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Nikanor (Bogunović) of Banat

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His Grace [[Bishop]] '''Nikanor Bogunović of Banat''' was [[ordination|ordained]] into the episcopal rank in 1984, receiving the title of (Vicar) Bishop of Hvostno (Vicar to the [[Church of Serbia|Serbian]] [[Patriarch]]).
His Grace Following the repose of the Serbian Patriarch [[German of Serbia|German]], Bp. Nikanor was elected Bishop Nikanor of Upper Karlovac. He was ordained into forced to flee his diocese with his flock in 1995 during the Episcopal rank ethnic cleansing of Slavonia, Dalmatia, and Lika committed by Croatian and NATO forces. After a brief stay in 1984the Žica [[diocese]], receiving the title of (Vicar) he was elected Bishop of Hvostno (Vicar to the Serbian Patriarch)Australia and New Zealand and enthroned in January 2000.
Following the repose of the Serbian Patriarch GermanIn 2004, he His Grace was elected Bishop of Upper Karlovac. He was forced to flee his diocese with his flock in 1995 during Banat, following the ethnic cleansing election of SlavoniaHrizostom, Dalmatia and Lika committed by Croatian and NATO forces. After a brief stay in the Zica diocese, he who was elected then Bishop of Australia and New Zealand and enthroned in January 2000Banat, to the vacant Žica diocese.
In 2004, His Grace was elected Bishop of Banat, following the election of then Bishop of Banat Hrizostom to the vacant Zica diocese.{{AusEpisStub}}
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before=Simeon (Zloković)<!-- (1951-1990) --->|title=Bishop of Upper Karlovac|years=1991-1999|after=Gerasim (Popovic)<!-- (2005- present) --->}}{{succession|before=[[Longin Luke (KrcoKovačević) of America and CanadaWestern Europe|LonginLuke (Kovačević)]](Patriarchal)<br>[[Sava (Jurić) of Slavonia|Sava (Jurić)]] (New Gracanica)|
title=Bishop of Australia and New Zealand (Serbian)|
years=2000-2004|
after=[[Milutin (Knezevic) of Australia and New Zealand|Milutin(Knezević)]] }}
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before=''unknown''Hrizostom|
title=Bishop of Banat|
years=2004-present|
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