Patriarchate of Karlovci
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Patriarchate of Karlovci Карловачка патријаршија Karlovačka patrijaršija |
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| Territory | Habsburg Monarchy |
| Headquarters | Karlovci, Habsburg Monarchy (today Sremski Karlovci, Serbia) |
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| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Sui iuris church | Self-governing Serbian Orthodox Patriarchate |
| Established | 1848 |
| Dissolved | 1920 |
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Church Slavonic Serbian |
The Patriarchate of Karlovci or Serbian Patriarchate of Sremski Karlovci (Serbian: Карловачка патријаршија (Српска патријаршија у Сремским Карловцима) or Karlovačka patrijaršija (Srpska patrijaršija u Sremskim Karlovcima)) was a patriarchate of the Serbian Orthodox Church that existed between 1848 and 1919. It was formed in 1848, when Metropolitanate of Karlovci was elevated to the rank of patriarchate. The Patriarchate of Karlovci existed until 1920, when it was merged with Metropolitanate of Belgrade and other Serbian ecclesiastical provinces to form the united Serbian Orthodox Church. The seat of the Patriarchate was in Karlovci (today Sremski Karlovci, Serbia).
At the May Assembly in Sremski Karlovci in 1848, the Serbs of the Habsburg Monarchy proclaimed the creation of the Serbian Vojvodina, a Serb autonomous region within the Monarchy. The metropolitan of Karlovci, Josif Rajačić, was also proclaimed "Serbian Patriarch", thus the Metropolitanate of Karlovci became a Patriarchate. The title of "Serbian Patriarch" given to Rajačić was confirmed by the emperor Franz Joseph I the same year.
This confirmation of Rajačić as the Serbian Patriarch, and Stevan Šupljikac as Vojvoda, was a political move made by emperor Francis Joseph I. He was confronted with revolution in his country and had difficulties subduing the Hungarians under Kossuth. Šupljikac and his Croatian counterpart, Josip Jelačić supported the Emperor against the Hungarians.
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