Vakhtang Liparteliani

Life

Born

25 October 1965

Monastic tonsure

13 December 2008

Ordained deacon

8 March 2009

Ordained priest

27 September 2009

Consecrated bishop

1 June 2015

Sees

1. 1 June 2015 – present

   Bishop of Nikortsminda

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 1 June 2015 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. Vakhtang Liparteliani Bishop of Nikortsminda consecrated 1 June 2015
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