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Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Bulgaria

Established
  
1789

Area
  
43,241 km²

Bishop
  
Petko Jordanov Christov

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Metropolitan
  
Immediately Subject to the Holy See

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2013) 2,971,000 30,000 (1.0%)

Cathedral
  
St Paul of the Cross Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite, which includes the whole northern part of Bulgaria. The seat of the episcopal see is in Rousse, although the diocese is named after Nikopol. The diocese is immediately subject of the Holy See.

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The current bishop is Petko Jordanov Christov, who was appointed in 1994.

History

Originally erected in 1789, the diocese has not experienced any name changes, nor jurisdictional alterations.

Ordinaries

  • Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P. (20 September 1805 Appointed — Jan 1814 Died)
  • Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. (27 May 1815 Appointed - 19 April 1822 Appointed, Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese)
  • Giuseppe-Maria Molajoni (23 September 1825 Appointed - )
  • Angelo Parsi (30 July 1847 Appointed - )
  • Antonius Jozef Pluym C.P. (15 September 1863 Appointed - 1 March 1870 Resigned)
  • Ignazio Paoli, C.P. (19 August 1870 Appointed - 27 April 1883 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Bucuresti)
  • Ippolito Agosto, C.P. (27 April 1883 Appointed - 1893 Died)
  • Henri Doulcet, C.P. (7 January 1895 Appointed - 31 March 1913 Resigned)
  • Leonardo Baumbach, C.P. (1913 Succeeded - 1915 Died)
  • Damiaan Johannes Theelen, C.P. (21 May 1915 Appointed - 6 August 1946 Died)
  • Blessed Eugenius Bossilkov, C.P. (26 July 1947 Appointed - 11 November 1952 Died)
  • Vasco Séirécov (22 July 1975 Appointed - 4 January 1977 Died)
  • Samuel Dzhundrin, A.A. (14 December 1978 Appointed - 28 June 1994 Retired)
  • Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. (18 October 1994 Appointed - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis Wikipedia
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