[1] Vitomir Prodanov was born on August 23, 1890, in the village of Bačko Petrovo Selo, then in the Hungarian part of Austria-Hungary.

He continued his higher education in the Serbian Orthodox Theology School in Sremski Karlovci, graduating in 1913.

On 18 August 1917, Prodanov took monastic vows in Bezdin Monastery (in what is now Romania) before Archimandrite Issac Došen and was given the name Vikentije (eng.

He was consecrated by Serbian Patriarch Varnava, assisted by bishops Irinej of Bačka, Serafim of Raška, and Prizren, Sava of Srem, and Platon of Banja Luka.

After World War II, the Communist regime of Yugoslavia did not allow him to return to his duties because they wanted to create a separate Macedonian Orthodox Church.

He placed enormous energy into trying to resolve the problem of Pension Security funds for priests of the Serbian Church.