Gavrilo IV, Serbian Patriarch
| Serbian Patriarch Gavrilo IV Српски патријарх Гаврило IV | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch | |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| See | Monastery of the Patriarchate of Peć |
| Installed | 1758 |
| Term ended | 1758 |
| Predecessor | Pajsije II |
| Successor | Kirilo II |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Rum Millet |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox Christian |
| Occupation | Spiritual leader of the Serbian Orthodox Church |
Gavrilo IV (Serbian Cyrillic: Гаврило, Greek: Γαβριήλ) was Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch for a short time during the turbulent year of 1758. He was an ethnic Greek.
Before he became Serbian Patriarch, he was the metropolitan of an unknown eparchy, under Serbian patriarchs Vikentije I and Pajsije II. In 1758, during the great internal turmoil in the Serbian Patriarchate, when patriarch Vikentije I died in Constantinople and his successor Pajsije II seized the patriarchal throne, metropolitan Gavrilo took the opportunity and succeeded in overthrowing patriarch Pajsije II and becoming the new Serbian Patriarch as "Gavrilo IV".[1]
His tenure was also very short since his main rival was another ethnic Greek, metropolitan Kirilo, who succeeded in overthrowing Gavrilo IV and becoming the new Serbian Patriarch as Kirilo II.[1]
References
- 1 2 Sava Vuković 1996, p. 104.
Sources
- Đoko M. Slijepčević (1962). Istorija Srpske pravoslavne crkve. Iskra.
- Sava Vuković (1996). Srpski jerarsi: od devetog do dvadesetog veka. Evro-Unireks-Kalenić.
| Eastern Orthodox Church titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Pajsije II |
Archbishop of Peć and Serbian Patriarch 1758 |
Succeeded by Kirilo II |