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Sarah Mullally is enthroned as the first female primate of the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.

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Sarah Mullally is enthroned as the first female primate of the Church of England and Archbishop of Canterbury.

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1929

Bishop is Enthroned

BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, September 20 – Enthronement of the first Protestant bishop in Yugoslavia took place yesterday at the important town of Stara Pazova. The representatives of many Evangelical churches, delegates of the Serbian Orthodox Church, foreign delegates and a large crowd attended. The number of professionals in the Kingdom was 216,847, or 2 per cent of the population in the 1921 census.

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Evening star. (Washington, D.C.), September 20, 1929 — front page Enlarge →

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1931 Yugoslav Constitution

The 1931 Yugoslav Constitution, also known as the September Constitution or Octroic constitution, was the second and final Constitution of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Alexander I of Yugoslavia issued the constitution by decree on 3 September 1931. Chapter 2: Elementary Rights and Duties of the Citizen provides the rights of equal protection, petition, and trial, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of association.

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Assassination of Alexander I of Yugoslavia

King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated on October 9, 1934, in Marseille, France, by perpetrators associated with IMRO and Ustaše organizations. The assassination resulted in Alexander's death from gunshot wounds and led to his young son Peter II taking the Yugoslav throne under the regency of Prince Paul.

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Varnava, Serbian Patriarch – Life and the Concordat Crisis

Varnava Rosić (September 11, 1880 – July 24, 1937) was the Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church from 1930 to 1937. Varnava was a leading figure during the Concordat crisis, where the Serbian Orthodox bishops opposed the adoption of a concordat between the Holy See and Yugoslavia in the Yugoslav assembly.

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