Ilia II of Georgia

His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II ილია II
His Holiness and Beatitude, Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia
Ilia II in 2004
Church	Georgian Orthodox Church
Installed	25 December 1977
Predecessor	David V
Personal details
Born	Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili (1933-01-04) January 4, 1933 (age 91) Ordzhonikidze, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Georgian
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Church
Occupation	Catholicos-Patriarch
Profession	Theologian
Alma mater	Moscow Theological Academy
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Ilia II (Georgian: ილია II, romanized: ilia II; born 4 January 1933), also transcribed as Ilya or Elijah, is the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as "Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II."^[1]