Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia

The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia is the head of the Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church. The Catholicos-Patriarch is also Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi and head of the Holy Synod. Ilia II has been Catholicos-Patriarch since 1977.

Catholicos-Patriarch has been the title of the heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church since 1010. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia was Melkisedek I (1010-1030). In the 15th century the Georgian Orthodox Church was divided into the East and the West parts and accordingly they were ruled by the Catholicos-Patriarch of East Georgia and the Catholicos-Patriarch of West Georgia.

In 1801 the Kingdom of Kartl-Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) was occupied and annexed by the Tsarist Russian Empire. In 1811, the Autocephalous status (independence) of the Georgian Church was abolished by Russia and the Russian Orthodox Church took over its administration.

In 1917 the autocephaly of the Georgian Orthodox Church was restored. The first Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since the restoration of autocephaly was Kirion III Sadzaglishvili (1917-1918).

List of Catholicoi-Patriarchs of All Georgia

Archbishops of Mtskheta, 335-467

*Ioane I (335-363)
*Iakobi (363-375)
*Iobi (375-390)
*Elia I (390-400)
*Svimeon I (400-410)
*Mose (410-425)
*Iona (425-429)
*Ieremia (429-433)
*Grigol I (433-434)
*Vasili I (434-436)
*Glonakor (436-448)
*Iovel I (448-452)
*Mikael I (452-467)

Catholicoi of Iberia, 467-1010

*Petre I (467-474)
*Samoel I (474-502)
*Gabriel I (502-510)
*Tavfechag I (510-516)
*Chirmagi-Chigirmane (516-523)
*Saba I (523-532)
*Evlavi (532-544)
*Samoel II (544-553)
*Makari (553-569)
*Svimeon II (569-575)
*Samoel III (575-582)
*Samoel IV (582-591)
*Bartlome (591-595)
*Kirion I (595-610)
*Ioane II (610-619)
*Babila (619-629)
*Tabor (629-634)
*Samoel V (634-640)
*Evnon (640-649)
*Tavfechag II (649-664)
*Evlale (664-668)
*Iovel II (668-670)
*Samoel VI (670-677)
*Giorgi I (677-678)
*Kirion II (678-683)
*Izid-Bozidi (683-685)
*Teodore I (Teodose) (685-689)
*Petre (Svimeoni) II (689-720)
*Talale (720-731)
*Mamai (731-744)
*Ioane III (744-760)
*Grigol II (760-767)
*Sarmeane (767-774)
*Mikael II (774-780)
*Samoel VII (780-790)
*Kirile (791-802)
*Grigol III (802-814)
*Samoel VIII (814-826)
*Giorgi II (826-838)
*Gabriel II (838-850)
*Ilarion I (850-860)
*Arsen I (860-887)
*Evsuki (887-900)
*Klementos (900-914)
*Basili II (914-930)
*Mikael III (930-944)
*Davit I (944-955)
*Arseni II (955-980)
*Oqropiri (Ioane I) (980-1001)
*Svimeon III (1001)

=Catholico-Patriarchs of the Georgian Orthodox Church, 1010-1811=

*Melkisedek I (1001-1030)
*Okropir (Ioane) II (1031-1039)
**Melkisedek I (1039-1045), restored
**Okropir (Ioane) II (1045-1049), restored
*Ekvtime I (1049-1055)
*Giorgi III Taoeli (1055-1065)
*Gabriel III Safareli (1065-1080)
*Dimitri (1080-1090)
*Basili III Karichisdze (1090-1100)
*Ioane IV Safareli (1100-1142)
*Svimeon IV Gulaberisdze (1142-1146)
*Saba II (1146-1150)
*Nikoloz I Gulaberize (1150-1178)
*Mikel IV (1178-1186)
*Teodore II (1186-1206)
*Basili IV (1206-1208)
*Ioane V (1208-1210)
*Epiphane (1210-1220)
*Ekvtime II (1220-1222)
*Arseni III (1222-1225)
*Giorgi IV (1225-1230)
*Arseni IV Bulmaisisdze (1230-1240)
*Nikoloz II (1240-1280)
*Abraam I (1280-1310)
*Ekvtime III (1310-1325)
*Mikel V (1325-1330)
*Basil V (1330-1350)
*Doroteoz I (1350-1356)
*Shio I (1356-1364)
*Nikoloz III (1364-1380)
*Giorgi V (1380-1399)
*Elioz Gobirakhisdze (1399-1411)
*Mikel VI (1411-1426)
*Davit II (1426-1430)
*Teodore III (1430-1435)
*Davit III Gobeladze (1435-1439)
*Shio II (1440-1443)
**Davit III Gobeladze (1443-1459), restored
*Markoz (1460-1466)
*Davit IV (1466-1479)
*Evagre (1480-1492)
*Abraam II Abalaki (1492-1497)
*Efrem I (1497-1500)
**Evagre (1500-1503), restored
*Doroteoz II (1503-1510)
*Dionise (1510-1511)
**Doroteoz II (1511-1516), restored
*Basil VI (1517-1528)
*Malakia (1528-1538)
*Melkisedek II Bagrationi (1538-1541)
*Germene (1541-1547)
*Svimeon V (1547-1550)
*Zebede I (1550-1557)
*Domenti I (1557-1562)
*Nikoloz IV Baratashvili (1562-1584)
*Nikoloz V (1584-1591)
*Doriteoz III (1592-1599)
*Domenti II (1599-1603)
*Zebede II (1603-1610)
*Ioane VI Avalishvili (1610-1613)
*Kristefore I (1613-1622)
*Zakaria Jorjadze (1623-1630)
*Evdemoz I Diasamidze (1630-1638)
*Kristefore II Urdubegisdze Amilakhvari (1638-1660)
*Domenti II Kaikhosro Mukhran Batonisdze (1660-1675)
*Nikoloz VI Magaladze (1675-1676)
*Nikoloz VII Amilakhvari (1676-1687)
*Ioan VII Diasamidze (1687-1691)
**Nikoloz VII Amilakhvari (1691-1695), restored
**Ioan VII Diasamidze (1696-1700), restored
*Evdemoz II Diasamize (1700-1703)
*Domenti III (1704-1725)
*Besarion Orbeliani (1725-1737)
*Kirile (1737-1739)
**Domenti III (1739-1741), restored
*Nikoloz VII Kherkheulidze (1742-1744)
*Anton I Didi (1744-1755)
*Ioseb Jandieri (1755-1764)
**Anton I Didi (1764-1788), restored
*Anton II (1788-1811)

Exarchs of Georgia, 1811-1917

"Autocephalous status abolished and administration placed under the Russian Orthodox Church, 1811-1917"
*Varlam Eristavi (1811-1817)
*Teopilakte Rusanov (1817-1821)
*Iona Vasilevsky (1821-1834)
*Mose Bogdanov-Platonov (1832-1834)
*Yevgeni Baganov (1834-1844)
*Isidore Nikolsky (1844-1858)
*Evsevi Ilinsky (1858-1877)
*Ioanike Rudnev (1877-1882)
*Pavel Lebedev (1882-1887)
*Palladi Raev (1887-1892)
*Vladimir Bogojavlensky (1892-1898)
*Flabiane Gorodetsky (1898-1901)
*Aleksey I. Opotsky (1901-1905)
*Nikolay Nalimov (1905-1906)
*Nikon Sofiisky (1906-1908)
*Innokenty Beliaev (1909-1913)
*Aleksey II. Molchanov (1913-1914)
*Piterim Oknov (1914-1915)
*Platon Rozhdestvensky (1915-1917)

Catholicoi-Patriarchs of All Georgia, since 1917

*Kirion II Sadzaglishvili (1917-1918)
*Leonide (1918-1921)
*Ambrosi Khelaia (1921-1927)
*Kristefore III Tsitskishvili (1927-1932)
*Kalistrate Tsintsadze (1932-1952)
*Melkisedek III Pkhaladze (1952-1960)
*Efrem II Sidamonidze (1960-1972)
*Davit V Devdariani (1972-1977)
*Ilia II (1977-Present)

ee also

*Patriarchs
*Eastern Orthodoxy
*Catholicate of Abkhazia