List of Archbishops of Ohrid

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The following people were archbishops or bishops of the Archdiocese of Ohrid in Ohrid (today Macedonia ):

Archbishops as members of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

  • Gavril Ohridski, Metropolitan, 879 participant in the Fourth Council of Constantinople
  • Kliment (886-916)
  • ...
  • Germanos I (976–1000) Patriarch of Bulgaria and Archbishop of Ohrid
  • Philipp (1000–1015), Patriarch of Bulgaria and Archbishop of Ohrid
  • David (1016-1018), Patriarch of Bulgaria and Archbishop of Ohrid

Subordination to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

  • Johann I. Debranin 1018-1037
  • Leo I. Carigradjanin 1037-1056
  • Theodolus I. 1056-1065
  • Johann II. Lampinus 1065-1078
  • Johann III. Ainos 1078-1079
  • ?
  • Theophylact 1084-1107
  • Leo II. Mung 1108-1120
  • Michael I. 1120
  • Maximus 1120-1143
  • John Adrian IV. Komnenos 1143–1157 (Archbishop of Justiniana Prima and Bulgaria)
  • vacant
  • Constantine I. 1160-1170
  • vacant
  • Johann V. Kamatar 1183-1213
  • vacant
  • Demetrios Chomatianos 1216–1234, Theodoros I crowned Angelos as Byzantine emperor
  • vacant
  • Joannicius 1250
  • Sergius 1250
  • Constantine II. Cavasila 1250-1270
  • Jacob Proarhius 1270-1289
  • Adrian 1289
  • Gennadius 1289-1295
  • Macarius I 1295-1299
  • vacant
  • Gregory I 1317-1346
  • Anthemius Metohit 1346
  • Matthias 1346
  • Nicholas II. 1346-1364
  • Gregory II. 1364-1378
  • vacant
  • Nicodemus 1451-1453
  • vacant
  • Dorotheus 1468-?
  • Mark Xilokaraph 1523–1550 together with
  • Nicholas III 1523-1550 and
  • Zacharias 1523-1550
  • Prochorus 1523-1550
  • Simeon Raski 1550-1551
  • vacant
  • Nikanor 1565
  • Paisius 1565-1572
  • Parthenius I.
  • Sophronius 1572-1575
  • Macarius II. 1575-1586
  • Gabriel I. 1586-1593
  • Theodolus II. 1593
  • Joachim 1593
  • Gabriel II. 1593-1598
  • Varlaam 1598-1604
  • Nectarius I. 1604-1606
  • Porphyry 1606
  • Athanasius I 1606-1616
  • Nectarius II. 1616-1617
  • Georg 1617-1623
  • Mitrophanus 1623-1628
  • Joasaph I 1628-1629
  • Abraham Mesaps 1629-1634
  • Miletij I around 1637
  • Daniil  ?
  • Chariton 1643-1646
  • Dionysius I 1654
  • Gabriel III. 1654-1660
  • Ignatius I mentioned in 1660
  • Athanasius II. 1660-1666
  • Zosim I. 1666-1667
  • Arsenius I 1668-1670
  • Panaret 1671-1673
  • Nectarius III. 1673
  • Ignatius II 1673
  • Gregory III. 1673-1676
  • Theophanus 1676-1677
  • Miletij II. 1677-1679
  • Parthenius II. 1679–1683
  • Gregory IV. 1683–1688
  • Germanus II. 1688-1691
  • Gregory V 1691-1693
  • Ignatius III 1693-1695
  • Zosim II. 1695-1699
  • Raphael 1699-1703
  • Ignatius IV. 1703-1706
  • Dionysius II. 1706-1707
  • Methodius I 1708
  • Zosim III. 1708-1709
  • Dionysius II. 1709-1714
  • Philotius 1714-1718
  • Joasaph II 1719-1745
  • Joseph I. 1746-1749
  • vacant
  • Dionysius III. 1752
  • vacant
  • Joseph II 1755
  • Dionysius IV. 1756
  • Methodius II. 1757-1759
  • Kyril 1759-1762
  • Jeremiah 1763
  • Ananius 1763
  • Arsenius II. 1763–1767 (last archbishop)
  • The archbishopric is abolished because of internal conflicts and oppression by the Ottoman Empire . Restored by referendum in 1872 as part of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

Bishops as part of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

After the First World War, the diocese becomes part of the Serbian Orthodox Church .

Bishops as part of the Serbian Orthodox and Macedonian Orthodox Churches

Serbian Orthodox Church

  • Varnava (Petar Rosić), 1912–1920 (administrator)
  • Nikolaj (Nikolaj Velimirović), 1920–1936 (Bishop of Ohrid 1920–1931, Bishop of Ohrid and Bitola 1931–1936)
  • 1936–1938 vacant (administrator: Bishop Nikolaj von Žiča)
  • Plato (Milivoje Jovanović), 1938–1939 (Bishop of Ohrid and Bitola)
  • 1940–1959 vacant (administrator: Bishop Vikentije (Vitomir Prodanov) of Zletovo and Strumica)
  • Bishop Kliment (Trajkovski) of Prespa and Bitola (1959–1967)
  • 1967–1992 vacant (Administrator: Serbian Patriarch)
  • Administrator: Bishop Jovan (Mladenović) of Tetovo (1993–1994)
  • Administrator: Bishop Pahomije (Gačić) of Vranje (1995–2002)
  • Jovan VI. (Zoran Vraniškovski) , since 2002 (Exarch of Ohrid and Metropolitan of Skopje of the Serbian Orthodox Church , recognized by the canonical churches, but mostly not recognized by the Macedonian Orthodox Church)

Macedonian Orthodox Church

Renewed abolition of the diocese by the communists. Due to the change in political conditions, the archbishopric was re-established, but not recognized as canonical by the other Orthodox churches. The Archbishops of Ohrid are both Archbishops of the Macedonian Orthodox Church and Metropolitans of Skopje . The seat of the archbishops is in Skopje.

  • Dositej II. (Dimitrije Stojković), 1958–1981
  • Angelarij (Cvetko Krstevski), 1981–1986
  • Gavril II. (Đorđi Milosev), 1986-1992
  • Mihail (Metodij Gogov), 1993-1999
  • Stefan (Stojan Veljanovski), since 1999

literature

  • Edgar Hösch / Karl Nehring / Holm Sundhaussen (eds.): Lexicon for the history of Southeast Europe , Böhlau Verlag, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 2004, ISBN 3-205-77193-1 (Böhlau).
  • Ivan Snegarov : Istorija na ohridskata arhiepiskopija , Sofia 1924.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hösch / Nehring / Sundhaussen, 2004, p. 485