Jefrem Milutinović

Jefrem Milutinović (Serbian: Јефрем Милутиновић; Busnovi, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 15 April 1944), born Mile Milutinović, is a Serbian Orthodox prelate. He is the sixth bishop of the Eparchy of Banja Luka. He was consecrated Bishop of Banja Luka in 1980, and before the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars he spoke for peace and tolerance.

He became a monk at Liplje Monastery in the Banja Luka episcopate. Upon graduating from Theological Academy in Moscow with a Ph.D. in theology in 1975, Milutinović performed duties as a teacher and counselor at the Theological Seminary of the Holy Three Hierarchs in the Krka Monastery. In 1978, at the St. Michael Cathedral in Belgrade, he was elevated to the rank of bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church. He became bishop of Banja Luka in 1980,