Gavrilo IV, Serbian Patriarch
| Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo IV Српски патријарх Гаврило IV Σερβικός Πατριάρχης Γαβριήλ Δ' | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch | |
| Church | Serbian Patriarchate of Peć |
| See | Patriarchal Monastery of Peć |
| Installed | 1758 |
| Term ended | 1758 |
| Predecessor | Pajsije II |
| Successor | Kirilo II |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Rum Millet (Greek) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Occupation | Primate of the Serbian Orthodox Church |
Gavrilo IV (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило IV, Greek: Γαβριήλ Δ') was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch for a short time during the turbulent year of 1758. He was an ethnic Greek.[1]
Before he became Serbian Patriarch, he was the metropolitan of an unknown eparchy, under Serbian patriarchs Vikentije I and Pajsije II. In 1758, during the great internal turmoil in the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć, when patriarch Vikentije I died in Constantinople and his successor Pajsije II seized the patriarchal throne, metropolitan Gavrilo took the opportunity and succeeded in overthrowing patriarch Pajsije II and becoming the new Serbian Patriarch as "Gavrilo IV". His tenure was also very short since his main rival was another ethnic Greek, metropolitan Kirilo, who succeeded in overthrowing Gavrilo IV and becoming the new Serbian Patriarch as Kirilo II.[1]
References
- 1 2 Вуковић 1996, p. 104.
Sources
- Слијепчевић, Ђоко М. (1962). Историја Српске православне цркве (History of the Serbian Orthodox Church). књ. 1. Минхен: Искра.
- Вуковић, Сава (1996). Српски јерарси од деветог до двадесетог века (Serbian Hierarchs from the 9th to the 20th Century). Београд: Евро.
- Ćirković, Sima (2004). The Serbs. Malden: Blackwell Publishing.
| Eastern Orthodox Church titles | ||
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| Preceded by Pajsije II |
Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch 1758 |
Succeeded by Kirilo II |