Nicholas Makharadze

Life

Born

28 June 1932

Ordained priest

1977

Ordained deacon

January 1977

Made archimandrite

May 1977

Consecrated bishop

19 February 1978

Made archbishop

14 December 1978

Made metropolitan

1981

Retired

1983

Died

5 July 2008

Sees

1. 19 February 1978 – 14 December 1978

   Bishop of Sukhumi and Abkhazia

   Patriarchate of Georgia

2. 14 December 1978 – 1981

   Archbishop of Sukhumi and Abkhazia

   Patriarchate of Georgia

3. 1981 – 9 September 1981

   Metropolitan of Sukhumi and Abkhazia

   Patriarchate of Georgia

4. 9 September 1981 – 1983

   Metropolitan of Kutaisi and Gaenati

   Patriarchate of Georgia

5. 1983

   Metropolitan of Tsilkani

   Patriarchate of Georgia

6. 1983 – 5 July 2008

   Former Metropolitan of Tsilkani

   Patriarchate of Georgia

Consecration

Consecrated 19 February 1978 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
• Gaios Keratishvili Metropolitan of Urbnisi, 1945–2016

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. Nicholas Makharadze Metropolitan of Tsilkani consecrated 19 February 1978
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

Bishops he consecrated 2

• 25 February 1978John Ananiashvili Metropolitan of Marabda, b. 1948
• 15 March 1981Ananias Djaparidze Metropolitan of Manglisi and Tetritskaro, b. 1949

Sources

Also in: Wikidata