Vikentije II, Serbian Patriarch

There was a previous Serbian Patriarch Vikentije I who reigned sometime in the period 1755–1758.

Serbian Patriarch Vikentije II Српски патријарх Викентије II
His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Belgrade
Installed	1950
Term ended	July 5, 1958
Predecessor	Gavrilo V
Successor	German II
Orders
Ordination	1917
Consecration	1936
Personal details
Birth name	Vitomir Prodanov
Born	August 23, 1890 Bačko Petrovo Selo, Austria-Hungary
Died	July 5, 1958(1958-07-05) (aged 67) Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Styles of Serbian Patriarch Vikentije II
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Patriarch
Posthumous style	His Holiness Patriarch Vikentije II of Blessed Repose

Serbian Patriarch Vikentije (II) (Serbian Cyrillic: Викентије, secular name Vitomir Prodanov, Витомир Проданов; 23 August 1890 – 5 July 1958) was the fourth partriach of the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church, from 1950 until his death.^[1]

Early life

Vitomir Prodanov was born on August 23, 1890, in the village of Backo Petrovo Selo, then in the Austria-Hungary. He was born into the family of Đorđe (Ђорђе) and Jelka (Јелка) Prodanov. He completed his elementary education in Backo Petrovo Selo in 1901. After that, he entered the Serbian High School in Novi Sad from which he graduated in 1909. He continued his higher education in the Serbian Orthodox Theology School in Sremski Karlovci, graduating in 1913. He then returned to Backo Petrovo Selo as a teacher. On June 1, 1917, Bishop Georgije (Letić) of Temišvar appointed him consistorial subnotary for the Diocese of Temišvar.

On August 18, 1917, Vitomir took monastic vows in Bezdin Monastery before Archimandrite Issac (Došen) and was given the name Vikentije (Vicentius). He was ordained a deacon on September 12 by Bpishop Georgije. In 1919, he was transferred to the post of consistorial notary of the Eparchy of Bačka. He was raised to the dignity of protodeacon and then archdeacon. From 1921 to 1932 he served as secretary of the executive board of Serbian monasteries. During this time he continued his education at the Philosophical Faculty in Belgrade studying National and Byzantine History. He graduated in 1929. On October 31, 1929, he was ordained a hieromonk and on December 3 he was raised to the rank of archimandrite.

In 1932, he was elected Secretary General of the Holy Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He remained on this position until he was elected titular bishop of Marča, on July 4, 1932. He was consecrated by Serbian Patriarch Varnava, assisted by bishops Irinej of Bačka, Serafim of Raška and Prizren, Sava of Srem, and Platon of Banja Luka. He was a historian and a member of the Society of Historians of Vojvodina. He also was editor-in-chief of its gazette.

Bishop

He remained an auxiliary bishop until 1939 when he was elected Bishop of Zletovo and Strumica. In 1940, he was additionally assigned the task of administrating the Eparchy of Ohrid and Bitola. After the Germans and Bulgarians occupied his eparchies in 1941, he was exiled by Bulgarian fascists and fled to Belgrade. After World War II, the Communist regime did not allow him to return to his duties because they wanted to create a separate "Macedonian Orthodox Church". From 1947 to 1950, he was administrator of Eparchy of Žiča.

Patriarch

He was elected Serbian Patriarch on July 14, 1950. He placed enormous energy into trying to resolve the problem of Pension Security funds for priests of the Serbian Patriarchate. He was strongly opposed to the splitting of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the creation of a separate "Macedonian Orthodox Church".

Patriarch Vikentije died on July 5, 1958 under mysterious circumstances after a session of the Holy Assembly of bishops at which the assembly rejected suggestions from the communist regime to approve the establishment of a separate "Macedonian Orthodox Church". He was buried in the tomb of Metropolitan Mihailo in the Cathedral Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Belgrade.

References

↑ Serbian Orthodox Church, history at spc.rs

Eastern Orthodox Church titles
Preceded by -	titular Bishop of Marča 1936–1939	Succeeded by -
Preceded by Simeon Stanković	Bishop of Zletovo and Strumica 1939–1950	Succeeded by administration
Preceded by Gavrilo V	Serbian Patriarch 1950–1958	Succeeded by German II

Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church overview topics

Overview topics	Patriarchs (current) Holy Synod Serbian saints Serbian Orthodox monasteries (list)

See also	Đurđevdan Vidovdan

Subdivisions of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Metropolitanates	Belgrade and Karlovci Dabar-Bosna Montenegro and the Littoral Zagreb and Ljubljana Australia and New Zealand

Traditional dioceses	Bačka Banat Banja Luka Bihać and Petrovac Braničevo Buda Budimlja and Nikšić Dalmatia Upper Karlovac Kruševac Mileševa Niš Osječko polje and Baranja Raška and Prizren Šabac Slavonia Srem Šumadija Temišvar Timok Valjevo Vranje Zahumlje and Herzegovina Žiča Zvornik and Tuzla

Diaspora dioceses	Austria and Switzerland Britain and Scandinavia Buenos Aires Canada Central Europe Eastern America New Gracanica - Midwestern America Western America Western Europe

Ohrid Archbishopric	Metropolitanate of Skopje Eparchy of Prespa and Pelagonija Bregalnica Debar and Kičevo Polog and Kumanovo Veles and Povardarie Strumica

Historical	Belgrade Metropolitanate Karlovci Metropolitanate Karlovci Patriarchate Hvosno Lipljan Toplica Banjska Marča Samokov Kyustendil Arad (1695-1865) Kostajnica (1713-1771) Šabac and Valjevo (1831-2006) Kotor and Dubrovnik (1870-1931) Zahumlje and Raška (1878-1931) Ohrid (1920-1931) Bitola (1920-1931) Ohrid and Bitola (1931-1967) Zletovo and Strumica (1920-1967) (For others see: History of Serbian Orthodox Church)

Spiritual leaders of the Serbian Orthodox Church

Archbishops

1219–1346	Sava (St.) Arsenije Sremac (St.) Sava II (St.) Danilo I (St.) Joanikije I (St.) Jevstatije I (St.) Jakov (St.) Jevstatije II (St.) Sava III (St.) Nikodim I (St.) Danilo II (St.) Joanikije II (St.)

Patriarchs (since 1346)

1346–1463	Joanikije II (St.) Sava IV Jefrem (St.) Spiridon (St.) Danilo III Sava V Danilo IV Kirilo I (St.) Nikon I (St.) Teofan I Nikodim II Arsenije II

1557–1766	Makarije Sokolović (St.) Antonije Sokolović Gerasim Sokolović Savatije Sokolović Nikanor Jerotej Filip Sokolović Jovan Pajsije I Gavrilo I (St.) Maksim I Arsenije III Kalinik I Atanasije I Mojsije I Arsenije IV Joanikije III Atanasije II Gavrilo II Gavrilo III Vikentije I Pajsije II Gavrilo IV Kirilo II Vasilije I Kalinik II

since 1920	Dimitrije Varnava Gavrilo Vikentije German Pavle Irinej

Heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Habsburg Monarchy (1690–1920)

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1690–1726	Arsenije III Čarnojević Isaija Đaković Sofronije Podgoričanin Vikentije Popović

Metropolitan of Belgrade 1718–1726	Mojsije Petrović

Metropolitans of Belgrade and Karlovci 1726–1739	Mojsije Petrović Vićentije Jovanović Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta

Metropolitans of Karlovci 1739–1848	Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta Isaija Antonović Pavle Nenadović Jovan Đorđević Vićentije Jovanović Vidak Mojisije Putnik Stefan Stratimirović Stefan Stanković Josif Rajačić

Metropolitans and Patriarchs of Karlovci 1848–1920	Josif Rajačić Samuilo Maširević Prokopije Ivačković German Anđelić Georgije Branković Lukijan Bogdanović

Metropolitans of Belgrade

1831–1920	Melentije Pavlović Petar Jovanović Mihailo Jovanović Teodosije Mraović Inokentije Pavlović Dimitrije Pavlović

Metropolitans of Montenegro

1766–1920	Sava Petrović Arsenije Plamenac Petar I Petar II Danilo II Nikanor Ivanović Ilarion Roganović Visarion Ljubiša Mitrofan Ban

Serbian Orthodox monasteries

Serbia	Banjska* Bavanište Bođani Devič* Gračanica* Holy Archangels* Banja Beočin Bukovo Ćelije Crna Reka Đurđevi stupovi Fenek Gorioč* Gornjak Gradac Hajdučica Kalenić Kastaljan Koporin Kovilj Ljubostinja Manasija Mesić Mileševa Nimnik Poganovo Pokajnica Prohor Pčinjski Pustinja Rača Rajinovac Ravanica Rukumija St. Nicholas Sopoćani Studenica Suvodol Tronoša Tuman Vitovnica Bešenovo Divša Grgeteg Jazak Krušedol Kuveždin Mala Remeta Novo Hopovo Petkovica Patriarchate of Peć* Privina Glava Rakovac Staro Hopovo Šišatovac Velika Remeta Vrdnik-Ravanica Holy Trinity St. Melanija Sombor Središte Vojlovica Visoki Dečani* Zemun Žiča Zočište*

Montenegro	Bijela Beška Cetinje Ćelije Dajbabe Dobrilovina Donji Donji Brčeli Dovolja Dubočica Duljevo Đurđevi Stupovi Gradište Kaludra Kom Kosijerevo Majstorovina Miholjska Prevlaka Morača Moračnik Nikoljac Orahovo Ostrog Piva Podmaine Podmalinsko Podostrog Podvrh Praskvica Reževići Savina Stanjevići Starčeva Gorica St. Nicholas, Obod Vranjina

Bosnia & Herzegovina	Bišnja Detlak Dobrićevo Dobrun Dragaljevac Duga Njiva Duži Glogovac Gomionica Hercegovačka Gračanica Ilinka Karno Klisina Knežina Krupa Liplje Lomnica Lovnica Moštanica Ozren Papraća Petropavlov Pjenovac Rmanj Rožanj Sase Sokolica Stuplje St. Nicholas St. Basil of Ostrog Tavna Treskavac Tvrdoš Veselinje Vozuća Zavala Žitomislić

Croatia	Dragović Gomirje Komogovina Krka Krupa Lazarica Lepavina Oćestovo Orahovica Sv. Nedjelje Sv. Petke St. Basil of Ostrog

Others	Hilandar (Mount Athos) New Gračanica Monastery (USA)

Notes	* indicate monasteries in Kosovo, which is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Kosovo.

List of Serbian Orthodox monasteries

Serbian Orthodox churches

Serbia

Montenegro

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Croatia

United Kingdom

Church of St Sava, Notting Hill, London
Church of the Holy Prince Lazar, Birmingham
Serbian Orthodox Church, Halifax
St. Nicholas, West Wycombe

United States

Other
countries

St. Archangel Michael Serbian Orthodox Church (Toronto), Canada
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church, Slovenia
Serbian Church in Arad, Romania
St. Sava Church, Paris, France
Saint Spyridon Church, Trieste, Italy
Annunciation Church, Szentendre, Hungary
Transfiguration Church, Szentendre, Hungary
Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Church, Stockholm, Sweden

Notes

* indicate churches in Kosovo, which is the subject of a territorial dispute between Serbia and Kosovo.

Serbian saints

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