Gavrilo Dožić

Infobox Patriarch
name= Gabriel V Dožić-Medenica
Гаврило V Дожић-Меденица


church=Serbian Orthodox Church
see=Belgrade
patriarch_of=Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church
birth_name=Gavrilo Dožić
enthroned=21 February 1938
ended=7 May 1950
predecessor=Barnabas
successor=Vicentius II
birth_date=17 May 1881
birth_place=Vrujci, Montenegro
death_date=7 May 1950
death_place=Belgrade, Serbia
other=
footnotes=

Gavrilo Dožić (Serbian Cyrillic: Гaврилo Дoжић; also known as "Gavrilo V Dožić-Medenica") (1881-1950) was the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral (1920-1938) and the 51st Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1938-1950) [ [http://www.spc.yu/Istorijat/history.html Serbian Orthodox Church, history] at spc.yu]

Biography

Gavrilo Dožić was born on 17 May 1881 in Vrujci, Lower Morača, Montenegro, near the Morača Monastery.

After the death of Mitrofan Ban, the Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral, in 1920, Gavrilo was picked as the new Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Littoral on 17 November 1920. He stayed in this position until he was picked to become the 51st Patriarch of Serbia on 21 February 1938.

Patriarch Gavrilo died on 7 May 1950 in Belgrade, Serbia. He was buried in the Cathedral Church.

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