religious leader
Catholicos Patriarch of Western Georgia
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Join the roomJoseph or Ioseb was a Georgian Orthodox hierarch, Metropolitan bishop of Gelati (1760–1769), and Catholicos of Abkhazia (1769–1776). He was a younger son of King Alexander V of Imereti, of the Bagrationi dynasty. He was a major supporter of his brother, Solomon I of Imereti, in his efforts to consolidate royal authority.
