# List of metropolitans of Montenegro

This article lists the Metropolitans of Montenegro, primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro, heads of the current Serbian Orthodox metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, and their predecessors (bishops and metropolitans of Zeta, and Cetinje), from 1219 to the present day.

## Bishops of Zeta (1219–1346)

* Ilarion I (1220–1242)
* German I (1242–1250)
* Neofit (1250–1270)
* Jevstatije (1270–1279)
* Jovan (1279–1286)
* German II (1286–1292)
* Mihailo I (1293–1305)
* Andrija (1305–1319)
* Mihailo II (after 1319)

## Metropolitans of Zeta (1346–1485)

* David I (1391–1396)
* Arsenije I (1396–1417)
* David II (1417–1435)
* Jeftimije (1434–1446)
* Teodosije (after 1446)
* Josif (1453)
* Visarion I (1482–1485)

## Metropolitans of Cetinje (1485–1697)

* Pahomije I (1491–1493)
* Vavila (1493–1495)
* Roman (1496)
* German III (1496–1520)
* Pavle (1520–1530)
* Vasilije I (1530–1532)
* Romil I (1532–1540)
* Nikodim (1540)
* Ruvim I (1540–1550)
* Makarije (1550–1558)
* Dionisije (1558)
* Romil II (1558–1561)
* Ruvim II (1551–1569)
* Pahomije II (1569–1579)
* Gerasim (1575–1582)
* Venijamin (1582–1591)
* Nikanor I and Stevan (1591–1593)
* Ruvim III (1593–1636)
* Mardarije (1637–1659)
* Ruvim IV (1673–1685)
* Vasilije II (1685)
* Visarion II (1685–1692)
* Sava I (1694–1697)

## Hereditary Metropolitans of Montenegro

| Primate | Reign | Notes |
| Danilo I Данило I | 1697–1735 | Founder of the Petrović-Njegoš dynasty. |
| Sava II Сава II | 1735–1781 | Co-ruled with Vasilije III from 1750 until 1766. |
| Vasilije III Василије III | 1750–1766 | Co-ruled with Sava II. |
| Arsenije II Арсеније II | 1781–1784 | |
| Petar I Петар I | 1784–1830 | Canonized by the Serbian Orthodox Church as St. Petar of Cetinje. |
| Petar II Петар II | 1830–1851 | |
| Danilo II Данило II | 1852 | Never consecrated. Secularization; Danilo II proclaimed Prince of Montenegro on 13 March 1852. |

## Metropolitans of Montenegro, Brda and the Littoral

| Primate | Reign | Notes |
| Nikanor II Никанор II | 1858–1860 | The first Vladika after centuries to only serve religious function. Banished to the Russian Empire by Prince Nikola; died in 1894. Born in Drniš as Nikola Ivanović / Никола Ивановић. |
| Ilarion II Иларион II | 1860–1882 | Born in Podgorica as Ilija Roganović / Илија Рогановић. |
| Visarion III Висарион III | 1882–1884 | Born in Sveti Stefan as Vasilije Ljubiša / Василије Љубиша. |
| Mitrofan Митрофан | 1884–1920 | Born in Glavati as Marko Ban / Марко Бан. |
| Gavrilo Гаврило | 1920–1938 | First Metropolitan under the reunified Serbian Orthodox Church. Served as the 41st Serbian Patriarch from 1938 to 1950. Born in Vrujci as Gavrilo Dožić / Гaврилo Дoжић. |
| Joanikije I Јоаникије | 1940–1945 | Executed by the Yugoslav Partisans at the end of World War II for collaboration with the occupying Axis powers. Canonized as a Serbian Orthodox saint in 1999. Born in Stoliv as Jovan Lipovac / Јован Липовац. |
| Arsenije III Арсеније III | 1947–1961 | Imprisoned by the Yugoslav Communist authorities from 1954 to 1960. Born in Banatska Palanka as Svetislav Bradvarević / Светислав Брадваревић. |
| Danilo III Данило III | 1961–1990 | Retired at his own request; died in 1993. Born in Drušići as Tomo Dajković / Томо Дајковић. |
| Amfilohije Амфилохије | 1990–2020 | Born in Bare (Kolašin) as Risto Radović / Ристо Радовић. |
| Joanikije II Јоаникије | 2020–present | Served as the administrator of the Metropolitanate from October 2020, prior he was officially elected Metropolitan by the Bishops' Council in May 2021. Born in Velimlje as Jovan Mićović / Јован Мићовић. |