The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis is a

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of the

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, which includes the whole northern part of

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. The seat of the

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, although the diocese is named after Nicopolis ad Istrum. The diocese is immediately subject of the

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. The current bishop is Strahil Kavalenov.

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

Eugene Bossilkov Eugene Bossilkov, born Vincent Bossilkov (b. 16 Nov 1900-11 Nov 1952), was a member of the Passionist Congregation, Roman Catholic bishop of Nicopolis and martyr in the Communist campaign in Bulgaria against religion. He had studied in Rome f ...

, 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 Christov, O.F.M. Conv. (18 October 1994 Appointed – 14 September 2020 Died) * Strahil Kavalenov (20 January 2021 Appointed – present)

Sources and external links

Bibliography

* http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnicp.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicopolis Roman Catholic dioceses in Bulgaria Ruse, Bulgaria Religious organizations established in 1789 1789 establishments in the Ottoman Empire