Porfirije, Serbian Patriarch

His Holiness

Porfirije
Порфирије
His Holiness; Porfirije; Порфирије
Archbishop of Peć, Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci, and Serbian Patriarch
	Patriarch Porfirije in April 2021
Native name	Порфирије
Church	Serbian Orthodox Church
See	Belgrade
Elected	18 February 2021
Installed	19 February 2021 (Belgrade) ; 14 October 2022 (Peć)
Predecessor	Irinej
Orders
Ordination	21 April 1985; by Irinej (Bulović)
Consecration	13 June 1999; by Patriarch Pavle
Rank	Patriarch
Personal details
Born	Prvoslav Perić; 22 July 1961 (age 62); Bečej, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Denomination	Eastern Orthodoxy
Residence	Belgrade, Serbia; Previous:; Kovilj, Serbia (1990–2014); Zagreb, Croatia (2014–2021)
Previous post(s)	Metropolitan of Zagreb and Ljubljana (2014–2021); Titular Bishop of Jegra (1999–2014);
Alma mater	University of Belgrade; University of Athens
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Porfirije (Serbian Cyrillic: Порфирије, English: Porphyrius; born Prvoslav Perić; born 22 July 1961) is the current and 46th patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was the metropolitan bishop of Zagreb and Ljubljana, from 2014 to 2021. Before that, he was titular bishop of Jegra between 1999 and 2014. He is also a university professor and author of theological works. ^[1]