Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Joseph I of Bulgaria

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Nationality
  
Bulgarian

Installed
  
24 April 1877

Name
  
Joseph of


Successor
  
Parthenius

Predecessor
  
Birth name
  
Lazar Yovchev

Term ended
  
June 20, 1915

Joseph I of Bulgaria

Born
  
May 5, 1840Kalofer, Ottoman Empire (
1840-05-05
)

Buried
  
St. Nedelya Church, Sofia

Died
  
June 20, 1915, Sofia, Bulgaria

Place of burial
  
St Nedelya Church, Sofia, Bulgaria

Exarch Joseph I (also known as Iosif I, secular name Lazar Yovchev, Bulgarian: Лазар Йовчев; 1840, Kalofer, central Bulgaria – 1915, Sofia), was a Bulgarian Exarch from 1877 to 1915.

His grave, marked by a white cross and a bed of flowers, is located just outside the western wall of St Nedelya Church in Sofia.

References

Joseph I of Bulgaria Wikipedia


Similar Topics