Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch

Dimitrije (Serbian: Димитрије, English: Demetrius; born Dimitrije Pavlović; 28 October 1846 – 6 April 1930) was the 39th Serbian Patriarch and the first Patriarch of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church, serving from 1920 until his death in 1930.^[1] He was appointed Bishop of Niš in 1884 and held that post until 1889. He became Bishop of Šabac and Valjevo in 1898 and held that post until 1905. When Inokentije, Metropolitan of Belgrade, died in 1905, Dimitrije was appointed the successor. In 1920, the Serbian Patriarchate was re-established, thus Dimitrije became the first head of the re-established patriarchate. On 8 June 1922, he wed King Alexander I and Princess Maria of Romania in the Cathedral of Saint Archangel Michael in Belgrade. Patriarch Dimitrije died on 6 April 1930 in Belgrade and was buried at the Rakovica monastery.

He was decorated Order of Saint Sava and Albanian Order of Skanderbeg for his help for Albanian Orthodox Church.^[2]

• List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
• List of 20th-century religious leaders

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