This article lists the Metropolitans of Montenegro, primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, heads of the current Serbian Orthodox metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, and their predecessors (bishops and metropolitans of Zeta, and Cetinje), from 1219 to the present day.
| Primate | Portrait | Reign | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danilo I | 1697–1735 | Founder of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty. | ||
| Sava II | 1735–1781 | Co-ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766. | ||
| Vasilije III | 1750–1766 | Co-ruled with Sava II. | ||
| Arsenije II | 1781–1784 | |||
| Petar I | 1784–1830 | Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje. | ||
| Petar II | 1830–1851 | |||
| Danilo II | 1852 | Never consecrated. Secularization; Danilo II proclaimed Prince of Montenegro on 13 March 1852. |
| Primate | Portrait | Reign | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikanor II | 1858–1860 | The first Vladika after centuries to only serve religious function. Banished to the Russian Empire by Prince Nikola; died in 1894. | ||
| Ilarion II | 1860–1882 | |||
| Visarion III | 1882–1884 | |||
| Mitrofan | 1884–1920 | |||
| Gavrilo | 1920–1938 | First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church. Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950. | ||
| Joanikije I | 1940–1945 | Executed by the Yugoslav Partisans at the end of World War II for collaboration with the occupying Axis powers. Canonized as a Serbian Orthodox saint in 1999.[1] | ||
| Arsenije III | 1947–1961 | Imprisoned by the Yugoslav Communist authorities from 1954 to 1960. | ||
| Danilo III | 1961–1990 | Retired at his own request; died in 1993. | ||
| Amfilohije | 1990–2020 | |||
| Joanikije II | 2020–present | Served as the administrator of the Metropolitanate from October 2020,[2] prior he was officially elected Metropolitan by the Bishops' Council in May 2021.[3] |
. Sima Ćirković. 2004. The Serbs. Malden. Blackwell Publishing. 9781405142915.