Eparchy of Banat

Eparchy of Banat Банатска епархија Banatska eparhija
150px Coat of Arms of Eparchy of Banat
Location
Territory	Serbian Banat
Headquarters	Vršac, Serbia
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Established	16th century
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop	Nikanor Bogunović

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Eparchies and monasteries of Serbian Orthodox Church in Vojvodina

Map of the eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbia, showing the Eparchy of Banat

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Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicholas in Vršac

The Eparchy of Banat (Serbian: Банатска епархија or Banatska eparhija) is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Banat region, Serbia. It is mostly situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, while the eparchy also include a small south-western part of Banat that belongs to the City of Belgrade as well as village of Ostrovo that belongs to the city of Požarevac. The seat of the eparchy is in Vršac.

Monasteries belonging to the eparchy

• Mesić monastery in Vršac municipality. It was founded in the 15th century.
• Vojlovica monastery in Pančevo municipality. It was founded during the time of despot Stefan Lazarević (1374–1427).
• Holy Trinity monastery in Kikinda. It was built in 1885-87 as a foundation of Melanija Nikolić-Gajčić.
• Saint Melanija monastery in Zrenjanin. It was founded in 1935 by Banatian bishop dr. Georgije Letić.
• Bavanište monastery in Kovin municipality. It was founded in the 15th century and was destroyed in 1716. It was rebuilt in 1858.
• Središte monastery in Vršac municipality.
• Hajdučica monastery in Plandište municipality. It was founded in 1939.

Bishops

Bishops of Vršac

• Teodor Nestorović, leader of the Serb uprising in Banat in 1594.
• Simeon (1611)
• Antonije (1622)
• Teodosije, metropolitan (1672)
• Spiridon Štibica (1695-17??)
• Mojsije Stanojević (1722–1726)
• Nikola Dimitrijević (1726–1728)
• Maksim Nestorović (1728–1738)
• Jeftimije Damjanović (1739)
• Isaije Antonović (1741–1748)
• Jovan Đorđević (1749–1769)
• Vikentije Popović (1774–1785)
• Josif Jovanović Šakabenta (1786–1805)
• Petar Jovanović Vidak (1806–1818)
• Maksim Manuilović (1829–1833)
• Josif Rajačić (1833–1842)
• Stefan Popović (1843–1849)
• Emilijan Kengelac (1853–1885)
• Nektarije Dimitrijević (1887–1895)
• Gavrilo Zmejanović (1896–1919)

Bishops of Banat

• Ilarion Radović (1922–1929)
• Dr. Georgije Letić (1931–1935)
• Vikentije Bujić (1936–1939)
• Damaskin Grdanički (1939–1947)
• Visarion Kostić (1951–1979)
• Sava Vuković (1980–1985; administrator of the eparchy)
• Amfilohije Radović (1985–1990)
• Atanasije Jevtić (1991–1992)
• Hrizostom Stolić (1992–2003)
• Nikanor Bogunović (2003–present)

See also

• Serbian Orthodox Church
• Religion in Serbia
• Religion in Vojvodina
• List of the Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church