Bogdan Dobranov ( bg, Богдан Добранов) (1914–1983) was a

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

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and

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Ordinariate of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv is a Catholic diocese of the Latin Church

Biography

Bogdan Dobranov Bishop was born in Plovdiv. On 23 March 1940 he was ordained a priest, and on 10 October 1959 he was elected

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of Gyufi. He was consecrated bishop on 8 November 1959. On 22 July 1975 he was appointed as the Sofia - Plovdiv apostolic vicar, and on 14 December 1978 he was appointed as the Sofia - Plovdiv eparhien bishop. After his death, the Sofia - Plovdiv diocese remained without a bishop for nearly five years (SEDE VACANTE), because of the difficult political situation.

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* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdobranov.html 1914 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Bulgaria {{Europe-RC-bishop-stub