Archbishop of Ohrid

The Archbishop of Ohrid is a historic title given to the primate of the Archbishopric of Ohrid.

The archbishopric was established in 1018 by lowering of the rank of the autocephalous Bulgarian Patriarchate and its subjugation to the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Constantinople. The autocephaly of the Ohrid Archbishopric remained respected during the periods of Byzantine, Bulgarian, Serbian and Ottoman rule over the region of Macedonia and continued to exist until its abolition in 1767.

Today, the primates of the Macedonian Orthodox Church and Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric are both claimants to the title of Archbishop of Ohrid.

First Bulgarian Empire Bishops, 893–997

Name	Start of Tenure	End of Tenure	Birth Name	Title
Saint Clement of Ohrid Sveti Kliment Ohridski	893	916		Bishop of Ohrid
Philip Filip		997		Bishop of Ohrid

Archbishopric of Ohrid, 1018–1767

Dorotheos, the Archbishop of Ohrid, and his clerks and boyars were expatriated to Constantinople in 1466 because their anti-Ottoman activities during Skanderbeg's rebellion.

Name	Start of Tenure	End of Tenure	Birth Name	Title
John I of Debar Jovan I	1018	1037		Archbishop of Ohrid
Leo Lav	1037	1056		Archbishop of Ohrid
Theodulus I Teodul I	1056	1065		Archbishop of Ohrid
John II Lampinus Jovan II Lampinos	1065	1078		Archbishop of Ohrid
John III Jovan III	1078	1079		Archbishop of Ohrid
Theophylact Teofilakt	1084	1107		Archbishop of Ohrid
Leo II Mung Lav Mung	1108	1120		Archbishop of Ohrid
Michael Maximus Mihail Maksim	1120			Archbishop of Ohrid
John IV Komnenos Jovan IV Komnin	1143	1160		Archbishop of Ohrid
Constantine I Konstantin I	1160			Archbishop of Ohrid
Јоhn V Kamateros Јovan V Kamatir	1183	1216		Archbishop of Ohrid
Demetrios Chomatianos Dimitar Homatijan	1216	1234		Archbishop of Ohrid
Joannicius Joanikij				Archbishop of Ohrid
Sergius Sergej				Archbishop of Ohrid
Constantine II Kabasilas Konstantin II Kavasila	before 1255	after 1259		Archbishop of Ohrid
Jacob Proarchius Jakov Proarhij	1275	1285		Archbishop of Ohrid
Hadrian Adrijan				Archbishop of Ohrid
Gennadius Genadij				Archbishop of Ohrid
Macarius Makarij				Archbishop of Ohrid
Anthimus Metochites Antim Metohit	1341	1346		Archbishop of Ohrid
Nicholas I Nikolaj I	1346			Archbishop of Ohrid
Gregory II Grigorij II	1364/65			Archbishop of Ohrid
Matthew Matej	1408			Archbishop of Ohrid
Nicodemus Nikodim	1452			Archbishop of Ohrid
Dositheos I Dositej I				Archbishop of Ohrid
Dorotheos Dorotej	1466			Archbishop of Ohrid
Mark Xylokaravis Marko Ksilokaraf	1466			Archbishop of Ohrid
Nicholas II Nikolaj II				Archbishop of Ohrid
Zacharius Zaharij	1486			Archbishop of Ohrid
Prochorus Prohor	1528	1550		Archbishop of Ohrid
Simeon	1550	1557		Archbishop of Ohrid
Nicanor Nikanor	1557	1565		Archbishop of Ohrid
Paisius Pajsij	1565			Archbishop of Ohrid
Parthenius I Partenij I				Archbishop of Ohrid
Sophronius Sofronij	1567	1572		Archbishop of Ohrid
Gabriel Gavril	1572	1588		Archbishop of Ohrid
Theodulus II Teodul II	1588	1590		Archbishop of Ohrid
Gregory III Grigorij III	1590	1593		Archbishop of Ohrid
Joachim Joakim	1593	1596		Archbishop of Ohrid
Athanasius I Atanasij I	1596	1598		Archbishop of Ohrid
Varlaam	1598	1598		Archbishop of Ohrid
Nectarius I Nektarij I	1598	1613		Archbishop of Ohrid
Metrophanes Mitrofan	1614	1616		Archbishop of Ohrid
Nectarius II Nektarij II	1616	1624		Archbishop of Ohrid
Porphyrius Palaiologos Porfirij Paleolog	1624	1627		Archbishop of Ohrid
George Georgij	1627	1628		Archbishop of Ohrid
Joasaph Georgij	1628	1629		Archbishop of Ohrid
Abraham Mesaps Avramij Mesaps	1629	1637		Archbishop of Ohrid
Meletius I Meletij I	1637	1643		Archbishop of Ohrid
Chariton Hariton	1643	1650		Archbishop of Ohrid
Daniel Daniel	1650	1652		Archbishop of Ohrid
Dionysius I Dionisij I	1652	1653		Archbishop of Ohrid
Athanasius II Atanasij II	1653			Archbishop of Ohrid
Paphnutius Pafnutij				Archbishop of Ohrid
Ignatius I Ignatij I	1660	1663		Archbishop of Ohrid
Arsenius I Arsenij I	1663	1663		Archbishop of Ohrid
Zosimus Zosim	1663	1670		Archbishop of Ohrid
Panaretus	1671	1673		Archbishop of Ohrid
Nectarius III Nektarij III	1673	1676		Archbishop of Ohrid
Ignatius II Ignatij II	1676	1676		Archbishop of Ohrid
Teophanes Teofan	1676	1676		Archbishop of Ohrid
Meletius II Meletij II	1676	1677		Archbishop of Ohrid
Parthenius II Partenij II	1677	1683		Archbishop of Ohrid
Gregory IV Grigorij IV	1683	1688		Archbishop of Ohrid
Germanus German	1688	1691		Archbishop of Ohrid
Gregory V Grigorij V	1691	1693		Archbishop of Ohrid
Ignatius III Ignatij III	1693 1703	1695 1706		Archbishop of Ohrid
Zosimus II Zosim II	1695 1707	1699 1708		Archbishop of Ohrid
Raphael Rafail	1699	1702		Archbishop of Ohrid
Germanus II German II	1702	1702		Archbishop of Ohrid
Dionysius II Dionisij II	1706 1709	1706 1714		Archbishop of Ohrid
Methodius I Metodijus I	1708	1708		Archbishop of Ohrid
Philotheus Filotej	1714	1718		Archbishop of Ohrid
Joasaph II Joasaf II	1719	1745		Archbishop of Ohrid
Joseph Josif	1746	1752		Archbishop of Ohrid
Dionysius III Dionisij III	1752	1756		Archbishop of Ohrid
Methodius II Metodijus II	1757	1758		Archbishop of Ohrid
Cyril Kiril	1759	1762		Archbishop of Ohrid
Jeremy Ieremija	1763	1763		Archbishop of Ohrid
Ananias Ananij	1763	1763		Archbishop of Ohrid
Arsenius II Arsenij II	1763	1767		Archbishop of Ohrid

Macedonian Orthodox Church

Main article: Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

Main article: Macedonian Orthodox Church

Macedonian Orthodox Church (autonomous), 1959–1967

In 1959, the Macedonian Orthodox Church was declared as the restoration of the Archbishopric of Ohrid. The declaration was celebrated in a common liturgy by Macedonian priests and the Serbian Patriarch German in 1959 in Skopje. The Archbishop Dositheus II was enthroned as Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia, continuing in the lineage of the Archbishops of Ohrid.

In 1962, the Serbian Patriarch German and Russian Patriarch Alexius I visited the Macedonian Orthodox Church on the feast of Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius in Ohrid. The two patriarchs and the Macedonian Archbishop Dositheus II celebrated Holy Liturgy marking the first occasion where the leader of the Macedonian church met with heads of other Orthodox churches.

Name	Start of Tenure	End of Tenure	Birth Name	Title
Dositheus II Dositej II	1958	1967	Dimitrija Stojkovski	Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

Macedonian Orthodox Church (self-proclaimed autocephalous), since 1967

On 19 July 1967, in Ohrid, the Macedonian Orthodox Church declared autocephaly from the Serbian Orthodox Church, a move which was not acknowledged by the Serbian church and most other Orthodox Churches.

Name	Start of Tenure	End of Tenure	Birth Name	Title
Dositheus II Dositej II	1967	1981	Dimitrija Stojkovski	Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Angelarios Angelarij	1981	1986	Cvetko Krstevski	Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Gabriel II Gavril II	1986	1992	Gjorgji Milošev	Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Michael Mihail	1993	1999	Metodija Gogov	Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
Stephen Stefan	1999	current	Stojan Veljanovski	Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia

Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric, since 2005

Main article: Archbishop Jovan VI of Ohrid

Main article: Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric

The Orthodox Ohrid Archbishopric was formed in 2002 following a failure in negotiations between the Macedonian Orthodox Church and the Serbian Orthodox Church. Whereas the Holy Synod of the Macedonian church rejected an agreement where the Macedonian church could enjoy recognition as autonomous under the control of the Serbian church, one bishop broke ranks and agreed to form another church under the tutelage of the Patriarchate of Peć.

The Macedonian Orthodox Church has had issues with the Serbian Orthodox Church after the separation and declaration of autocephaly in 1967. After the negotiations between the two churches were suspended, the Serbian church recognized the group led by Archbishop John of Ohrid, a former bishop of the Macedonian church. The Serbian church recognized Vraniškovski's breakaway group as the restoration of the Archbishopric of Ohrid and gave him the title of John VI, Archbishop of Ohrid.

Name	Start of Tenure	End of Tenure	Birth Name	Title
John VI Jovan VI	2005	current	Zoran Vraniškovski	Archbishop of Ohrid

See also

• Archbishopric of Ohrid