Ananias Djaparidze

Life

Born

20 August 1949

Ordained deacon

4 April 1979

Ordained priest

27 September 1979

Made archimandrite

9 March 1981

Consecrated bishop

15 March 1981

Made archbishop

25 December 1992

Made metropolitan

15 November 2001

Sees

1. 15 March 1981 – 29 June 1981

   Bishop of Nikortsminda

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 29 June 1981 – 25 December 1992

   Bishop of Akhaltsikhe and Samtskhe-Javakheti

   Patriarchate of Georgia

3. 25 December 1992 – 17 July 1995

   Archbishop of Manglisi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

4. 17 July 1995 – 15 November 2001

   Archbishop of Manglisi and Tsalka

   Patriarchate of Georgia

5. 15 November 2001 – 2013

   Metropolitan of Manglisi and Tsalka

   Patriarchate of Georgia

6. 2013 – present

   Metropolitan of Manglisi and Tetritskaro

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 15 March 1981 by:

• Elias II Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, b. 1933
• Zinobi Majuga Metropolitan of Tetritskaro, 1896–1985
• George Gongadze Metropolitan of Tsilkani, 1894–1982
• Gregory Tsertsvadze Metropolitan of Alaverdi, 1910–1991
• Shio Avalishvili Former Metropolitan of Urbnisi, 1909–1991
• Nicholas Makharadze Metropolitan of Tsilkani, 1932–2008
• John Ananiashvili Metropolitan of Marabda, b. 1948
• Thaddeos Ioramashvili Metropolitan of Marabda, 1946–2015
• David Chkadua Metropolitan of Sukhumi and Abkhazia, 1926–1992
• Constantine Melikidze Metropolitan of Margveti, 1925–2000
• Athanasios Former Metropolitan of Rustavi and Marneuli, 1936–2012

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. Ananias Djaparidze Metropolitan of Manglisi and Tetritskaro consecrated 15 March 1981
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

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