David V (Georgian: დავით V, born as Khariton Devdariani (ხარიტონ დევდარიანი) (April 6, 1903 — November 9, 1977) was a Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia from July 2, 1972, until his death. His full title was His Holiness and Beatitude, Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia. Born in the village of Mirotsminda (now Kharagauli municipality, Imereti), David became a priest in 1927 and a bishop in 1956. From 1959 to 1972 he served as a chorbishop to Catholicos-Patriarch Ephraim II, upon whose death he succeeded as the prelate of the Georgian Orthodox Church.
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