The Diocese of Nicopolis () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, which includes the whole northern part of Bulgaria. The seat of the episcopal see is in Rousse, although the diocese is named after Nicopolis ad Istrum. The diocese is immediately subject to the Holy See. History
Originally erected in 1789, the diocese has not experienced any name changes, nor jurisdictional alterations.
+ List of ordinaries of the diocese of Nicopoli Name Appointed Term End Term end reason Philippus Stanislaus 1648 1663 1663 1673 Died Philippus Stanislaus 1673 1674 Died Anton Stefanov (Stephani), O.F.M. Obs. 1677 1692 Died Marko Andrijašević (Andreassi) 1717 1723 Appointed archbishop of Sardica (Sredek, Sofia) Balthasar Lieschi 1724 unknown Nicola Stanislavich, O.F.M. Obs. 1725 1740 Confirmed bishop of Csanád Antun Becić 1743 1752 Resigned Nicola Pugliesi 1752 1767 Appointed archbishop of Dubrovnik (Ragusa) Sebastiano Canepa 1767 1769 Died Giacomo Antonio Riccardini, O.F.M. Conv. 1771 1775 Resigned Paul Dovanlia 1776 1804 Died Francesco Maria Ferreri, C.P. 1805 1814 Died Fortunato Maria Ercolani, C.P. 1815 1822 Appointed bishop of Civita Castellana, Orte e Gallese Giuseppe-Maria Molajoni 1825 1847 Resigned Angelo Parsi 1847 1863 Died Antonius Jozef Pluym C.P. 1863 1870 Resigned Ignazio Paoli, C.P. 1870 1883 Appointed archbishop (personal title) of Bucuresti Ippolito Agosto, C.P. 1883 1893 Died Henri Doulcet, C.P. 1895 1913 Resigned Leonardo Baumbach, C.P. 1913 1915 Died Damiaan Johannes Theelen, C.P. 1915 1946 Died Blessed Eugene Bossilkov, C.P. 1947 1952 Died Vasco Séirécov 1975 1977 Died Samuel Dzhundrin, A.A. 1978 1994 Retired Petko Christov, O.F.M. Conv. 1994 2020 Died Strahil Kavalenov 2021 2026 Resigned
See also Catholic Church in Bulgaria
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External links Diocese of Nikopol, Bulgaria at gcatholic.org