List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church
Archbishops, 1219–1346
Table:
Serbian Archbishopric (1219–1346)

No.

Primate

Portrait

Reign

Notes

1

Sava
Сава
Sabbas

1219–1233

First Archbishop of the autocephalous Serbian Church.
Seated at Žiča.
Styled "Archbishop of Serb Lands and the Littoral".
Born at Ras as Rastko Nemanjić / Растко Немањић.

2

Arsenije I
Арсеније I
Arsenius I

1233–1263

Sava's disciple.
Moved the seat to Peć amid foreign invasion.[5]
Born in Syrmia.

3

Sava II
Сава II
Sabbas II

1263–1271

Sava's nephew.
Born at Ras as Predislav Nemanjić / Предислав Немањић.

4

Danilo I
Данило I
Daniel I

1271–1272

Replaced due to unknown reason.[6]

5

Joanikije I
Јоаникије I
Joannicius I

1272–1276

Disciple of Sava II. Buried at Sopoćani.

Seat vacant 1276–1279

6

Jevstatije I
Јевстатије I
Eustathius I

1279–4 January 1286

Moved the seat to Žiča in 1285.[5]
Relics buried at Patriarchate of Peć.
Born in Budimlje.

7

Jakov I
Јаков I
Jacob I

1286–1292

Moved the seat to Peć in 1291 amid foreign invasion,[5] likely final transfer.[7]

8

Jevstatije II
Јевстатије II
Eustathius II

1292–1309

Established seven new eparchies.

9

Sava III
Сава III
Sabbas III

1309–1316

Styled "Archbishop of All Serb and Maritime Lands".

10

Nikodim I
Никодим I
Nicodemus I

1316–1324

Co-founder of the Vratna monastery.

11

Danilo II
Данило II
Daniel II

1324–1337

Hagiographer.

12

Joanikije II
Јоаникије II
Joannicius II

3 January 1338–6 April 1346

Elevated to Patriarch.
Born in Prizren.

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