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Michael
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
ChurchMacedonian
SeeSkopje
Installed4 December 1993
Term ended6 July 1999
Predecessor
SuccessorStephen of Ohrid and Macedonia
Personal details
Born1912
, Ottoman Empire
Died6 July 1999
Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
(present-day North Macedonia)
BuriedChurch "St. Naum of Ohrid", Radišani, Macedonia
NationalityMacedonian
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church

Michael (Macedonian: Архиепископ Охридски и Македонски г.г. Михаил, romanizedArhiepiskop Ohridski i Makedonski g.g. Mihail) was the fourth Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia and once primate of the Macedonian Orthodox Church.

Archbishop Michael was born in Novo Selo, Štip Municipality, Ottoman Empire (present-day North Macedonia) in 1912. He had been a longstanding professor and dean at the theological faculty of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje before being elected as the leader of the Macedonian Orthodox Church on December 4, 1993.

Archbishop Michael died on July 6, 1999, and is remembered for his great oratory.

Preceded by
Archbishop of Ohrid and Macedonia
1993–1999
Succeeded by
Stephen
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