Gregory Tsertsvadze

Life

Born

18 May 1910

Ordained deacon

18 February 1948

Ordained priest

24 February 1948

Consecrated bishop

22 May 1976

Made metropolitan

22 May 1976

Died

1 February 1991

Sees

1. 22 May 1976 – 1 February 1991

   Metropolitan of Alaverdi

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 22 May 1976 by:

• David VI Devdariani Catholicos and Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta and Tbilisi, 1903–1977
• Zinobi Majuga Metropolitan of Tetritskaro, 1896–1985
• Roman Petriashvili Metropolitan of Batumi, 1887–1979
• Gaios Keratishvili Metropolitan of Urbnisi, 1945–2016
• George Gongadze Metropolitan of Tsilkani, 1894–1982

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. Gregory Tsertsvadze Metropolitan of Alaverdi consecrated 22 May 1976
2. Gaios Keratishvili Metropolitan of Urbnisi, 1945–2016 consecrated 26 March 1972
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

Bishops he consecrated 3

• 19 February 1978Nicholas Makharadze Metropolitan of Tsilkani, 1932–2008
• 25 February 1978John Ananiashvili Metropolitan of Marabda, b. 1948
• 15 March 1981Ananias Djaparidze Metropolitan of Manglisi and Tetritskaro, b. 1949

Sources

Also in: Wikidata