Josif Rajačić
| Josif Rajačić | |
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| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Metropolis | Sremski Karlovci |
| Installed | 1848 |
| Term ended | 1861 |
| Predecessor | Stefan Stanković |
| Successor | Samuilo |
| Orders | |
| Rank | Patriarch |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1785 Lučani, Brinje, Kingdom of Croatia, Habsburg Monarchy (now Croatia) |
| Died | 1 December 1861 (aged 76) Sremski Karlovci, Kingdom of Slavonia, Austrian Empire (now Serbia) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
| Occupation | Administrator of Serbian Vojvodina |
Josif Rajačić (20 July 1785 – 1 December 1861; Serbian Cyrillic: Јосиф Рајачић, also known as Josif Rajačić-Brinski) was a metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch, administrator of Serbian Vojvodina and baron.
Rajačić was born in Lučani, a former village near Brinje in Lika (then Habsburg Monarchy, today Croatia). He studied in Zagreb, Karlovci, Szeged and Vienna before dropping out to join the army in 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition. On 10 April 1810, he became a monk of the Serb Orthodox Church in Gomirje Monastery.
On 24 June 1829 he became the Eparch of Dalmatia. On 5 July 1833 he became the Eparch of Vršac. In August 1842, he was named the Metropolitan of Karlovci.
At the May Assembly of Serbs in Sremski Karlovci in 1848, from the balcony of the Sremski Karlovci town hall, he was appointed Patriarch of the Serbs, while Stevan Šupljikac was chosen as the first Duke (Voivode) of Serbian Vojvodina. Apart from being a spiritual leader, Rajačić shared political and military leadership of Serbs at the time of war.
He became administrator of Serbian Vojvodina, and was head of the new Serb government (praviteljstvo) of Vojvodina. Rajačić formed an alliance with the House of Habsburg so as to silence the 1848 Hungarian Revolution. After the Hungarians were defeated, Rajačić was nominated civil commissioner of Vojvodina by the Austrian Empire.
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