Eparchy of Bačka

Eparchy of Bačka Бачка епархија Bačka eparhija
Coat of Arms of Eparchy of Bačka
Location
Territory	Bačka
Headquarters	Novi Sad, Serbia
Information
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox
Sui iuris church	Serbian Orthodox Church Patriarchate of Peć (Serbia)
Established	16th century
Language	Church Slavonic Serbian
Current leadership
Bishop	Irinej (Mirko Bulović)
Map
Website
eparhija-backa.org.rs

The Eparchy of Bačka (Serbian: Бачка епархија or Bačka eparhija) is an ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the Bačka region, Serbia. It is situated in the autonomous province of Vojvodina and seat of the eparchy is in Novi Sad.

The eparchy was established in the 16th century. In the beginning, the seat of the bishop was in Segedin (today in Hungary). It was later moved to monasteries of Bačka, and was finally stabilized in Novi Sad in the beginning of the 18th century.

Seems that between the second half of the 16th century and the second half of the 17th century, the Eparchy was a Metropolitanate, since its administrators in this time period are mentioned with metropolitan title.

The eparchy includes entire Serbian part of Bačka, but also has supreme authority over some territories in present-day Hungary, including counties Bács-Kiskun (Baja), Csongrád (Szeged) and Heves (Eger).