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He was born in Požarevac in 1846 into the family of Stojan and Milosava Pavlović. He finished primary and high school in Belgrade. He graduated from the Old Seminary in Belgrade in 1868. He was a teacher until 1870, when he was [[ordination|ordained]] a [[presbyter|priest]] and appointed as a chaplain in Lapovo.
After being widowed in 1873, he continued his education in Belgrade University (in this time called the ''Grand School'') . He graduated with a degree in philology. Fr. Dimitrije was then a teacher in Belgrade Seminary from 1878 to 1884.
On [[November 8]], 1884, he was elected Bishop of Niš, as part of the so-called ''uncanonical hierarchy''. Fr. Dimitrije was tonsured. He remained in this see until 1898. When Metropolitan Mihilo came back in Serbia, all bishops from this uncanonical hierarchy retired their sees. Bishop Dimitrije left for France, where he continued his studies.
Bp. Dimitrije came back to Serbia in 1899, becoming state advisor and later Bishop of Šabac.
He was elected Metropolitan of Belgrade and the Kingdom of Serbia on [[August 19]], 1905. He Metropolitan was forced to leave Serbia together with the king, government, and Serbian army when they were overpowered by the joint forces of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary and Bulgaria in 1915. He returned to Serbia in 1918 with the victorious forces of Field Marshall Petar Bojović and the Regent Aleksandar.
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