Saint Ambrose Khelaya

Life

Born

7 September 1861

Ordained priest

1887

Monastic tonsure

11 February 1900

Made archimandrite

1902

Consecrated bishop

15 October 1917

Made metropolitan

15 October 1917

Became patriarch

7 September 1921

Retired

12 January 1923

Died

29 March 1927

Canonized

date unknown

Sees

1. 15 October 1917 – 1919

   Metropolitan of Chkondidi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 1919 – 7 September 1921

   Metropolitan of Sukhumi and Abkhazia

   Patriarchate of Georgia

3. 7 September 1921 – 12 January 1923

   Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

4. 12 January 1923 – 29 March 1927

   Former Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 15 October 1917. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 1921Christopher III Tsitskishvili Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, 1873–1932
• 15 October 1921John Margishvili Metropolitan of Bodbe, 1874–1929
• 8 November 1925Alexios Gersamia Bishop of Tsilkani, 1865–1938

Sources

Also in: Wikidata