Lazaros Samadbegishvili

Life

Born

20 August 1955

Consecrated bishop

11 June 2014

Died

20 November 2020

Sees

1. 11 June 2014 – 2 January 2017

   Bishop of Austria

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 2 January 2017 – 20 November 2020

   Bishop of Borjomi and Bakuriani

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 11 June 2014 by:

• Elias II Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, b. 1933

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 4 generations back to Ambrose Khelaya; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. Lazaros Samadbegishvili Bishop of Borjomi and Bakuriani consecrated 11 June 2014
2. Elias II Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, b. 1933 consecrated 26 August 1963
3. Ephrem II Sidamonidze Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, 1896–1972 consecrated 2 October 1927
4. Christopher III Tsitskishvili Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, 1873–1932 consecrated 1921
5. Ambrose Khelaya Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, 1861–1927 consecrated 15 October 1917

Sources

Also in: Wikidata