Bogdan Zimonjić, ( sr-cyr, Богдан Зимоњић; 1813 – 21 January 1909) was a

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priest and Vojvoda (military commander) in two major uprisings against the

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in 19th-century Herzegovina: in 1852–62, and 1875–78. He is mentioned in archival sources along with other Serbian freedom-fighting priests, including Jovica Ilić and his associates Pavle Tvrtković, Mile Vitković, and Stevan Avramović, who rebelled against the occupiers, and another priest, Petko Jagodić of

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, who led the next revolt, while history records further armed clashes led by priests Mile Čulibrk, Marko Popović, Vaso Kovačević, and Gaćina. His son Petar Zimonjić, the metropolitan of Dabar-Bosnia, was killed by the

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regime in the

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in June 1941.

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1971. JLZ, Tom 8, Zagreb. {{DEFAULTSORT:Zimonjic, Bogdan 1813 births 1909 deaths Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina 19th-century Serbian people Serbian military leaders Serbian revolutionaries People from Gacko Serbian Orthodox clergy Armed priests