PLATON ATANACKOVIĆ, Secular name Pavle Bishop, writer and public benefactor; (b. Sombor, 29 June 1787 – d. Novi Sad, 9/21 April 1867)

Bishop of Bačka

Membership of Society Of Serbian Letters (SSL): honorary member from 11 June 1842

Membership of Serbian Learned Society (SLS): honorary member inducted on 29 July 1864

Biography, bibliography: Lovčević I, 20. – EJ 1 (A. Forišković). – Srpski jerarsi, 406–409 (S. Vuković). – Pomenik, 19–24 (M. Đ. Milićević). – D. Kirilović: Katalog biblioteke Matice Srpske. Vol. 2. Matica Srpska, 1955.

Obituary: Glas. DSS 21 (1867) 368–371.

Photograph: SANU–FD 18 (portrait, oil, Novak Radonić, property of the National Museum in Belgrade; other portrait in Bačka eparchy)