Milutin Knežević

Milutin Knežević (; 10 January 1949 – 30 March 2020) was a Serbian Orthodox prelate, Bishop of the Eparchy of Australia and New Zealand between 2003 and 2006, and the Eparchy of Valjevo from 2006 to 2020. He died on 30 March 2020, from complications due to COVID-19.

Biography He was born as Mihailo Knežević on 10 January 1949 in Mijači, near Valjevo, in a Serbian Orthodox family. He was baptized in the renowned Pustinja Monastery.

In 1963, at age of 14 after he finished elementary school he went to the Kaona Monastery.

On 27 May 2006, Bishop Milutin was appointed to the restored Diocese of Valjevo. His enthronement took place on 26 September in the Church of the Resurrection of the Lord in Valjevo.

He died on 30 March 2020, at University Hospital Center Dr Dragiša Mišović in Belgrade, due to complications from the COVID-19 infection. He became first Eastern Orthodox bishop who died of COVID-19.