The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopoli is a Roman Catholic
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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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RousseRuse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria with a population of near 175,600. Ruse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, 300 km from the capital Sofia and 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast...
, although the diocese is named after
NikopolNikopol 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...
. The diocese is immediately subject of the
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The current bishop is Petko Jordanov Christov, who was appointed in 1994.
Originally erected in 1789, the diocese has not experienced any name changes, nor jurisdictional alterations.
- Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopoli is a Roman Catholic
dioceseIn some forms of Christianity, a diocese is an administrative territorial unit administered by a bishop. It is also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area or episcopal see, though strictly the term episcopal see refers to the domain of ecclesiastical authority officially held by the bishop,...
of the
Latin RiteThe Latin Church or Rite is the majority Rite or particular church within the Catholic Church, comprising roughly 80% of its membership. The Latin Rite is one of the 23 sui iuris particular Churches within the Catholic Church...
, which includes the whole Northern part of
BulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...
. The seat of the
episcopal seeAn 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
RousseRuse is the fifth-largest city in Bulgaria with a population of near 175,600. Ruse is situated in the northeastern part of the country, on the right bank of the Danube, opposite the Romanian city of Giurgiu, 300 km from the capital Sofia and 200 km from the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast...
, although the diocese is named after
NikopolNikopol 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...
. The diocese is immediately subject of the
Holy SeeThe Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of Rome, commonly known as the Pope, and 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 speaks for the whole Catholic...
.
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 Sep 1805 Appointed — Jan 1814 Died)
- Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. † (27 May 1815 Appointed - 19 Apr 1822 Appointed, Bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese)
- Giuseppe-Maria Molajoni † (23 Sep 1825 Appointed - )
- Angelo Parsi † (30 Jul 1847 Appointed - )
- Antonio Giuseppe Pluym † (15 Sep 1863 Appointed - 1 Mar 1870 Resigned)
- Ignazio Paoli, C.P. † (19 Aug 1870 Appointed - 27 Apr 1883 Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Bucuresti)
- Ippolito Agosto, C.P. † (27 Apr 1883 Appointed - 1893 Died)
- Henri Doulcet, C.P. † (7 Jan 1895 Appointed - 31 Mar 1913 Resigned)
- Leonardo Baumbach, C.P. † ( 1913 Succeeded - 1915 Died)
- Damian Johannes Theelen, C.P. † (21 May 1915 Appointed - 6 Aug 1946 Died)
- Bl. Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, C.P. † (26 Jul 1947 Appointed - 11 Nov 1952 Died)
- Vasco Séirécov † (22 Jul 1975 Appointed - 4 Jan 1977 Died)
- Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. † (14 Dec 1978 Appointed - 28 Jun 1994 Retired)
- Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. (18 Oct 1994 Appointed - )
Sources and external links
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnicp.html