The Right Reverend Simeon Vratanja | |
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Bishop of Vretanija; Bishop of Marča | |
Church | Serbian Orthodox Church (until 1611) Eastern Catholic Church (since 1611) |
Elected | 1609 (Orthodox); 1611 (Catholic) |
In office | 1609–11 (Orthodox); 1611–30 (Catholic) |
Orders | |
Ordination | by Serbian Patriarch Jovan (Orthodox); Pope Paul V (Catholic) |
Personal details | |
Born | 16th century |
Died | 1630 Habsburg monarchy |
Nationality | Rum Millet (Ottoman); Rascian (Habsburg) |
Residence | Eparchy of Marča |
Simeon Vratanja[a] (fl. ca. 1600–d. 1630) was an Ottoman Catholic prelate who served as the first Eparch of Marča (1609–11), the westernmost eparchy of the Serbian Patriarchate of Peć in the Serbian Orthodox Church, and after converting was the first Eastern Catholic Bishop of Marča (1611–28).