Niš, under Serbian patriarch Atanasije II.[2] When Atanasije died in 1752, Serbian patriarchal throne was taken by Metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia Gavrilo Mihailović who also died soon after returning from Constantinople in the autumn of the same year, struck by sudden illness. Before death, he made succession arrangements with metropolitan Gavrilo Nikolić, who was elected new Serbian Patriarch as Gavrilo III.[3] In following years, Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was in constant internal turmoil, accompanied by worsening financial crisis and huge debts.[4] Between 1755 and 1758, Gavrilo III was challenged by rivals and finally lost the patriarchal throne, but in 1761, a group of Serbian bishops and other ecclesiastical leaders who met in Niš tried to bring him back, without final success.[5]

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Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by
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Metropolitan of Niš
before 1752
Succeeded by
Kalinik
Preceded by
Gavrilo II
Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch
1752-1758
Succeeded by
Vikentije I
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