Видинска митрополија 1739-1834.
The Archbishopry of Vidin (1739-1834)

Summary/Abstract: The Archbishopry of Vidin, one of the oldest bishoprics in the Balkans, changed its borders during the time, adjusting geo-political reality. After the treaty of Belgrade in 1739, by which he Ottoman Empire succeeded to regain the region south the Sava and the Danube from the Habsburg monarchy, the regions of Krajina and Ključ were returned to this archbishopry, which, had belonged to the Archbishopry of Beograd and Karlovci, under the Austrian administration. Since the Peace of Belgrade in 1834, the territory of Archbishopry of Vidin remained the same. In the time of Pazvanogluís usurpation in Vidin, the parts of this Archbishopry were ruled by the metropolitans of Vrace and Belgrade, while in the town itself the archbishop was Kalinik Samozvanac, posted illegally. Regular situation was regained after the death of Pazvanoglu in 1807. From 1810 to 1813, a part of the bishopry of Vidin which was a part of Serbian state, the Belgrade metropolitan ruled again, but it was not confirmed officially. After the break of the First Serbian Uprising in 1813, spiritual authorities of the Vidin archpriests was introduced on the entire territory of the arhcbishopry. It was to remain so until 1834, when six nahiyes were added to Serbia The Bishopry of Timok of the autonomous Serbian archibishopry was made from the part west of Timok, with the seat in Zaječar.

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