Irinej

Irinej (, , ; 28 August 1930 – 20 November 2020) was the 45th Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church, the spiritual leader of Eastern Orthodox Serbs, from 22 January 2010 to 20 November 2020.B92: Vladika niški Irinej novi patrijarh (Bishop of Nis Irinej is the new Patriarch), 22 Jan 2010 

His full title was His Holiness the Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch Irinej. 

He was the Bishop of Niš between 1975 and 2010.

On 4 November 2020, Irinej tested positive to COVID-19. He died a few weeks later on 20 November from the infection in Belgrade, aged 90.

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Category:1930 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgrade
Category:Patriarchs of the Serbian Orthodox Church