Gori and Aten Diocese

July 30 (July 12), 1811, after the creation of the Georgian Exarchate , the Gori Vicariate of the Kartaly and Kakheti Diocese was created ^[1] .

The Gori bishops lived mainly in Tiflis and were assistants to the exarch of Georgia in the administration of the Kartaly and Kakheti dioceses. At the beginning of the 20th century, Gori vicars dealt with issues of spiritual enlightenment ^[1] .

Gori Vicariate ceased to exist as a result of the reorganization of the diocesan structure of the Georgian Church after it proclaimed autocephaly in March 1917 ^[1] .

On October 11, 2013, an independent Gori and Aten diocese was allocated from Samtavis ^[2] .

Gori Vicariate of the Kartalin and Kakheti Diocese of the Georgian Exarchate

• Dosipheus (Pitskhelauri) (January 30, 1812 - August 30, 1814)
• Gervasius (Machavariani) (August 30, 1814 - February 5, 1817 ^[3] )
• Stefan (Dzhordzhadze) (December 28, 1818 - November 18, 1839)
• Nikifor (Dzhordzhadze) (April 5, 1842 - December 3, 1851)
• John (Avaliani) (April 13, 1852 - April 6, 1858)
• Gabriel (Kikodze) (January 18, 1859 - July 2, 1860)
• Geronti (Papitashvili) (May 19, 1862 - May 30, 1869)
• Alexander (Okropiridze) (May 30, 1869-1881, 1886 - March 20, 1898)
• Leonid (Okropiridze) (April 19, 1898 - August 12, 1900)
• Kirion (Sadzaglishvili) (August 12, 1900 - March 10, 1902)
• Veniamin (Barnukov) (April 21, 1902 - February 16, 1905)
• Euthymius (Eliev) (May 19, 1905 - November 10, 1906)
• Peter (Konchoshvili) (April 6, 1907 - February 5, 1909)
• Anthony (Giorgadze) (January 15, 1912 - September 1917)

Gori and Aten Diocese

• Andrey (Gvazava) (since October 11, 2013)

• http://gorieparchy.com official site