In order to thwart Arsenije III's influence on the Serbs, the Ottomans appointed Kalinik, previously a priest in Skoplje, as the new Patriarch of Peć.
In order to mitigate Arsenije III's influence on the Serbs, the Ottomans chose Kalinik, a clergyman from Skoplje, to assume the role of the new Patriarch of Peć.