List of eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church

This is the list of eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, based on the Article No. 14 of Church constitution and subsequent decisions of the Holy Assembly of Bishops.^[1]

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The territory of the Serbian Orthodox Church is divided into:^[2]

1 patriarchal eparchy, headed by Serbian Patriarch with seat in Belgrade
4 eparchies that are honorary metropolitanates, headed by metropolitans
35 eparchies headed by bishops.

Archdiocese	See	Cathedral	Founded	Head	Link
Belgrade and Karlovci^[a]	Belgrade	St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade	1931^[3]	Porfirije (Perić) ^[b]
Metropolitanate (honorary)	See	Cathedral	Founded	Metropolitan^[4]	Link
Dabar and Bosnia	Sarajevo	Nativity of the Theotokos Cathedral, Sarajevo	1219^[5]	Hrizostom (Jević)	[1]
Montenegro and the Littoral	Cetinje Monastery, Cetinje	Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, Podgorica	1219	Joanikije (Mićović)	[2]
Zagreb and Ljubljana	Zagreb	Cathedral of Holy Transfiguration, Zagreb	1931^[6]	Vacant (administered by the bishop od Buenos Aires, South and Central America)	[3]
Australia and New Zealand	Sydney, NSW^[7]	St Lazarus Cathedral, Alexandria^[8]	1973^[9]	Siluan (Mrakić)	[4]
Eparchy	See	Cathedral	Founded	Bishop^[4]	Link
Austria and Switzerland	Vienna	Cathedral of Saint Sava, Vienna	2011	Andrej (Ćilerdžić)	[5]
Bačka	Novi Sad	Saint George's Cathedral, Novi Sad	16th century	Irinej (Bulović)	[6]
Banat	Vršac	Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Vršac	1932	Nikanor (Bogunović)	[7]
Banja Luka	Banja Luka	Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Banja Luka	1900	Jefrem (Milutinović)	[8]
Bihać and Petrovac	Bosanski Petrovac	Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Bosanski Petrovac^[10]	1925 (Diocese of Bihać); 1990 (reestablished)^[11]	Sergije (Karanović)	[9]
Braničevo	Požarevac	Cathedral of Saint Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Požarevac^[12]	before 1018, reestablished in 1921^[13]	Ignatije (Midić)
Britain and Scandinavia	Stockholm^[14]	Church of St Sava, Stockholm	1990^[15]	Dositej (Motika)
Buda	Sentandreja	Virgin's Cathedral ("Belgrade Cathedral"), Sentandreja	1740s ^[16]	Lukijan (Pantelić)	[10]
Budimlja-Nikšić	Đurđevi stupovi, Berane	Cathedral of St Basil of Ostrog, Nikšić	1219, reestablished in 2001^[17]	Metodije (Ostojić)^[18]	[11]
Buenos Aires, South and Central America	Buenos Aires	Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Buenos Aires^[19]	2011	Kirilo (Bojović)	[12]
Canada	Campbellville, Ontario	All Serbian Saints Serbian Orthodox Church, Mississauga, Ontario^[20]	1983^[21]	Mitrofan (Kodić)	[13]
Dalmatia	Šibenik	Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin, Šibenik^[22]	1809^[23]	Nikodim (Kosović)	[14]
Düsseldorf and all of Germany	Düsseldorf	Cathedral of St. Sava, Düsseldorf	1990^[24] (as Eparchy of Central Europe)	Grigorije (Durić)	[15]
Eastern America	Mars, Pennsylvania	Holy Trinity Serbian Orthodox Cathedral, Pittsburgh^[25]	1963 (Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Eastern America and Canada)	Irinej (Dobrijević)	[16]
Kruševac	Kruševac	Cathedral of the Nativity of Theotokos in Kruševac	2010	David (Perović)	[17]
Mileševa	Mileševa, Prijepolje	Cathedral of St. Basil of Ostrog the Miracle Worker, Prijepolje	1992^[26]	Atanasije (Rakita)^[27]	[18]
New Gračanica and Midwestern America	Third Lake, Illinois^[28]	New Gračanica Monastery	2009	Longin (Krčo)	[19]
Niš	Niš	Holy Trinity Cathedral, Niš	13th century	Arsenije (Glavčić)	[20]
Osječko polje and Baranja	Dalj^[29]	Cathedral of St. Demetrios in Dalj	1991	Heruvim (Đermanović)	[21]
Ras and Prizren	Prizren	Cathedral of Saint George, Prizren^[30]		Teodosije (Šibalić)	[22]
Šabac	Šabac	Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Šabac^[31]	1835^[32]	Jerotej (Petrović)^[33]	[23]
Slavonia	Pakrac	Cathedral of Holy Trinity, Pakrac		Jovan (Ćulibrk)	[24]
Srem	Sremski Karlovci	St. Demetrius Cathedral, Sremski Karlovci	1500^[34]	Vasilije (Vadić)	[25]
Šumadija	Kragujevac	Cathedral of Holy Assumption, Kragujevac [26]	1947	Jovan (Mladenović)	[27]
Timișoara	Timișoara	Cathedral of the Ascension, Timișoara		Vacant since 1932, administrated by the Bishop of Buda^[35]	[28]
Timok	Zaječar	Cathedral of the Nativity of Theotokos, Zaječar	1830s	Ilarion (Golubović)	[29]
Upper Karlovac	Karlovac	Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, Karlovac	1695^[36]	Gerasim (Popović)	[30]
Valjevo	Valjevo	Cathedral of Resurrection, Valjevo	2006 (reestablished)^[37]	Isihije Rogić^[38]	[31]
Vranje	Vranje	Cathedral of Three Hierarchs, Vranje	1975^[39]	Pahomije (Gačić)	[32]
Western America	Alhambra, California	St. Steven's Cathedral, Alhambra	1963^[40]	Maksim (Vasiljević)	[33]
Western Europe	Paris	Church of St Sava, Paris	1994^[41]	Justin (Jeremić)^[42]	[34]
Zahumlje and Herzegovina	Mostar^[43]^[44]	Cathedral of the Holy Trinity,^[45] Mostar	1219	Dimitrije (Rađenović)	[35]
Žiča	Žiča Monastery	Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Kraljevo	1219	Justin (Stefanović)	[36]
Zvornik and Tuzla	Tuzla (temporarily relocated to Bijeljina)	Cathedral of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos, Tuzla	15th century	Fotije (Sladojević)^[46]	[37]

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^ Officially known as the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci, encompassing only the Belgrade area. The title of Karlovci is in reference to the old Serbian Metropolitanate of Karlovci. This diocese is headed by the Serbian Patriarch.
^ The Metropolitanate of Belgrade and Karlovci is always headed by the Serbian Patriarch.

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Official text of the Constitution of Serbian Orthodox Church, in English language Archived 2017-12-27 at the Wayback Machine

[3] Officially known as the Archdiocese of Belgrade and Karlovci, encompassing only the Belgrade area. The title of Karlovci is in reference to the old Serbian Metropolitanate of Karlovci. This diocese is headed by the Serbian Patriarch.

[5] The Metropolitanate of Belgrade and Karlovci is always headed by the Serbian Patriarch.

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