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Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv Diœcesis Sophiae et Philippopolis Епархия София и Пловдив | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Bulgaria |
Metropolitan | Immediately subject to the Holy See |
Statistics | |
Area | 80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 4,935,000 33,000 (0.7%) |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established |
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Cathedral |
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Co-cathedral |
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Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev |
The Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv (Latin: Diœcesis Sophiae et Philippopolis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church[1][2] which includes the whole southern part of Bulgaria. The remainder of Bulgaria falls within the Diocese of Nicopoli. The diocese is exempt, i.e. immediately subject of the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.
The seat of the episcopal see is the Cathedral of St Louis is in Plovdiv and there is a new co-cathedral in Sofia — the Cathedral of St. Joseph, consecrated on May 21, 2006 by Cardinal Angelo Sodano. The construction was symbolically started by Pope John Paul II during his visit in Sofia in 2002.