Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia
modern diocese of Serbian Orthodox Church
The Metropolitanate of Dabar and Bosnia (Serbian: Митрополија дабробосанска, romanized: Mitropolija dabrobosanska) is a metropolitan diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church covering central and central-eastern regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The episcopal see is located at the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Sarajevo. Its headquarters and bishop's residence are also in Sarajevo.
History
The medieval Eparchy of Dabar was founded in 1219 by the first Serbian archbishop, Saint Sava. The seat of bishops of Dabar was in the Banja Monastery near Priboj, Serbia. Eparchy of Dabar had jurisdiction over the region of lower Lim and middle Drina on the borders with medieval Bosnia.
In 1557, Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was restored and the Eparchy of Dabar and Bosnia was returned to its jurisdiction, with its bishops of holding the honorary title of metropolitan. In 1766, when the autocephalous Serbian Patriarchate of Peć was abolished, Eparchy of Dabar and Bosnia and all other Serbian eparchies under Ottoman rule came under the jurisdiction of Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Bishop of Dabar and Bosnia kept his honorary title of metropolitan, as was also the custom in the Ecumenical Patriarchate. The seat of metropolitan was in Sarajevo.
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