List of metropolitans of Montenegro

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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.

PrimatePortraitReignNotesDanilo I1697–1735Founder of the Petrović Njegoš dynasty. Sava II1735–1781Co ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766. Vasilije III1750–1766Co ruled with Sava II. Arsenije II1781–1784Petar I1784–1830Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje. Petar II1830–1851Danilo II1852Never consecrated. Secularization; Danilo II proclaimed Prince of Montenegro on 13 March 1852.

PrimatePortraitReignNotesNikanor II1858–1860The first Vladika after centuries to only serve religious function. Banished to the Russian Empire by Prince Nikola; died in 1894. Ilarion II1860–1882Visarion III1882–1884Mitrofan1884–1920Gavrilo1920–1938First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church. Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950. Joanikije I1940–1945Executed 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. Arsenije III1947–1961Imprisoned by the Yugoslav Communist authorities from 1954 to 1960. Danilo III1961–1990Retired at his own request; died in 1993. Amfilohije1990–2020Joanikije II2020–presentServed as the administrator of the Metropolitanate from October 2020, prior he was officially elected Metropolitan by the Bishops' Council in May 2021.