List of heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church

The heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church and its predecessors in the ancient Georgian Kingdom of Iberia (i.e. Kartli) have borne the title of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1010, except between 1811 and 1917, when the Church was subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church as part of the Russian imperial policies.

The current style of the head of the Church is as follows:

"უწმიდესი და უნეტარესი, სრულიად საქართველოს კათოლიკოს-პატრიარქი, მთავარეპისკოპოსი მცხეთა-თბილისისა და მიტროპოლიტი ბიჭვინთისა და ცხუმ-აფხაზეთის.."

"Utsmindesi da unetaresi, sruliad sakartvelos katolikos-patriarki, mtavarepiskoposi mtskheta-tbilisis da mitropoliti bichvintisa da tskhum-apkhazetis.."

"His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia.."

Archbishops of Mtskheta (326–467)

Order Name of Archbishop Period Notes
1 Ioane I (326–363)
2 Iakobi (363–375)
3 Iobi (375–390)
4 Elia I (390–400)
5 Svimeon I (400–410)
6 Mose (410–425)
7 Iona (425–429)
8 Ieremia (429–433)
9 Grigol I (433–434)
10 Vasili I (434–436)
11 Glonakor (436–448)
12 Iovel I (448–452)
13 Mikael I (452–467)

Catholicoi of Iberia (467–1010)

Order Name of Catholicos Period Notes
14 Petre I (467–474)
15 Samoel I (474–502)
16 Gabriel I (502–510)
17 Tavfechag I (510–516)
18 Chirmagi–Chigirmane (516–523)
19 Saba I (523–532)
20 Evlavi (532–544)
21 Samoel II (544–553)
22 Makari (553–569)
23 Svimeon II (569–575)
24 Samoel III (575–582)
25 Samoel IV (582–591)
26 Bartlome (591–595)
27 Kirion I (595–610)
28 Ioane II (610–619)
29 Babila (619–629)
30 Tabor (629–634)
31 Samoel V (634–640)
32 Evnon (640–649)
33 Tavfechag II (649–664)
34 Evlale (664–668)
35 Iovel II (668–670)
36 Samoel VI (670–677)
37 Giorgi I (677–678)
38 Kirion II (678–683)
39 Izid–Bozidi (683–685)
40 Teodore I (Teodose) (685–689)
41 Petre (Svimeoni) II (689–720)
42 Talale (720–731)
43 Mamai (731–744)
44 Ioane III (744–760)
45 Grigol II (760–767)
46 Sarmeane (767–774)
47 Mikael II (774–780)
48 Samoel VII (780–790)
49 Kirile (791–802)
50 Grigol III (802–814)
51 Samoel VIII (814–826)
52 Giorgi II (826–838)
53 Gabriel II (838–850)
54 Ilarion I (850–860)
55 Arsen I (860–887)
56 Evsuki (887–900)
57 Klementos (900–914)
58 Basili II (914–930)
59 Mikael III (930–944)
60 Davit I (944–955)
61 Arseni II (955–980)
62 Oqropiri (Ioane I) (980–1001)
63 Svimeon III (1001)

Catholicos-Patriarchs of Georgia (1010–1811)

Order Name of Catholicos-Patriarch Period Notes
64 St. Melkisedek I 1001–1030
65 Okropir (Ioane) II 1031–1039
66 Melkisedek I 1039–1045 restored
67 Okropir (Ioane) II 1045–1049 restored
68 Ekvtime I 1049–1055
69 Giorgi III (Taoeli) 1055–1065
70 Gabriel III (Safareli) 1065–1080
71 Dimitri 1080–1090
72 Basili III (Karichisdze) 1090–1100
73 Ioane IV (Sapareli) 1100–1142
74 Svimeon IV (Gulaberisdze) 1142–1146
75 Saba II 1146–1150
76 Nikoloz I (Gulaberidze) 1150–1178
77 Michael IV 1178–1186
78 Theodore II 1186–1206
79 Basil IV 1206–1208
80 John VII 1208–1210
81 Epiphane 1210–1220
82 Ekvtime II 1220–1222
83 Arseni III 1222–1225
84 Giorgi IV 1225–1230
85 Arseni IV (Bulmaisisdze) 1230–1240
86 Nikoloz II 1240–1280
87 Abraam I 1280–1310
88 Ekvtime III 1310–1325
89 Mikel V 1325–1330
90 Basil V 1330–1350
91 Doroteoz I 1350–1356
92 Shio I 1356–1364
93 Nikoloz III 1364–1380
94 Giorgi V 1380–1399
95 Elioz (Gobirakhisdze) 1399–1411
96 Mikel VI 1411–1426
97 David II 1426–1428
98 Teodore III 1428–1435
99 David III 1435–1439
100 Shio II 1439–1443/47
101 David IV 1443/47–1459
102 Markoz 1460–1466
103 Davit IV 1466–1479
104 Evagre 1480–1492
105 Abraam II (Abalaki) 1492–1497
106 Efrem I 1497–1500
107 Evagre 1500–1503 restored
108 Doroteoz II 1503–1510
109 Dionise 1510–1511
110 Doroteoz II 1511–1516 restored
111 Basil VI 1517–1528
112 Malachia 1528–1538
113 Melkisedek II (Bagrationi) 1538–1541
114 Germene 1541–1547
115 Svimeon V 1547–1550
116 Zebede I 1550–1557
117 Domenti I 1557–1562
118 Nikoloz IV (Baratashvili) 1562–1584
119 St. Nikoloz V 1584–1591
120 Doriteoz III 1592–1599
121 Domenti II 1599–1603
122 Zebede II 1603–1610
123 Ioane VI (Avalishvili) 1610–1613
124 Kristefore I 1613–1622
125 Zachary 1623–1630
126 St. Evdemoz I (Diasamidze) 1630–1638
127 Kristefore II (Amilakhvari) 1638–1660
128 Domenti III 1660–1675
129 Nikoloz VI (Magaladze) 1675–1676
130 Nikoloz VII (Amilakhvari) 1676–1687
131 Ioan VII (Diasamidze) 1687–1691
132 Nikoloz VII (Amilakhvari) 1691–1695 restored
133 Ioan VII (Diasamidze) 1696–1700 restored
134 Evdemoz II (Diasamidze) 1700–1703
135 Domenti IV 1704–1725
136 Besarion (Orbeliani) 1725–1737
137 Kirile 1737–1739
138 Domenti IV 1739–1741 restored
139 Nikoloz VIII (Kherkheulidze) 1742–1744
140 Anton I 1744–1755
141 Ioseb (Jandieri) 1755–1764
142 Anton I 1764–1788 restored
143 St. Anton II 1788–1811

Exarchs of Georgia (1811–1917)

Autocephalous status abolished and administration placed under the Russian Orthodox Church, 1811–1917

Order Name of Exarch Period Notes
1 Metropolitan Barlaam (Eristavi) 1811–1817
2 Metropolitan Theophilact (Rusanov) 1817–1821
3 Metropolitan Jonah (Vasilevsky) 1821–1832
4 Archbishop Moses (Bogdanov-Platonov) 1832–1834
5 Archbishop Eugene (Baganov) 1834–1844
6 Archbishop Isidore (Nikolsky) 1844–1858
7 Archbishop Ebsebius (Ilinsky) 1858–1877
8 Archbishop Joannicius (Rudnev) 1877–1882
9 Archbishop Paul (Lebedev) 1882–1887
10 Archbishop Palladius (Rayev) 1887–1892
11 Archbishop Vladimir (Bogoyavlensky) 1892–1898
12 Archbishop Flavian (Gorodetsky) 1898–1901
13 Archbishop Alexis I (Opotsky) 1901–1905
14 Archbishop Nicholas (Nalimov) 1905–1906
15 Archbishop Nikon (Sofiisky) 1906–1908
16 Archbishop Innocent (Beliaev) 1909–1913
17 Archbishop Alexis II (Molchanov) 1913–1914
18 Archbishop Piterim (Oknov) 1914–1915
19 Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky) 1915–1917 Primus (chairman) of the Russian Most Holy Synod

Catholicos-Patriarchs of All Georgia (1917–present)

Order Portrait English Georgian Dates Notes
144 Kyrion II კირიონ II 1917–1918 Assassinated under mysterious circumstances. Canonized as a Georgian Orthodox saint in 2002.
145 Leonid ლეონიდე 1918–1921
146 Ambrosius ამბროსი 1921–1927 Canonized as a Georgian Orthodox saint in 1995.[1]
147 Christophorus III ქრისტეფორე III 1927–1932
148 Callistratus კალისტრატე 1932–1952 Canonized as a Georgian Orthodox saint in 2016.[2]
149 Melchizedek III მელქისედეკ III 1952–1960
150 Ephraim II ეფრემ II 1960–1972
151 David V დავით V 1972–1977
152 Ilia II ილია II 1977–2026

Timeline

References

  1. ^ "Mikheil Saakashvili – Georgia will not kneel, or lick the conqueror's boots". InterPressNews. 26 October 2013. Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2015.
  2. ^ "წმინდა სინოდმა წმინდანებად ორი მეფე - ბაგრატ მესამე და სოლომონ პირველი, ასევე, კათოლიკოს-პატრიარქი კალისტრატე ცინცაძე". Georgian Times. 22 December 2016. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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