Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina Eparchy of Zahumlje and Herzegovina The Eparchy of Zahumlje, Herzegovina and the Littoral () is an eparchy (diocese) of the Serbian Orthodox Church with its seat in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It has jurisdiction over the region of Herzegovina, the littoral region of southern Dalmatia in Croatia and a small part of Montenegro. Since 1999, the Bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina has been Grigorije Durić. The region was under the Eastern Orthodox Metropolitanate of Dyrrachium, which in turn was under the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. In 1089, the see of Trebinje ("Travunia") was briefly theoretically under the jurisdiction of the
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbs were forced to relocate to Serbia proper, Montenegro and Vojvodina. Having lived throughout much of Bosnia-Herzegovina prior to the Bosnian War, the majority now live in the Republika Srpska. According to the report by the Bosnia and Herzegovina statistics office, on the census of 2013 there were 1,086,733 Serbs living in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Serbs settled the Balkans in the 6th and 7th centuries. According to "De Administrando Imperio" (ca. 960), the Serbs had settled what is now Bosnia and Herzegovina. They inhabited and ruled "Serbia", which included "Bosnia" (with two inhabited cities; Kotor and Desnik), and "Rascia", and