John of Debar

John of Debar (Bulgarian: Йоан Дебърски; fl.[3] He remained in office, becoming the first Archbishop of Ohrid, after the fall of the First Bulgarian Empire to Byzantium.[4] When in 1018 Emperor Basil II managed to conquer Bulgaria, he issued a decree to downgrade the Patriarchate of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church to the Archbishopric of Ohrid, which remained autocephalous and corresponded to the newly formed theme of Bulgaria.[5][6] According to 17th-century French historian du Cange, John was born in a village around the town of Debar in today North Macedonia and had been a hegumen in a Debar monastery.You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.This article about an Eastern Orthodox bishop is a stub.
BulgarianclergymanEmperor Samuel of BulgariaSrđan PirivatrićArchbishop of OhridFirst Bulgarian EmpireByzantiumBasil IIconquer BulgariaBulgarian Orthodox ChurchArchbishopric of Ohridtheme of Bulgariadu CangeNorth MacedoniahegumenEastern Orthodox