German Opačić

Life

Born

8 August 1857

Ordained deacon

24 April 1888

Ordained priest

25 December 1891

Consecrated bishop

23 April 1894

Died

18 January 1899

Sees

1. 23 April 1894 – 18 January 1899

   Bishop of Bačka

   Church of Karlovci

Consecration

Consecrated 23 April 1894 by:

• George Branković Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, Patriarch of Serbia, 1830–1907
• Nikanor Popović Bishop of Timișoara, 1831–1901
• Michael Grujić Bishop of Gornji Karlovac, 1861–1914

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. German Opačić Bishop of Bačka consecrated 23 April 1894
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

Sources

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