Lavrentije Trifunović

Lavrentije Trifunović (; 27 January 1935 – 23 January 2022) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop. He was the Bishop of Šabac between 2006 and his death. Formerly, he was Bishop of Šabac and Valjevo (1989–2006), Bishop of Western Europe (1973–1989), Bishop of Western Europe and Australia (1969–1973) and Vicar Bishop of Moravica (1967–1969). Lavrentije spoke English, German and Russian. He was a member of the Holy Synod of Bishops between 2002 and 2004.

Biography Lavrentije was born as Živko Trifunović in the village of Bogoštica near Krupanj, district of Rađevina, on Saint Sava day on 27 January 1935. He finished elementary school in Krupanj, and two grades of high school in Loznica, the Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Faculty of Theology in Belgrade. and enthroned in March 1969 in London. After the establishment of a separate diocese in Australia, his title was changed to Bishop of Western Europe in 1973. In Himmelsthür, Germany, he founded a diocesan center. He first bought an existing church building for the Serbian Orthodox Church, then founded a printing house there and published the works of Nikolaj Velimirović and many other theological and patristics books. He received the Order of Saint Arsenije Sremac from the Diocese of Srem in 2016 and Order of St. Sava of the first degree in 2017. He solemnly marked half a century of hierarchical service in July 2017. He was awarded the Order of the Holy Bishop Nikolaj of the Diocese of Valjevo. Since 20 September 2019, he has been an honorary citizen of Krupanj. Between 31 March 2020 and June 2021, he was administrator of the Diocese of Valjevo.

He died at the Spiritual St. Saba Centre in Šabac, on 23 January 2022, at the age of 86.