Type: | Bishop |
Teodosije | |
Native Name: | Живко Шибалић |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Bishop of Raška and Prizren | |
Church: | Serbian Orthodox Church |
Term Start: | 18 November 2010 |
Predecessor: | Artemije Radosavljević |
Birth Name: | Živko Šibalić |
Birth Date: | 29 June 1963 |
Birth Place: | Čačak, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Religion: | Serbian Orthodox |
Alma Mater: | Faculty of Theology of the University of Belgrade |
Bishop Teodosije (Serbian: Епископ Теодосије, secular name Živko Šibalić, born 29 June 1963) is a Serbian Bishop of Raška-Prizren within Serbian Orthodox Church. He was born in Čačak, Central Serbia.[1]
After finishing theology in the Faculty of Theology of the University of Belgrade, he became a novice in Crna Reka Monastery. Fr. Teodosije became a priest in 1992 in Ćelije Monastery. He was elected the abbot of Visoki Dečani Monastery in March 1992, and in May 2004 he was ordained an auxiliary (titular) bishop of Lipljan. On November 18, 2010, Bishop Teodosije was elected as a new Bishop of Raška-Prizren by the Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church.[2]