Gavrilo Popović

Gavrilo Popović or Bishop Gavrilo (Saint George Popović; 23 October 1811 – 7 February 1871) was Bishop of Šabac, Rector of Lyceum and the catechist of Belgrade.

Biography He finished elementary school and a six-year course at the high school in Baja. He completed his philosophy in Szeged and Győr, the seventh and eighth grades of high school.

A seminary was founded in Belgrade in 1836 and Gavrilo became a professor of the newly-established Belgrade seminary. He remained in that service until 1839. The same Lyceum was transferred from Kragujevac to Belgrade (once the city was liberated) in 1841, and Gavrilo moved to Belgrade consequently.

On 25 November 1860, he was appointed Bishop of Šabac. He wrote and published a Serbian premier in 1864 called Bukvar for the grade schools. He also wrote educational children's stories and other textbooks.

He retired on November 27, 1866 and after that lived for a time in the Ravanica Monastery and the Bukovo monastery.

From 6 February 1869, he was appointed an honorary member of the Serbian Learned Society on 29 June 1864. He was a full member of the Philological and Philosophical Section.

When he became seriously ill, he came to live with his friend and relative, Theodosius Mraović, in Belgrade in 1870. He died 7 February 1871 in Belgrade.