Shio III of Georgia

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Shio III (secular name Elizbar Mujiri; born 1 February 1969) is the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. He was previously the bishop of Senaki and Chkhorotsku from 2003 to 2026 and locum tenens of the Patriarchal Throne from 2017 to 2026. Born in Tbilisi, Soviet Georgia, he studied at the Moscow Theological Academy and Saint Tikhon's Orthodox University. He became a monk in 1993 and was also ordained to the priesthood in 1996. In 2003, Mujiri was made the bishop of the new eparchy of Senaki and Chkhorotsku, and was also placed in charge of parishes in Australia and New Zealand in 2009. In 2017 he was appointed locum tenens of the Patriarchal Throne by Ilia II of Georgia. He became the temporary leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church after the death of Ilia II in 2026 and was later elected as patriarch.

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