List of head bishops of the Georgian Orthodox Church

This is a list of head bishops of the Georgian Orthodox Church and its predecessors in Iberia and Kartli. They have borne the title of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia since 1010, except between 1811 and 1917, when the Church was subordinated to the Russian Orthodox Church as part of the Russian colonial policies.

Archbishops of Mtskheta, 335–467

• Ioane I (335–363)
• Iakobi (363–375)
• Iobi (375–390)
• Elia I (390–400)
• Svimeon I (400–410)
• Mose (410–425)
• Iona (425–429)
• Ieremia (429–433)
• Grigol I (433–434)
• Vasili I (434–436)
• Glonakor (436–448)
• Iovel I (448–452)
• Mikael I (452–467)

Catholicos of Iberia, 467–1010

• Petre I (467–474)
• Samoel I (474–502)
• Gabriel I (502–510)
• Tavfechag I (510–516)
• Chirmagi–Chigirmane (516–523)
• Saba I (523–532)
• Evlavi (532–544)
• Samoel II (544–553)
• Makari (553–569)
• Svimeon II (569–575)
• Samoel III (575–582)
• Samoel IV (582–591)
• Bartlome (591–595)
• Kirion I (595–610)
• Ioane II (610–619)
• Babila (619–629)
• Tabor (629–634)
• Samoel V (634–640)
• Evnon (640–649)
• Tavfechag II (649–664)
• Evlale (664–668)
• Iovel II (668–670)
• Samoel VI (670–677)
• Giorgi I (677–678)
• Kirion II (678–683)
• Izid–Bozidi (683–685)
• Teodore I (Teodose) (685–689)
• Petre (Svimeoni) II (689–720)
• Talale (720–731)
• Mamai (731–744)
• Ioane III (744–760)
• Grigol II (760–767)
• Sarmeane (767–774)
• Mikael II (774–780)
• Samoel VII (780–790)
• Kirile (791–802)
• Grigol III (802–814)
• Samoel VIII (814–826)
• Giorgi II (826–838)
• Gabriel II (838–850)
• Ilarion I (850–860)
• Arsen I (860–887)
• Evsuki (887–900)
• Klementos (900–914)
• Basili II (914–930)
• Mikael III (930–944)
• Davit I (944–955)
• Arseni II (955–980)
• Oqropiri (Ioane I) (980–1001)
• Svimeon III (1001)

Catholicos–Patriarchs of the Georgian Orthodox Church, 1010–1811

• Melkisedek I (1001–1030)
• Okropir (Ioane) II (1031–1039)
  • Melkisedek I (1039–1045), restored
  • Okropir (Ioane) II (1045–1049), restored
• Ekvtime I (1049–1055)
• Giorgi III (Taoeli) (1055–1065)
• Gabriel III (Safareli) (1065–1080)
• Dimitri (1080–1090)
• Basili III (Karichisdze) (1090–1100)
• Ioane IV (Safareli) (1100–1142)
• Svimeon IV (Gulaberisdze) (1142–1146)
• Saba II (1146–1150)
• Nikoloz I (Gulaberize) (1150–1178)
• Mikel IV (1178–1186)
• Teodore II (1186–1206)
• Basili IV (1206–1208)
• Ioane V (1208–1210)
• Epiphane (1210–1220)
• Ekvtime II (1220–1222)
• Arseni III (1222–1225)
• Giorgi IV (1225–1230)
• Arseni IV (Bulmaisisdze) (1230–1240)
• Nikoloz II (1240–1280)
• Abraam I (1280–1310)
• Ekvtime III (1310–1325)
• Mikel V (1325–1330)
• Basil V (1330–1350)
• Doroteoz I (1350–1356)
• Shio I (1356–1364)
• Nikoloz III (1364–1380)
• Giorgi V (1380–1399)
• Elioz (Gobirakhisdze) (1399–1411)
• Mikel VI (1411–1426)
• David II (1426–1428)
• Teodore III (1428–1435)
• David III (1435–1439)
• Shio II (1439–1443/47 )
• David IV (1443/47–1459)
• Markoz (1460–1466)
• Davit IV (1466–1479)
• Evagre (1480–1492)
• Abraam II (Abalaki) (1492–1497)
• Efrem I (1497–1500)
  • Evagre (1500–1503), restored
• Doroteoz II (1503–1510)
• Dionise (1510–1511)
  • Doroteoz II (1511–1516), restored
• Basil VI (1517–1528)
• Malakia (1528–1538)
• Melkisedek II (Bagrationi) (1538–1541)
• Germene (1541–1547)
• Svimeon V (1547–1550)
• Zebede I (1550–1557)
• Domenti I (1557–1562)
• Nikoloz IV (Baratashvili) (1562–1584)
• Nikoloz V (1584–1591)
• Doriteoz III (1592–1599)
• Domenti II (1599–1603)
• Zebede II (1603–1610)
• Ioane VI (Avalishvili) (1610–1613)
• Kristefore I (1613–1622)
• Zakaria (Jorjadze) (1623–1630)
• Evdemoz I (Diasamidze) (1630–1638)
• Kristefore II (Urdubegisdze Amilakhvari) (1638–1660)
• Domenti II (Kaikhosro Mukhran Batonisdze) (1660–1675)
• Nikoloz VI (Magaladze) (1675–1676)
• Nikoloz VII (Amilakhvari) (1676–1687)
• Ioan VII (Diasamidze) (1687–1691)
  • Nikoloz VII (Amilakhvari) (1691–1695), restored
  • Ioan VII (Diasamidze) (1696–1700), restored
• Evdemoz II (Diasamize) (1700–1703)
• Domenti III (1704–1725)
• Besarion (Orbeliani) (1725–1737)
• Kirile (1737–1739)
  • Domenti III (1739–1741), restored
• Nikoloz VII (Kherkheulidze) (1742–1744)
• Anton I (Didi) (1744–1755)
• Ioseb (Jandieri) (1755–1764)
  • Anton I (Didi) (1764–1788), restored
• Anton II (1788–1811)

Exarchs of Georgia, 1811–1917

Autocephalous status abolished and administration placed under the Russian Orthodox Church, 1811–1917

• Metropolitan Varlam (Eristavi) (1811–1817)
• Metropolitan Teopilakte (Rusanov) (1817–1821)
• Metropolitan Iona (Vasilevsky) (1821–1834)
• Archbishop Mose (Bogdanov–Platonov) (1832–1834)
• Archbishop Yevgeni (Baganov) (1834–1844)
• Archbishop Isidore (Nikolsky) (1844–1858)
• Archbishop Evsevi (Ilinsky) (1858–1877)
• Archbishop Ioanike (Rudnev) (1877–1882)
• Archbishop Pavel (Lebedev) (1882–1887)
• Archbishop Palladi (Raev) (1887–1892)
• Archbishop Vladimir (Bogojavlensky) (1892–1898)
• Archbishop Flabiane (Gorodetsky) (1898–1901)
• Archbishop Aleksey I (Opotsky) (1901–1905)
• Archbishop Nikolay (Nalimov) (1905–1906)
• Archbishop Nikon (Sofiisky) (1906–1908)
• Archbishop Innokenty (Beliaev) (1909–1913)
• Archbishop Aleksey II (Molchanov) (1913–1914)
• Archbishop Piterim (Oknov) (1914–1915)
• Archbishop Platon (Rozhdestvensky) (1915–1917)

Catholicos–Patriarchs of All Georgia, since 1917

(includes names in Georgian)

• Kyrion II (1917–1918) - კირიონ II საძაგლიშვილი
• Leonid (1918–1921) - ლეონიდე ოქროპირიძე
• Ambrose (1921–1927) - ამბროსი ხელაია
• Christophorus III (1927–1932) - ქრისტეფორე III ციციშვილი
• Callistratus (1932–1952) - კალისტრატე ცინცაძე
• Melchizedek III (1952–1960) - მელქისედეკ III ფხალაძე
• Ephraim II (1960–1972) ეფრემ II სიდამონიძე
• David V (1972–1977) - დავით VI დევდარიანი
• Ilia II (1977–present) - ილია II ღუდუშაური შიოლაშვილი