Mitrofan Šević

Life

Born

14 August 1854

Ordained deacon

21 April 1880

Ordained priest

28 September 1881

Made archimandrite

1895

Consecrated bishop

16 July 1899

Died

January 1918

Sees

1. 16 July 1899 – January 1918

   Bishop of Bačka

   Church of Karlovci

Consecration

Consecrated 16 July 1899 by:

• George Branković Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1830–1907
• Miron Nikolić Bishop of Pakrač, 1846–1941
• Lukijan Bogdanović Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1861–1913

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 7 generations back to Moses Putnik; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Mitrofan Šević Bishop of Bačka consecrated 16 July 1899
2. George Branković Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1830–1907 consecrated 1 July 1882
3. German Anđelić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1822–1888 consecrated 11 August 1874
4. Prokopije Ivačković Metropolitan and Patriarch of Karlovci, 1808–1881 consecrated 11 May 1853
5. Joseph Rajačić Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1785–1861 consecrated 24 June 1829
6. Stephen Stanković Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1788–1841 consecrated 20 January 1829
7. Stephen Stratimirović Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1757–1836 consecrated 1786
8. Moses Putnik Metropolitan of Karlovci, 1728–1790

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 27 March 1904George Letić Bishop of Banat, 1872–1935