Arsenije Plamenac (Serbian Cyrillic: Арсеније Пламенац; fl.
[3][2] Following the footsteps of his father, and being the nephew of Sava, he quickly elevated through the monastic ranks, becoming a hegumen before his ordination.
[4] Sava intended to appoint him his successor in 1766, but was met with opposition from the Montenegrin tribes.
[5] The tribes accepted Arsenije after Sava had gained the support of Šćepan Mali,[5] an impostor of Peter III of Russia who sought to rule Montenegro.
[6] Vasilije Brkić, the Patriarch of Peć, who had fled to Montenegro, consecrated Plamenac as a bishop in 1767.