Atanasije Jevtić
Atanasije Jevtić is a retired Serbian Orthodox bishop who served as the head of the Eparchy of Banat from 1991 until 1992 and the Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina from 1992 until 1999.
Atanasije was a long-time professor and former dean of the Orthodox Theological Faculty of the University of Belgrade. He is a leading expert on Patristics and has written a series of books on the subject. Together with bishop Amfilohije Radović, Atanasije translated the Deuterocanonical books of the Old Testament to Serbian language.Biography
Atanasije was born on 8 January 1938 in the village of Brdarica near Valjevo, Yugoslavia.Consecration
On 7 July 1991 on the feast of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Archimandrite Atanasije was consecreated as Bishop of Banat in the Cathedral of St. Nicholas in Vršac by Pavle, Serbian Patriarch, Metropolitan Nikolaj Mrđa of Dabar-Bosna, Metropolitan Amfilohije Radović of Montenegro and the Littoral, Bishops Irinej Bulović of Bačka, Stefan Boca of Žiča, Artemije Radosavljević of Raška and Prizren, Dositej Motika of Britain and Scandinavia, Nikanor Bogunović of Upper Karlovac, Vasilije Vadić of Srem, and Lavrentije Trifunović of Šabac and Valjevo.
Atanasije also briefly served as administrator of the Eparchy of Raška and Prizren in 2010 after Bishop Artemije Radosavljević was forced to resign from his position due to alleged embezzlement of funds.
