[2] Stojković was born on 28 October 1804 in Mokrin, where his father Trifun was a deacon and teacher.
After graduating from the Theological College he studied philosophy in Szeged and law in Pest.
After the death of Bishop Georgije Hranislav, he administered the Diocese of Bačka for eight years.
[3] He was elected bishop of Buda on November 10, 1852, and was consecrated by the patriarch Josif Rajačić on 28 April 1853 in the church of Karlovac.
[citation needed] He died on March 29, 1892, in Szentendre and was buried there in the Cathedral of the Serbian Orthodox Church.