Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis

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Diocese of Nicopolis Dioecesis Nicopolitanus Епархия Никопол
Catholic
The Cathedral of St Paul of the Cross in Ruse, Bulgaria
Location
Country	Bulgaria
Metropolitan	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	43,241 km2 (16,695 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2021) 2,500,000[a] 25,000[a] (1%)
Parishes	21[a]
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1648; 376 years ago (1648) (suffragan to Sofia)[2] 1789; 235 years ago (1789) (subject to the Holy See)
Cathedral	St Paul of the Cross Cathedral, Rousse
Secular priests	4 plus 9 religious priests[a]
Language	Bulgarian
Calendar	General Roman
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Strahil Kavalenov
Website
diocesi-nicopoli.bg

The Diocese of Nicopolis^[b] (Latin: Dioecesis Nicopolitanus) 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 of the Holy See.

The current bishop is Strahil Kavalenov.^[1]

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