German Anđelić

German Anđelić (; 1822–1888) was the Patriarch of Karlovci, the spiritual leader of Habsburg Serbs, from 1881 until his death in 1888.

Biography He was son of Pavle Anđelić, parish priest of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Sremski Karlovci, and his wife Ana. He graduated from the Karlovci Gymnasium and then the Clerical High School of Saint Arsenije. Then he went to Pest to study law and philosophy, which he graduated from Sárospatak. After obtaining the diploma of the law faculty, he passed the lawyer exam. In the same month, he was ordained deacon at the hands of the bishop of Upper Karlovac Evgenije Ivačković. Shortly thereafter, Patriarch of Karlovci Josif Rajačić directed him to serve in the Saint Spyridon Church in Trieste. In the letter justifying the choice of the young cleric, he pointed to his excellent knowledge of several languages (Church Slavonic, German, Hungarian and Latin). In Trieste deacon German Anđelić was also a teacher in a Serbian church school.

The circumstances under which Patriarch German took office meant that he did not gain popularity among the Serbian faithful until the end of his life, although he transferred substantial funds to Serbian cultural institutions, funded scholarships for Serbian students or financially supported poor Serbian families. Together with his brother Stevan, an Orthodox protopresbyter, he donated 162,500 Ft to expand the Karlovci Gymnasium.