John Margishvili

Life

Born

1874

Monastic tonsure

28 October 1900

Ordained priest

28 January 1901

Made archimandrite

29 August 1915

Consecrated bishop

15 October 1921

Died

13 November 1929

Sees

1. 15 October 1921 – 1 February 1925

   Metropolitan of Sukhumi and Abkhazia

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 1925

   Locum tenens of Alaverdi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

3. 1 February 1925 – 3 November 1926

   Metropolitan of Urbnisi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

4. 3 November 1926 – 1927

   Metropolitan of Batumi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

5. 1927 – 20 October 1928

   Metropolitan of No See

   Patriarchate of Georgia

6. 20 October 1928 – 13 November 1929

   Metropolitan of Bodbe

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 15 October 1921 by:

• Ambrose Khelaya Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, 1861–1927
• Nazarios Lezhava Metropolitan of Kutaisi and Gaenati, 1872–1924
• Pirr Okropiridze Metropolitan of Alaverdi, 1874–1922

Line of succession

Following, at each step, the consecrator whose own documented line reaches furthest back in time. This line runs 1 generation back to Pirr Okropiridze; earlier links are not yet in the data.

1. John Margishvili Metropolitan of Bodbe consecrated 15 October 1921
2. Pirr Okropiridze Metropolitan of Alaverdi, 1874–1922 consecrated 15 January 1916