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== Early life ==
== As Bishop ==
Bp. Vikentije remained a vicar until 1939 when he was elected Bishop of Zletovo and Strumica. He In 1940, he was also assigned as administrator of the Diocese of Ohrid and Bitola . After the Germans and Bulgarians occupied the diocese in 1940. He 1941, he was exiled from Zletovo by Bulgarian fascists. After World War II, the Communist regime did not allow him to return from exile as the Communists wanted to create a Macedonian Orthodox Church separate from the Church of Serbia. He During this oeriod he was administrator of Diocese of Žiča from 1947 to 1951 by wish 1950, during the absence of St. Nikolaj[[Nikolai Velimirovic|Nikolai]], and as well as of the Diocese of Srem (1947-1951).
== As Patriarch ==
Bp. Vikentije was elected Patriarch of Serbia on [[July 1]]/[[July 14|14]], 1950. He visited several other national local churches in order to strenghthen strengthen ties which that had been weakened during the war. He put placed enormous energy into trying to resolve the problem of Pension Security funds for [[priest]]sof the patriarchate. Patr. Vikentije was strongly opposed to the foundation of the so called Macedonian Church. He was an eminent historian and a member of the Society of Historians of Vojvodina. He was as well as editor-in-chief of their its gazette.
Patr. Vikentije died on [[July 5]], 1958 under mysterious circumstances after a session of the holy assembly of bishops. The at which the assembly rejected suggestions of from the communist regime to approve the foundation establishment of the a Macedonian church. His death seemed not to be natural. He died on [[July 5]], 1958. He was buried in the tomb of Metr. Mihajlo in the [[Cathedral]] Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel in BeogradBelgrade.
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