Dimitrije, Serbian Patriarch

His Holiness Dimitrije
Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Belgrade
Installed	12 September 1920
Term ended	6 April 1930
Predecessor	Kalinik II
Successor	Varnava I
Orders
Ordination	1878
Consecration	1884
Personal details
Birth name	Dimitrije Pavlović
Born	28 October 1846 Požarevac, Principality of Serbia
Died	Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Styles of Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije I
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Patriarch
Posthumous style	His Holiness Patriarch Dimitrije I of Blessed Repose

Dimitrije (Serbian: Димитрије; 28 October 1846 – 6 April 1930) was the first Patriarch of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1920 until his death. He was styled "His Holiness, the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch".

Dimitrije Pavlović was born on 28 October 1846 in Požarevac, Serbia. He was appointed Bishop of Niš in 1884, and held that title until 1889. He then became Bishop of Šabac-Valjevo in 1898 and held that title 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 Church in Belgrade. Patriarch Dimitrije died on 6 April 1930 in Belgrade and was buried in the Rakovica monastery.

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

See also

• List of 20th-century religious leaders

Sources

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Vacant Post abolished Title last held by Kalinik II	Serbian Patriarch 1920–1930	Succeeded by Varnava I
Preceded by Inokentije Pavlović	Metropolitan of Belgrade 1905–1920	Vacant Merged into the Serbian Orthodox Church