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{{Short description|Bulgarian Greek Catholic Bishop of Sofia}}
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| diocese          = [[Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia]]
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'''Christo Proykov''' ({{langx|bg|Христо Пройков}}) (born 11 March 1946 in [[Sofia]]) is the [[Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church|Bulgarian Greek Catholic]] [[Bishop]] of Sofia. He was ordained a [[priest]] on 23 May 1971, then appointed [[Coadjutor Bishop]] of Sofia and [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Briula]] on 18 December 1993. On 6 January 1994 Proykov was ordained bishop and on 5 September 1995 he became Bishop of Sofia.

==Biography==
Born in Sofia on 11 March 1946. On 6 September 1970 he was ordained a deacon by Bishop Cyril Kourtev, and on 23 May 1971 - a priest by Bishop Methodius Stratiev. In 1980–1982, he specialized canon law at the [[Pontifical Oriental Institute]] in Rome, Italy. In 1982, he was a parish priest at the [[Cathedral of the Dormition, Sofia|Cathedral of the Dormition]] in Sofia. In December 1991, he refounded the newspaper "Truth - Veritas", a continuation of the newspaper "Truth".

On 18 December 1993 is preconized as Bishop of Sofia-coadjutor Apostolic Exarchate and titular bishop of Briun. On 6 January 1994 was ordained a bishop in the Basilica "St. Peter" in Rome by [[Pope John Paul II]], in co-service with Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re and Archbishop Josip Uhach.

Manages the Catholic Exarchate of 5 September 1995 Bishop Christo Proykov chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria by 1995. The Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria is chairman of these committees:

* Commission for Clergy
* Commission for Catholic Education and for titles
* Council for pastoral care over migrants and travelers
* Council for pastoral care health service
On 15 May 2009 he was appointed by [[Pope Benedict XVI]] as a consultant to the [[Dicastery for the Eastern Churches]] of the [[Roman Curia]].

==Awards==
On 15 November 2007 a ceremony was held of the Grand Cross "Pro piis meritis Melitensi" Order of Malta of Mgr. Proykov. Through awards Order of Malta expresses its gratitude to the Catholic Church in the country for helping to introduction of medicins as humanitarian aid during the 1990s.

The name and titles of Exarch Proykov in Latin are the following: Exc.mus ac Rev.mus D.nus Christo Proykov, Dei et Sedis Apostolicæ gratia Episcopus titularis Briulitanus, Exarcha Apostolicus Sophiæ pro catholicis ritus byzantini-slavi in Bulgaria commorantibus, Præses Conferentiæ Episcopalis Bulgariæ.

== References==
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bproykov.html Bishop Christo Proykov]

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[[Category:1946 births]]
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[[Category:Clergy from Sofia]]
[[Category:20th-century Eastern Catholic bishops]]
[[Category:21st-century Eastern Catholic bishops]]
[[Category:Bulgarian Eastern Catholic bishops]]
[[Category:Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church]]
[[Category:Eastern Catholic bishops in Bulgaria]]


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