Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Metropolitan Joanikije (Lipovac)''' (''in Serbian:'''''Свети свештеномучуник Јоаникије Црногорско-приморски''') was the Bishop Metropolitan of the Diocese of Montenegro and the Littoral in Yugoslavia as it became a battleground during World War II. He attempted to maintain the [[diocese]] as the area transitioned between German and communist rule. With the ascendency of communist control he attempted to leave the area with many of his [[priest]]s. The attempt was unsuccessful and he and his party of priests were brutally killed. In 1999, his name was added to the list of Serbian [[saint]]s.
==Life==
{{succession|
before=[[Gavrilo V Dozic-Medenica|Gavrilo]]|
title=Metropoliten Metropolitan of Montenegro and Litoral|
years=1940-1945|
after=Arsenije }}