Visarion Ljubiša
Visarion Ljubiša | |
|---|---|
Montenegro | |
| Installed | 6 December 1882 |
| Term ended | 14 April 1884 |
| Predecessor | Ilarion Roganović |
| Successor | Mitrofan Ban |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Stefan Ljubiša 28 February 1823 Sveti Stefan, Austrian Empire |
| Died | 14 April 1884 (aged 61) Cetinje, Montenegro |
 1st Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Principality of Montenegro | |
| In office 1883 – 14 April 1884 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas I |
| Prime Minister | Božo Petrović-Njegoš |
| Preceded by | Đuro Cerović (as Minister of Education but being too Minister of Finance) |
| Succeeded by | Mitrofan Ban |
Visarion Ljubiša (Serbian: Висарион Љубиша; 28 February 1823 – 14 April 1884) was the Serbian Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Montenegro from 1882 to 1884.[1]
Early life and schooling
Stefan Ljubiša was born in the village of
Praskvica monastery. He completed his primary education in a lay school in Risan and was then sent the Orthodox clerical school in Šibenik, which in 1841 was elevated to the rank of seminary
during his studies there.
Visarion was first cousin of famous writer Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša.[2]
In the church
After he finished his studies in 1844, he returned to
Red Cross of Montenegro. From 1878 to 1882, he was the head of the Zahumsko-Raška eparchy, founded in the newly liberated territories of Montenegro. His seat was in Ostrog Monastery
which he enlarged. His work as bishop was devoted and thorough; especially important was that Ljubiša introduced pedant church administration that he knew well from his earlier work in the Littoral.
Metropolitan
After the death of
Vlaška Church in Cetinje
. He left his house on main street in Cetinje to the poor.
References
- ISBN 978-0-8232-5606-8.
- ISBN 978-1-889545-87-5.
Further reading
- Pravoslavlje u Crnoj Gori, Cetinje 2006
- Miroslav Luketić, Budva, Sveti Stefan, Petrovac, Budva - Cetinje 1966
- Radoslav Grujić, Azbučnik Srpske pravoslavne crkve, Beograd 1993
