List of heads of the Georgian Orthodox Church

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The heads of the

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 colonial policies
.

The current style of the head of the Georgian Orthodox 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)

  • Ioane I (326–363)
  • 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)

Catholicos-Patriarchs of Georgia (1010–1811)

  • St. 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)
  • Michael IV (1178–1186)
  • Theodore II (1186–1206)
  • Basil IV (1206–1208)
  • John VII (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)
  • David II (1426–1428)
  • Teodore III (1428–1435)
  • David III (1435–1439)
  • Shio II (1439–1443/47 )
  • David IV (1443/47–1459)
  • 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)
  • Malachia (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)
  • St. 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)
  • Zachary (1623-1630)
  • St. Evdemoz I (Diasamidze) (1630–1638)
  • Kristefore II (Urdubegisdze Amilakhvari) (1638–1660)
  • Domenti III (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 (Diasamidze) (1700–1703)
  • Domenti IV (1704–1725)
  • Besarion (Orbeliani) (1725–1737)
  • Kirile (1737–1739)
    • Domenti IV (1739–1741), restored
  • Nikoloz VIII (Kherkheulidze) (1742–1744)
  • Anton I (1744–1755)
  • Ioseb (Jandieri) (1755–1764)
  • Ioseb of Abkhazia (1769-1776)
  • St. Anton II (1788–1811)

Exarchs of Georgia (1811–1917)

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

  • Metropolitan Barlaam (Eristavi) (1811–1817)
  • Metropolitan Theophilact (Rusanov) (1817–1821)
  • Metropolitan Jonah (Vasilevsky) (1821–1834)
  • Archbishop Moses (Bogdanov-Platonov) (1832–1834)
  • Archbishop Eugene (Baganov) (1834–1844)
  • Archbishop Isidore (Nikolsky) (1844–1858)
  • Archbishop Ebsebius (Ilinsky) (1858–1877)
  • Archbishop Joannicius (Rudnev) (1877–1882)
  • Archbishop Paul (Lebedev) (1882–1887)
  • Archbishop Palladius (Raev) (1887–1892)
  • Archbishop Vladimir (Bogojavlensky) (1892–1898)
  • Archbishop Flavian (Gorodetsky) (1898–1901)
  • Archbishop Alexis I (Opotsky) (1901–1905)
  • Archbishop Nicholas (Nalimov) (1905–1906)
  • Archbishop Nikon (Sofiisky) (1906–1908)
  • Archbishop Innocent (Beliaev) (1909–1913)
  • Archbishop Alexis II (Molchanov) (1913–1914)
  • Archbishop Piterim (Oknov) (1914–1915)
  • Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky) (1915–1917), Primus (chairman) of the Russian Holy Synod

Catholicos-Patriarchs of All Georgia (1917–present)

External links

  • კარბელაშვილი, პოლიევკტოს (1900). იერარქია საქართველოს ეკკლესიისა: კათოლიკოსნი და მღვდელთ-მთავარნი (PDF) (in Georgian). თფილისი: სტამბა მ. შარაძისა და ამხანაგობისა.