Zosima Shioshvili

Life

Born

1951

Ordained deacon

1976

Ordained priest

27 July 1977

Monastic tonsure

1981

Consecrated bishop

11 October 1983

Made archbishop

1996

Made metropolitan

26 September 2009

Sees

1. 11 October 1983 – 1984

   Bishop of Chkondidi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 1984 – 1996

   Bishop of Tsilkani and Dusheti

   Patriarchate of Georgia

3. 1996 – 26 September 2009

   Archbishop of Tsilkani and Dusheti

   Patriarchate of Georgia

4. 26 September 2009 – present

   Metropolitan of Tsilkani and Dusheti

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 11 October 1983 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. Zosima Shioshvili Metropolitan of Tsilkani and Dusheti consecrated 11 October 1983
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