enthroned ended predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion title buried nationality see birth_date article_title name church
4 december 1993 6 july 1999 gabriel of ohrid and macedonia stephen of ohrid and macedonia 6 july 1999 novo selo , macedonia skopje , macedonia eastern orthodox church archbishop of ohrid and macedonia church , macedonia `` st. naum of ohrid '' , radišani macedonian skopje 1912 mihail gogov
 michael macedonian
mihail gogov

michael -lrb- -rrb- was the fourth archbishop of ohrid and macedonia and once primate of the macedonian orthodox church .
archbishop michael was born in novo selo , Štip municipality , ottoman empire -lrb- now republic of macedonia -rrb- in 1912 .
he had been a longstanding professor and dean at the theological faculty of the ss .
cyril and methodius university in skopje before being elected as the leader of the macedonian orthodox church on december 4 , 1993 .
archbishop michael died on july 6 , 1999 , and is remembered for his great oratory .
