Mitrofan Ban
Mitrofan Ban | |
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Metropolitan Mitrofan (Ban) of Montenegro | |
| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Metropolis | Metropolitanate of Montenegro |
| Installed | 1884 |
| Term ended | 1920 |
| Predecessor | Visarion Ljubiša |
| Successor | Gavrilo Dožić |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Marko Ban March 15, 1841 |
| Died | September 30, 1920 (aged 79) Cetinje, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| 2nd Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical Affairs of Principality of Montenegro | |
| In office 26 April 1884 – 3 October 1885 | |
| Monarch | Nicholas I |
| Prime Minister | Božo Petrović-Njegoš |
| Preceded by | Visarion Ljubiša |
| Succeeded by | Jovan Pavlović |
Mitrofan Ban (Serbian Cyrillic: Митрофан Бан; 15 May 1841 – 30 September 1920) was Bishop of Cetinje, Metropolitan of Montenegro, and exarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He was also Archimandrite of the Cetinje monastery. He presided over the Holy Bishopric Synod (1919-1920) that unified the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1920.