Epifanije Stefanović

Epifanije Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Епифаније Стефановић) was a Serbian Orthodox Archbishop of Dalmatia who, in 1648, entered a failed communion with the Catholic Church. During the Cretan War (1645–69), mid-1648, Stefanović and fifteen other priests from the Krka monastery led reportedly up to 10 thousand Orthodox people (most probably an exaggeration) into Venetian Dalmatia. They were gifted a small church of St. Mary of Malinska near Zadar (but received only temporary in 1655). In early November 1648, Stefanović and the priests signed a communion with the Catholic Church, with preserved Stefanović letters and stamps. His emissary was in Rome in mid-November, and early December the case was discussed by the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. However, the fate of the union remains uncertain, as there's no information after 1649 (around when happened Stefanović's death).