Andrew Gvazava

Life

Born

24 April 1969

Monastic tonsure

1995

Ordained deacon

17 September 1996

Ordained priest

13 December 1996

Consecrated bishop

18 October 1998

Made archbishop

16 November 2006

Made metropolitan

25 May 2010

Sees

1. 18 October 1998 – 12 October 2001

   Bishop of Sagarejo

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 12 October 2001 – 16 November 2006

   Bishop of Samtavisi and Gori

   Patriarchate of Georgia

3. 16 November 2006 – 25 May 2010

   Archbishop of Samtavisi and Gori

   Patriarchate of Georgia

4. 25 May 2010 – 11 October 2013

   Metropolitan of Samtavisi and Gori

   Patriarchate of Georgia

5. 11 October 2013 – present

   Metropolitan of Gori and Ateni

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 18 October 1998. His consecrators are not yet in the data.

Bishops he consecrated 1

• 18 November 2012Basil Danilov Bishop of Kotlas and Velsk, b. 1956