| Jurisdiction: | Metropolitanate |
| Belgrade | |
| Local: | Београдска митрополија Beogradska mitropolija |
| Denomination: | Eastern Orthodox |
| Established: | 1831 |
| Dissolved: | 1920 |
| Headquarters: | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Territory: | Serbia |
| Language: | Church Slavonic Serbian |
| Governance: | Self-governing Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate |
The Metropolitanate of Belgrade (Serbian: Београдска митрополија|Beogradska mitropolija) was an Eastern Orthodox ecclesiastical province (metropolitanate) which existed between 1831 and 1920, with jurisdiction over the territory of Principality and Kingdom of Serbia. It was formed in 1831, when the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople granted church autonomy to its eparchies in the Principality of Serbia. Territorial enlargement and full canonical autocephaly were gained in 1879. The Metropolitanate existed until 1920, when it was merged with Patriarchate of Karlovci and other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form the united Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat of the Metropolitanate was in Belgrade, Serbia.
The Metropolitanate and all of its eparchies suffered significant loses during World War I (1914–1918), particularly after 1915, during the occupation of Serbia by the Central Powers.
The Metropolitanate included the following eparchies:
| Eparchy | Seat | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Now Archbishopric of Belgrade and Karlovci. | |||
| Eparchy of Užice until 26 June 1884. Now seated in Kraljevo. | |||
| Part of the Eparchy of Belgrade from 1886 to 1898. | |||
| Eparchy of Timok | Formed after 1833. Part of the Eparchy of Niš from 1886 to 1891. | ||
| Added in 1879. Eparchy of Nišava (seated in Pirot) abolished and merged with Eparchy of Niš on 1 November 1880. | |||
| Administration from 1912. | |||
| Administration from 1912. | |||
| Administration from 1912. |
| No. | Primate | Portrait | Personal name | Reign | Title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melentije | Melentije Pavlović Мелентије Павловић | 1831–1833 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | First Serb Metropolitan of Belgrade | ||
| 2 | Petar | Pavle Jovanović Павле Јовановић | 1833–1859 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | |||
| 3 | Mihailo | Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић | 1859–1881 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | First tenure | ||
| Mojsije | Maksim Veresić Максим Вересић | 1881–1883 | Administrator of the Metropolitanate of Belgrade | Appointed by the Austrophile Serbian government | |||
| 4 | Teodosije | Teodor Mraović Теодор Мраовић | 1883–1889 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | |||
| Mihailo | Miloje Jovanović Милоје Јовановић | 1889–1898 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | Second tenure | |||
| 5 | Inokentije | Jakov Pavlović Јаков Павловић | 1898–1905 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | |||
| 6 | Dimitrije | Dimitrije Pavlović Димитрије Павловић | 1905–1920 | Archbishop of Belgrade and Metropolitan of Serbia | Elevated to Patriarch |