Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See Nikopol, Bulgaria
Diocese of Nikopol
Nicopolitan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Nikopol (Nicopolis) is a Latin Catholic diocese covering northern Bulgaria, created in 1648 and immediately subject to the Holy See. Its cathedral of St. Paul of the Cross is in Ruse, and the see has been led by Bishop Strahil Kavalenov since 2021.
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- Established
- 1648
- Catholics
- 25,000
- Priests
- 4
- Territory
- 43,241 km²
Parishes and churches
22 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- St. Paul of the CrossRuse (Русе) · CathedralView parish
- AnnunciationVarna (Варна)View parish
- Ascension of Christ the SaviourVidin (Видин)View parish
- AssumptionBardarski Geran (Бърдарски геран)View parish
- Blessed Eugene BossilkovDobrevo (Добрево)View parish
- Holy TrinityChiprovtsi (Чипровци)View parish
- Immaculate ConceptionOresh (Ореш)View parish
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin MaryBeleneView parish
- Our Lady of FatimaPlevenView parish
- Our Lady of the RosaryVeliko Tarnovo (Велико Търново)View parish
- Sacred Heart of JesusDragomirovo (Драгомирово)View parish
- Sacred Heart of JesusBregare (Брегаре)View parish
- Sorrowful MotherTsarev Brod (Царев Брод)View parish
- St. AnneMalchika (Малчика)View parish
- St. Anthony of PaduaBelene (Белене)View parish
- St. John XXIIILevski (Левски)View parish
- St. JosephBardarski Geran (Бърдарски Геран)View parish
- St. Michael the ArchangelPleven (Плевен)View parish
- St. Paul of the Cross CathedralRuseView parish
- Sts. Cyril and MethodiusOresh (Ореш)View parish
- Sts. Peter and PaulDragomirovo (Драгомирово)View parish
- Катедрала „Свети Павел от Кръста“ (катедрална енория)Русе (Ruse)View parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Rumen Ivanov Stanev
- Born
- 19 August 1973
- Birthplace
- Kaloyanovo
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Paul of the Cross stands in Nikopol, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
All of northern Bulgaria falls within the Diocese of Nicopolis (Latin: Dioecesis Nicopolitanus), a Latin diocese named after Nicopolis ad Istrum though its episcopal seat is in Rousse. The see is immediately subject to the Holy See.