Montenegro Church Records

For information about records for non-Christian religions in Montenegro, go to the Religious Records page.

Online Resources and Websites

 * 1610-1831: Parish registers, 1610-1831 at FamilySearch Catalog

Historical Background
The Catholic Church in Montenegro is a part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. There are 21,299 Catholics in Montenegro, and they form three and a half percent of the population. Most Catholics are ethnic Albanians and Croats as well as some Montenegrins.

Information Recorded in the Records
These parish records often include ecclesiastical visitations, decretals, minutes of synods, instructions, chronology, church administrative matters, and confirmations.

Historical Background
Eastern Orthodoxy in Montenegro refers to adherents, religious communities, institutions and organizations of Eastern Orthodox Christianity in Montenegro. It is the largest Christian denomination in the country. According to the latest census of 2011, 446,858 citizens of Montenegro (72.07%) registered as Eastern Orthodox Christians. The majority of Eastern Orthodox people in Montenegro are adherents of the Serbian Orthodox Church. A minor percentage supports the noncanonical and unrecognized Montenegrin Orthodox Church.

Four eparchies (dioceses) of the Serbian Orthodox Church cover the territory of Montenegro, two of them being entirely within its borders, and two partially:


 * Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral, with seat in Cetinje,
 * Eparchy of Budimlja and Nikšić, with seat in Nikšić,
 * Eparchy of Mileševa, partially covers northwestern region of Montenegro and southwestern region of Serbia,
 * Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina, also covers a small region of Sutorina in southwestern corner of Montenegro.

Other Denominations

 * 1794-1796: Kirchenbuch, 1794-1796 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1798-1800: Kirchenbuch, 1798-1800 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1799-1801: Kirchenbuch, 1799-1801 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1815-1913: Kirchenbuch, 1815-1913 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1870-1912: Kirchenbuch, 1870-1912 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1871-1913: Kirchenbuch, 1871-1913 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1878-1881: Kirchenbuch, 1878-1881 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1878-1913: Kirchenbuch, 1878-1913 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1916-1918: Kirchenbuch, 1916-1918 at FamilySearch Catalog
 * 1917-1918: Kirchenbuch, 1917-1918 at FamilySearch Catalog