Epifanije Stefanović

Epifanije Stefanović was a Serbian Orthodox Archbishop of Dalmatia, who in 1648 entered a failed communion with the Catholic Church.

Life In mid-1648, during the Cretan War (1645–69), Stefanović and fifteen other priests from the Krka monastery, led reportedly up to 10 thousand Orthodox people (most probably an exaggeration In early November 1648, Stefanović and the priests signed a communion with the Catholic Church (with preserved Stefanović letters and stamps), with his emissary in Rome in mid-November, and early December the case was discussed by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Mile Bogović rejected Milaš's opinion, as even Ilarion Ruvarac confirmed Stefanović as a historical figure, and that the official union was short lived after the subsequent death of Stefanović as the Orthodox monks turned against the Catholic Church, thus the attempt of Uniatism of the Serbs in Dalmatia failed.