Eparchy of Osječko polje and Baranja

Osječko polje (lit. Osijek field) is an old name created in the first years of the 18th century, the area that included the entire area around the city of Osijek and the region between the lower course of the Drava and Danube river and practically whole flow of the river Vuka.{{Cite web |url=http://www.eparhija-osjeckopoljskabaranjska.hr/CMS/0089/Default.aspx?EID=566 |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220112218/http://www.eparhija-osjeckopoljskabaranjska.hr/CMS/0089/Default.aspx?EID=566 |archive-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}

Because Osijek field lies on the border of Syrmia, Baranja and Slavonia, it was added, sometimes to one and sometimes to the other of three neighboring Eparchies, while sometimes it had its own bishop.

In 1710, the Church Parliament in Monastery Krušedol elected Bishop Sofronije as Bishop for all Serbs under Habsburg authority, and Eparchy of Osječko polje provided care to the newly elected Bishop Nicanor Melentijević.

It remained an independent diocese up to 1733, when it was abolished and its Hungarian part was attached to the Eparchy of Budapest, while its Slavonian part to the Syrmian archdiocese. Patriarch Arsenije IV Jovanović Šakabenta handed Eparchy of Osječko polje in 1746 to his Bishop Jovan Georgijević. The residence of Bishop Jovan was in Osijek, where Eparchy then had two houses.

Archbishops Synod after the election of a new Metropolitan in 1748 joined this Eparchy again to the Eparchy of Slavonia-Pakrac.

From 1758 the Eparchy definitely came into the composition of Syrmian diocese till the year 1991. Holy Assembly of the Serbian Orthodox Church in 1991 renewed Osječko polje eparchy and joined the whole Baranja to it, so the eparchy got its present name: Osječko Polje and Baranja Eparchy.

• Church of the Saint Archangel Michael, Beli Manastir{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/crkve-svetog-arhangela-mihaila-beli-manastir-cepin-darda-i-ilok/ |title=Crkve svetog arhangela Mihaila: Beli Manastir, Čepin, Darda i Ilok |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of the Transfer of the relics of the Holy Father Nicholas, Bijelo Brdo{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/pravoslavni-hramovi-u-boboti-i-bijelom-brdu/ |title=Pravoslavni hramovi u Boboti i Bijelom Brdu |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Bijelo Brdo{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/saborni-hram-u-osijeku-manastirska-crkva-na-daljskoj-vodici-i-hram-u-sarengradu/ |title=Saborni hram u Osijeku, manastirska crkva na daljskoj "Vodici" i hram u Šarengradu |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of St. George, Bobota
• Church of St. Peter and Paul, Bolman
• Church of St. Stephen, Borovo
• Church of St. Stefan Dečanski, Borovo Naselje{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/hramovi-u-borovu-naselju-popovcu-knezevim-vinogradima-i-cakovcu/ |title=Pravoslavni hramovi u Borovu Naselju, Popovcu, Kneževim Vinogradima i Čakovcima |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of the Saint Archangel Gabriel, Bršadin{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/crkve-u-brsadinu-erdutu-i-bolmanu/ |title=Crkve u Bršadinu, Erdutu i Bolmanu |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Budimci{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/hramovi-vaznesenja-gospodnjeg-trpinja-petrovci-budimci-i-mohovo/ |title=Hramovi Vaznesenja Gospodnjeg – Trpinja, Petrovci, Budimci i Mohovo |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of the Presentation of Mary, Čakovci
• Church of the Saint Archangel Michael, Čepin (destroyed in 1992)
• Church of St. Demetrius, Dalj (Eparchy's cathedral)
• Church of the Saint Archangel Michael, Darda
• Church of the Saint Archangel Gabriel, Erdut
• Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Gaboš
• Church of St. Nicholas, Jagodnjak
• Church of St. Stefan Štiljanović, Karanac
• Church of the Presentation of Mary, Kneževi Vinogradi{{cite web |url=https://knezevi-vinogradi.hr/udruga/srpska-pravoslavna-crkva-vavedenja-presvete-bogorodice/ |title=Srpska pravoslavna crkva Vavedenja Presvete Bogorodice |publisher=Kneževi Vinogradi Municipality |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of St. George, Kneževo
• Church of St. George, Marinci{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/1360-2/ |title=Crkve u Veri, Kneževu, Marincima i Opatovcu |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of Pentecost, Markušica
• Church of St. Nicholas, Mikluševci
• Church of St. Nicholas, Mirkovci
• Church of St. Panteleimon, Mirkovci
• Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Mohovo
• Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos, Negoslavci
• Church of St. Elijah, Novi Jankovci
• Church of St. George, Opatovac
• Church of St. Peter and Paul, Orolik
• Church of the Dormition of the Mother of God, Osijek
• Church of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist, Ostrovo
• Church of St. Nicholas, Pačetin
• Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Petrova Slatina
• Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Petrovci
• Church of the Presentation of Mary, Popovac
• Church of St. Elijah, Silaš{{cite web |url=https://www.sodolovci.hr/kultura-i-turizam/srpska-pravoslavna-parohija-u-silasu/ |title=Srpska pravoslavna parohija u Silašu |publisher=Šodolovci Municipality |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of St. Nicholas, Sotin{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/tenja-i-mirkovci-hramovi-prenosa-mostiju-svetog-nikolaja/ |title=Tenja i Mirkovci: Hramovi prenosa moštiju svetog Nikolaja |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos, Srijemske Laze
• Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Šarengrad{{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/liturgijsko-okupljanje-na-saboru-u-sarengradu/ |title=Liturgijsko okupljanje na saboru u Šarengradu |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of St. Nicholas, Tenja
• Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord, Trpinja
• Church of Pentecost, Vinkovci
• Church of St. Peter and Paul, Vladislavci{{cite web |url=https://opcina-vladislavci.hr/pravoslavna-crkva-dopsin/ |title=Parohijska crkva |publisher=Vladislavci Municipality |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Church of St Nicholas, Vukovar
• Church of the Holy Venerable Mother Parascheva, Vukovar
• Church of St. Elijah, Uglješ (in construction){{cite web |url=https://srbi.hr/u-ugljesu-osveceni-krstovi-novopodignutog-hrama/ |title=U Uglješu osvećeni krstovi novopodignutog hrama |publisher=Srbi.hr |access-date=22 March 2021}}
• Monastery of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mother of God in Dalj Planina

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• List of the Eparchies of the Serbian Orthodox Church

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