Metropolitanate of Karlovci

Arsenije III Čarnojević, the metropolitan of Sentandreja

Josif Rajačić, the last metropolitan of Karlovci

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.

History

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 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.

Eparchies

It included following eparchies:

• Eparchy of Gornji Karlovac
• Eparchy of Pakrac
• Eparchy of Srem
• Eparchy of Bačka
• Eparchy of Budim
• Eparchy of Arad
• Eparchy of Temišvar
• Eparchy of Vršac
• Eparchy of Erdelj
• Eparchy of Bukovina

Metropolitans (1691-1848)

See also

• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Patriarchate of Karlovci
• Religion in Serbia
• Religion in Vojvodina

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