Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite, which includes the whole northern part of Bulgaria. The seat of the episcopal see is in Rousse, although the diocese is named after Nikopol. The diocese is immediately subject of the Holy See.
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.
- Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P.
- Giuseppe-Maria Molajoni
- Angelo Parsi
- Antonius Jozef Pluym C.P.
- Ignazio Paoli, C.P.
- Ippolito Agosto, C.P.
- Henri Doulcet, C.P.
- Leonardo Baumbach, C.P.
- Damiaan Johannes Theelen, C.P.
- Blessed Eugene Bossilkov, C.P.
- Vasco Séirécov
- Samuel Dzhundrin, A.A.
- Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv.
