The Croatian Orthodox Church was established on 3 April 1942 by the Ustashe government of Ante Pavelić of the Independent State of Croatia.

The final structure of this organisation was established in June 1942, and Germogen was named head of the Croatian Church on 2 June and enthroned at a ceremony presided over by Patriarch of All Romania Nicodim in the Church of the Holy Transfiguration in Zagreb on 7 June 1942 in presence of top officials of the Independent State of Croatia.

He chose a new name, Germogen, as metropolitan of Zagreb and Croatia.
He took the ecclesiastical oath a day later.
He was immediately condemned by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and expelled from its Synod.
Patriarch Germogen was, along with other leaders of his organisation, decorated by Pavelić with the Order for Merits.
The Croatian Orthodox Church was established on 3 April 1942 by the Ustashe government of Ante Pavelić of the Independent State of Croatia.
The final structure of this organisation was established in June 1942, and Germogen was named head of the Croatian Church on 2 June and enthroned at a ceremony presided over by Patriarch of All Romania Nicodim in the Church of the Holy Transfiguration in Zagreb on 7 June 1942 in presence of top officials of the Independent State of Croatia. 
He chose a new name, Germogen, as metropolitan of Zagreb and Croatia. He took the ecclesiastical oath a day later. He was immediately condemned by the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad and expelled from its Synod. Patriarch Germogen was, along with other leaders of his organisation, decorated by Pavelić with the Order for Merits.
Germogen (Maximov)