Diocese of Nikopol
Nicopolitan(us)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Nikopol, Bulgaria
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.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1648
- Latin
- Nicopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Saint Paul of the Cross
- Annuario code
- 001002391
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 25,000
- Population
- 2,500,000
- Catholic share
- 1.0%
- Priests
- 4
- Catholics per priest
- 6,250
- Extent
- 43,241 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 0.6
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Rumen Ivanov Stanev
- Born
- 19 August 1973
- Birthplace
- Kaloyanovo
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].