Irinej Kovačević
Irinej Kovačević | |
|---|---|
| Metropolitan bishop | |
Metropolitan Irinej in 1990 | |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Diocese | Diocese of New Gračanica |
| Appointed | November 10, 1963 |
| Installed | December 7, 1963 |
| Term ended | February 2, 1999 |
| Predecessor | Dionisije (Milivojević) |
| Successor | Longin (Krčo) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 30, 1953 by Firmilijan (Ocokoljić) |
| Consecration | December 7, 1963 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Milan Kovačević September 6, 1914 |
| Died | February 2, 1999 (aged 84) Libertyville, Illinois, United States |
| Denomination | Orthodox Christian |
| Residence | Third Lake, Illinois |
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Irinej Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Иринеј Ковачевић; 6 September 1914 – 2 February 1999) was the Metropolitan of the Free Serbian Orthodox Church in North America from 1963 until 1992. Metropolitan Irinej is best remembered within the Serbian Orthodox Church for leading a delegation to Belgrade in 1992 to heal the schism within the church that had spun off the North American, Western European and Australian Diocese as largely separate from the Belgrade-based church.