Diocese of Nicopolis

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Diocese of Nicopolis
Map of the Diocese of Nicopolis
Basic data
Country Bulgaria
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
Diocesan bishop Petko Jordanov Christov OFM Conv
Vicar General Remo Gambacorta CP
founding 1789
surface 43,241 km²
Parishes 19 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Residents 2,980,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics 30,000 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
proportion of 1 %
Diocesan priest 4 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious priest 14 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Catholics per priest 1,667
Friars 15 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
Religious sisters 20 (December 31, 2011 / AP 2013 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Bulgarian
cathedral St. Paul of the Cross, Russian
address
ul.Ivan Vazov 26 / a 7000 Ruscuk
Bulgaria

The immediate diocese Nicopolis ( Latin : Dioecesis Nicopolitanus ) of the Roman Catholic Church , located in Bulgaria , was established in 1789 and covers an area of ​​43,241 km². The bishopric is in Ruse .

About 30,000 Catholics live in the 18 parishes of the diocese , which makes up about 1% of the population living there. Pastoral care is provided by four diocesan and 14 religious priests. At the same time there are 15 friars and 20 sisters. In 1968 there were 113 nuns, but their number hit a low point in 1987 at eleven and is slowly increasing again.

List of bishops

Cathedral of St. Paul of the Cross, Russian
  • Filip Stanislavov (1648–1663)
  • Francisk Sojmirovič (1663–1673)
  • Filip Stanislavov (1673-1674)
  • Anton Stefanov (1677-1692)
  • Sedis vacancy (1692-1720)
  • Marko Andrassy (1720-1723)
  • Baltazar Lieski (1724–?)
  • Nikolaus Stanislavich (1728–1739)
  • Antonio Benini (1745–1750)
  • Nicola Pugliesi (1751–1767)
  • Sebastiano Zanella (1768–1769)
  • Pavel Duvanlija (1774-1804)
  • Francesco Maria Ferreri CP (1805-1814)
  • Fortunato Maria Ercolani CP (1815–1822) (appointed Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese)
  • Giuseppe Molajoni (1825–1847)
  • Angelo Parsi (1848–1863)
  • Antonio Giuseppe Pluym (1863-1870)
  • Ignatius Paoli CP (1870-1883)
  • Ippolito Agosto CP (1883-1893)
  • Henri Doulcet CP (1895–1913) (resignation)
  • Leonardo Baumbach CP (1913-1915)
  • Damian Johannes Theelen CP (1915–1946)
  • Blessed Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff CP (July 26, 1947– November 11, 1952) (executed, beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 15, 1998 )
  • Vasco Séirécov (July 22, 1975– January 4, 1977)
  • Samuel Serafimow Djoundrine AA (December 14, 1978– June 28, 1994) (resignation)
  • Petko Christow OFMConv (since October 18, 1994)

See also

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