Josif Rajačić, also known as Josif Rajačić-Brinski, was a metropolitan of Sremski Karlovci, Serbian Patriarch, administrator of Vojvodina, and baron.
Josif Rajačić
Proclamation of Serbian Vojvodina in 1848 in Sremski Karlovci – Josif Rajačić is at the centre.
Metropolitanate of Karlovci
The Metropolitanate of Karlovci was a metropolitanate of the Eastern Orthodox Church that existed in the Habsburg monarchy between 1708 and 1848. Between 1708 and 1713, it was known as the Metropolitanate of Krušedol, and between 1713 and 1848, as the Metropolitanate of Karlovci. In 1848, it was elevated to the Patriarchate of Karlovci, which existed until 1920, when it was merged with the Metropolitanate of Belgrade and other Eastern Orthodox jurisdictions in the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes to form the Serbian Orthodox Church.
Collection of Imperial Privileges, granted to Eastern Orthodox Serbs by Charles VI: front page of the issue printed in 1732
Confirmation of Serbian Privileges, issued by Maria Theresa in 1743
Serbian Orthodox Monastery of Krušedol, first seat of the Metropolitanate, from 1708 to 1713: graphics from 1775
Serbian Orthodox Cathedral of Saint Nicolas in Sremski Karlovci, built from 1758 to 1762: cathedral church of the Metropolitanate