Vikentije Jovanović
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Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci Vikentije II |
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| Church | Serbian Orthodox Church |
| Province | Military Frontier, Austrian Empire |
| Metropolis | Sremski Karlovci |
| Installed | 1731 |
| Term ended | 1737 |
| Predecessor | Mojsije Petrović |
| Successor | Arsenije IV |
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| Born | 1689 Szentendre, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Monarchy (modern Hungary) |
| Died | June 6, 1737 (aged 47-48) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, Habsburg Monarchy (modern Serbia) |
| Denomination | Eastern Orthodox |
Vikentije Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Викентије Јовановић; 1689 – June 6, 1737) was the Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Karlovci from 1731 to 1737, as Vikentije II. During his diplomatic mission in Vienna in 1734, he was given permission by Emperor Charles VI to establish a hussar regiment constituted solely of Serbs and Croats. It was officially named Illyrian-Rascian regiment and inaugurated on June 16, 1735, in a grand ceremony officiated by Vikentije. The ceremony took place outside Budim where the banners which were used symbolized his importance in the Austrian Empire, but also the dual symbolism of East and West; dual coats of arms on their spears, two languages in their inscriptions (Church Slavonic and Latin), and the use of Eastern iconography and Western emblematic imagery. Vikentije's hussars went on to fight in the Austro-Russian–Turkish War (1735-1739).
Jovanović was born in Szentendre in 1689. As a young man he took monastic vows at Rakovac monastery. He was among the first Serb graduates of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; others were Simeon Končarević, Dionisije Novaković, Jovan Rajić, Gerasim Zelić, A. Stojkov Tarbuk, to name a few.
He played a pivotal role in uniting the Metropolitanate of Belgrade with the Metropolitanate of Karlovci at the Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) in 1726. At the end of the Sabor he was elected Bishop of Arad with Jenopolje and Veliki Varadin. On March 22, 1731 he was unanimously elevated Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Metropolitanate of Karlovci by the Assembly of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church.
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