Christopher Kovacevich

Metropolitan Christopher (Serbian: Митрополит Христофор; secular name Velimir P. Kovacevich, Serbian: Велимир Ковачевић; December 25, 1928 – August 18, 2010) was metropolitan bishop of Libertyville and Chicago in the Serbian Orthodox Church, he was Primate of Serbian Orthodox Christians in America. He was also the first American-born bishop to serve a diocese of the Serbian Church in North America.

Metropolitan Christopher (Kovacevich) was born in Galveston, Texas in the family of Serbian immigrants (he was the ninth of twelve children). His baptismal and secular name was Velimir Kovacevich. After graduation from high school he attended Nashotah House, an Anglo-Catholic seminary of the Episcopal Church located in Nashotah, Wisconsin and subsequently studied and graduated from St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Seminary in Libertyville, Illinois. He earned a B.A. (Philosophy) and a Master of Letters (History) at the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts. He also completed courses and examinations for a doctorate at the Chicago Theological Seminary. Later in life Metropolitan Christopher was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, by Nashotah House.

After graduating from St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary he married the late Milka Kovacevich and afterward was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1951. During his parochial ministry he served Serbian Orthodox parishes in Johnstown, Pittsburgh, and Chicago. While ministering to parishes in the Pennsylvania and Chicago areas, he served as chaplain at four local universities.

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