Hilarion Samkharadze

Life

Born

21 November 1937

Consecrated bishop

24 May 1975

Made archbishop

24 May 1975

Retired

1978

Died

5 December 2016

Sees

1. 24 May 1975 – 27 July 1978

   Archbishop of Bodbe

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 27 July 1978 – 5 December 2016

   Former Archbishop of Bodbe

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 24 May 1975 by:

• Elias II Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, b. 1933
• Roman Petriashvili Metropolitan of Batumi, 1887–1979
• Gaios Keratishvili Metropolitan of Urbnisi, 1945–2016

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. Hilarion Samkharadze Archbishop of Bodbe consecrated 24 May 1975
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