Mitrofan Ban
Mitrofan Ban | |
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |
 2nd Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Principality of Montenegro | |
| In office 26 April 1884 – 3 October 1885 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas I |
| Prime Minister | Božo Petrović-Njegoš |
| Preceded by | Visarion Ljubiša |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Pavlović |
Mitrofan Ban (
Cetinje monastery. He presided over the Holy Bishopric Synod (1919-1920) that unified the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1920.[2][3]
Life
Mitrofan Ban's birth name was Marko Ban, and he was born on May 15, 1841, in the village of Glavati in
Morača monastery in 1869. From 7 September 1870 he was the hegumen (игуман or iguman) of the latter. Both a nastojatelj and an iguman are the senior monk in a monastery; the difference is so slight they are sometimes considered synonyms
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He participated in the war against the
Bjelopavlići to the Kosijerevo monastery
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After 1906, he was a member of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Montenegro. He stayed in the country during the First World War occupation of the Kingdom by Austria-Hungary, and died on 30 September 1920, not long after the formation of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the reunification of the Serbian Orthodox Church, including the Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral.
Notes
- ^ Александар Стаматовић: Кратка историја Митрополије Црногорско-приморске (Глава V)
- ^ Slijepčević, Đoko M. (1966). Istorija Srpske pravoslavne crkve (in Serbian).
- ^ Šumadija.), Sava (Bishop of (1996). Srpski jerarsi od devetog do dvadesetog veka (in Serbian). Evro.
References
- Александар Стаматовић: Кратка историја Митрополије Црногорско-приморске (Глава IV)
- Воштаница на гробу митрополита Митрофана[permanent dead link]
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