{{english}} '''Metropolitan Vasilije (Popović)''' (also ''Basil''; in Serbian Митрополит Василије (Поповић)) was the second [[Metropolitan]] of Banja Luka, from 1907 to 1937.{{stub}}

Vailije (Popovic) was elected as Metropolitan of Banja Luka in 1907 by the [[Holy Synod]] of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He was [[ordination|ordained]] by [[Archbishop]] Evgenije of Sarajevo and Metropolitan of Dabro-Bosna, ; St. Petar, Metropolitan of Hercegovina and later of Dabro-Bosna, ; and Metropolitan Ilarion of Zvornik-Tuzla. Metropolitan Evgenije preceded him as Metropolitan of Banja Luka.

He and his flock were accepted into the [[Church of Serbia|Serbian Orthodox Church ]] in 1920, a move the Ecumenical Patriarchate approved in 1922.

Metr. Vasilije died 1937. His [[relics]] are in the [[Cathedral]] of the Holy Trinity in Banja Luka.