Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopoli
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Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of the Latin Rite, which includes the whole Northern part of Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. The seat of the episcopal see
Episcopal See
An episcopal see is, in the original sense, the official seat of a bishop. This seat, which is also referred to as the bishop's cathedra, is placed in the bishop's principal church, which is therefore called the bishop's cathedral...
is in Rousse
Rousse
Ruse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria. Ruse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, from the capital Sofia and from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast...
, although the diocese is named after Nikopol
Nikopol, Bulgaria
Nikopol is a town in northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Nikopol municipality, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 km downstream from the mouth of the Osam river. It spreads at the foot of steep chalk cliffs along the Danube and up a narrow valley...
. The diocese is immediately subject of the Holy See
Holy See
The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...
.
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 - )
- Antonio Giuseppe Pluym † (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)
- Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P. † (21 May 1915 Appointed - 6 August 1946 Died)
- Bl. Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P. † (26 July 1947 Appointed - 11 November 1952 Died)
- Vasco Séirécov † (22 July 1975 Appointed - 4 January 1977 Died)
- Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. † (14 December 1978 Appointed - 28 June 1994 Retired)
- Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. (18 October 1994 Appointed - )