Eparchy of Timok

Eparchy of Timok
Eparchy of Timok
	Cathedral of Nativity of the Theotokos, Zaječar
Location
Territory	Zaječar District, Bor District
Headquarters	Zaječar, Serbia
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church
Established	1833
Cathedral	Cathedral of Nativity of the Theotokos, Zaječar
Language	Church Slavonic, Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop	Ilarion Golubović
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	Eparchy of Timok

Eparchy of Timok (Serbian: Епархија тимочка, romanized: Eparhija timočka) is a diocese (eparchy) of the Serbian Orthodox Church, covering Timok Valley region in eastern Serbia (Zaječar District and Bor District).

The episcopal see is located at the Cathedral of Nativity of the Theotokos, Zaječar. Its headquarters and bishop's residence are also in Zaječar.

History

Diocese was established in 1833, as a diocese within the Metropolitanate of Belgrade. It was abolished in 1886, but re-established in 1891.

Dositej Novaković (1834–1854)
Gerasim Stojković (1854–1865)
Evgenije Simeonović (1865–1880)
Mojsije Veresić (1880–1883)
Melentije Vujić (1891–1913)
Irinej Ćirić (1919–1921)
Emilijan Piperković (1922–1970)
Metodije Muždeka (1970–1977)
Milutin Stojadinović (1977–1992)
Justin Stefanović (1992–2014)
Ilarion Golubović (2014–present)

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