Ilia II | |
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| Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia | |
 Ilia II in 2004 | |
| Native name | ილია II |
| Church | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Installed | 25 December 1977 |
| Term ended | 17 March 2026 |
| Predecessor | David V |
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| Orders | |
| Ordination | 18 April 1957 (deacon) by Melchizedek III of Georgia 10 May 1959 (priest) by Alexy I of Moscow |
| Consecration | 25 August 1963 by Ephraim II of Georgia |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Irakli Ghudushauri-Shiolashvili 4 January 1933 Ordzhonikidze, North Caucasus Krai, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 17 March 2026 (aged 93) Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 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) (4 January 1933 – 17 March 2026) was the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. His official title was Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan Bishop of Bichvinta and Tskhum-Abkhazia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II. He was the longest serving patriarch in the history of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Ilia died on 17 March 2026 at a hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia from gastrointestinal bleeding at the age of 93.
