Christophorus III

His Holiness and Beatitude

Christophorus III
The Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi
ChurchGeorgian Orthodox Church
InstalledJune 4, 1927
Term endedJanuary 10, 1932
PredecessorAmbrose
SuccessorCallistratus
Orders
Ordination1895
Personal details
BornKristefore Tsitskishvili
(1873-03-27)March 27, 1873
Kharagauli, Tiflis Governorate, Caucasus Viceroyalty, Russian Empire
DiedJanuary 10, 1932(1932-01-10) (aged 58)
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityGeorgian
DenominationEastern Orthodox Church
OccupationCatholicos-Patriarch

Christophorus III (Georgian: ქრისტეფორე III, K'ristep'ore III) (27 March 1873 – 10 January 1932) was a Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from 1927 until his death in 1932. His tenure coincided with the increasingly repressive Soviet rule in Georgia.

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