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Christopher Kovacevich (Velimir Kovacevich) was born on 25 December, 1928 in Galveston, Texas, United States, is an An american eastern orthodox bishop. Discover Christopher Kovacevich's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?

Popular As Velimir Kovacevich
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Age 81 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 25 December, 1928
Birthday 25 December
Birthplace Galveston, Texas, United States
Date of death 18 August, 2010
Died Place Chicago, Illinois, United States
Nationality United States

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1928

Christopher Kovacevich (Христофор Ковачевић / Hristofor Kovačević; December 25, 1928 – August 18, 2010) was metropolitan bishop of Libertyville and Chicago in the Serbian Orthodox Church making him Primate of Serbian Orthodox Christians in America.

He was also the first American-born bishop to serve a diocese of the Serbian Church in North America.

Metropolitan Christopher (Kovacevich) was born in Galveston, Texas into a family of Serbian immigrants from Montenegro (he was the ninth of twelve children).

His baptismal and secular name was Velimir Kovacevich (Велимир Ковачевић / Velimir Kovačević).

After graduation from high school, he attended Nashotah House, an Anglo-Catholic seminary of the Episcopal Church located in Nashotah, Wisconsin and subsequently studied and graduated from St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Seminary in Libertyville, Illinois where he learned Serbian.

He earned a B.A. (Philosophy) and a Master of Letters (History) at the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Divinity from Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline, Massachusetts.

He also completed courses and examinations for a doctorate at the Chicago Theological Seminary.

Later in life, Metropolitan Christopher was awarded a Doctor of Divinity degree (honoris causa) by Nashotah House

1951

After graduating from St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Seminary he married the late Milka Kovacevich and afterward was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1951.

During his parochial ministry, he served Serbian Orthodox parishes in Johnstown, Pittsburgh, and Chicago.

While ministering to parishes in the Pennsylvania and Chicago areas, he served as chaplain at four local universities.

1970

Becoming a widower in 1970, he was elevated to the episcopate (i.e. he became a bishop) by the Bishops' Council of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Belgrade in 1978 and tonsured with the monastic name of Christopher, becoming the first American-born bishop to serve a diocese of the Serbian Church in North America (he was consecrated bishop of the Eastern American Diocese, serving in that capacity from 1978 until 1991).

1991

Upon the 70th anniversary of the Midwestern Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the United States in 1991, he was elevated to the rank of Metropolitan, making him the first metropolitan of the newly formed Metropolitanate of Midwestern America, thereby becoming the Primate of the Serbian Orthodox in America.

2009

In 2009, during the restructuring of the dioceses in the United States and Canada, the Metropolitanate of Midwestern America became the Metropolitanate of Libertyville-Chicago.

2010

In May 2010 he served as secretary of the North American Episcopal Assembly of the Orthodox Church.

Metropolitan Christopher also frequently returned to the city of his birth to preside at weddings and baptisms at Saints Constantine and Helen Serbian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitan Christopher died on August 18, 2010, in Libertyville, Illinois due to complications from bone, brain, and stomach cancer.

He is interred in the Saint Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery cemetery.