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{{Short description|Catholic diocese in Bulgaria}}
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{{Infobox diocese
| jurisdiction     = Diocese 
| name             = Nicopolis 
| latin            = Dioecesis Nicopolitanus 
| local            = {{nobold|{{lang|bg|Епархия Никопол}}}}
| border           = Catholic
| image            = Ruse 053.jpg
| image_size       = 250px
| image_alt        = 
| caption          = [[St Paul of the Cross Cathedral|The Cathedral of St Paul of the Cross]] in [[Ruse, Bulgaria]]
<!---- Locations ---->
| country          = [[Bulgaria]]
| metropolitan     = ''Immediately Subject to the Holy See''
| coordinates      = 
<!---- Statistics ---->
| area_km2          = 43,241 
| population        = 2,500,000{{efn|name="ap2022"|''[[Annuario Pontificio]]'' (2022) via ''[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]]''<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dnicp"/>}}
| population_as_of  = 2021
| catholics         = 25,000{{efn|name="ap2022"}}
| catholics_percent = {{percentage|25,000|2,500,000|1|%=}}
| parishes          = 21{{efn|name="ap2022"}}<!-- Number of parishes in the diocese -->
| churches          = <!-- Number of churches in the diocese -->
<!---- Information ---->
| denomination     = [[Catholic Church]]
| sui_iuris_church = [[Latin Church]]
| rite             = [[Latin liturgical rites|Latin Rite]]
| established      = {{indented plainlist|
* {{start date and age|1648}} (suffragan to [[Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv|Sofia]])<ref name="gcatholic.nico0"/>
* {{start date and age|1789}} {{nowrap|(subject to the Holy See)}}
  }}
| cathedral        = [[St Paul of the Cross Cathedral]], [[Rousse]]
| priests           = 4 plus 9 religious priests{{efn|name="ap2022"}}
| language          = [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]
| calendar          = [[General Roman Calendar|General Roman]]
<!---- Current leadership ---->
| pope             = {{Incumbent pope}}
| bishop           = [[Strahil Kavalenov]]
| apostolic_admin  = 
| website          = {{URL|https://diocesi-nicopoli.bg/}}
}}
[[Image:Rousse Catholic Eparchy.JPG|right|thumb|300px|The Diocese of Nicopolis building in Rousse]]
The '''Diocese of Nicopolis'''{{efn|Alternate spellings include ''Nicopoli'' and ''Nikopol''}}  ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Nicopolitanus}}) is a [[Latin Church|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]].<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dnicp"/>

==History==

Originally erected in 1789, the diocese has not experienced any name changes, nor jurisdictional alterations.
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{| class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers col2center col3center sort-under"
|+ List of ordinaries of the diocese of Nicopoli{{smaller|{{normal|<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dnicp"/><ref name="gcatholic.nico0"/><ref name="diocesi-nicopoli.bishops"/>}}}}
|-
! scope="col" | Name
! scope="col" | Appointed
! scope="col" | Term End
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Term end reason
|-
| Philippus Stanislaus || 1648 || 1663 ||
|-
| {{ill|Francesco Sojmirović|sr|Франческо_Сојмировић}} || 1663 || 1673 || Died
|-
| Philippus Stanislaus || 1673 || 1674 || Died{{efn|Year of death uncertain}}
|-
| Anton Stefanov (Stephani), O.F.M. Obs. || 1677 || 1692 || Died
|-
| Marko Andrijašević (Andreassi) || 1717 || 1723 || Appointed archbishop of [[Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv|Sardica (Sredek, Sofia)]]
|-
| Balthasar Lieschi || 1724 || ''unknown'' ||
|-
| Nicola Stanislavich, O.F.M. Obs. || 1725 || 1740 || Confirmed bishop of [[Diocese of Szeged-Csanád|Csanád]]
|-
| Antun Becić || 1743 || 1752 || Resigned
|-
| Nicola Pugliesi || 1752 || 1767 || Appointed archbishop of [[Diocese of Dubrovnik|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 [[Diocese of Civita Castellana|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 ad personam|archbishop (personal title)]] of [[Archdiocese of Bucharest (Catholic)|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{{efn|Dzhundrin was appointed bishop in 1978, but not ordained and installed until 1979}} || 1994 || Retired
|-
| [[Petko Christov]], O.F.M. Conv. || 1994 || 2020 || Died
|-
| [[Strahil Kavalenov]] || 2021 || present ||
|}

== See also ==
* [[Catholic Church in Bulgaria]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dnicp">{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=[[Catholic-Hierarchy.org]] |publisher=David M. Cheney |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dnicp.html |title=Diocese of Nicopoli |date=17 March 2023 |accessdate=15 March 2024}}</ref>

<ref name="gcatholic.nico0">{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=GCatholic.org |publisher=Gabriel Chow |url=https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nico0.htm?tab=info |title=Diocese of Nikopol, Bulgaria |date=4 March 2024 |accessdate=15 March 2024}}</ref>

<ref name="diocesi-nicopoli.bishops">{{Cite web |url=https://diocesi-nicopoli.bg/%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F/%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%BA-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%B2-%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B5 |script-title=bg:СПИСЪК НА ЕПИСКОПИТЕ В КНЕ |trans-title=List of Bishops of the Ecne |language=bg |website=Diocese of Nicopoli |accessdate=15 March 2024}}</ref>
}}

== External links ==
* [https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/nico0.htm Diocese of Nikopol, Bulgaria] at [https://gcatholic.org gcatholic.org]

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[[Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Bulgaria]]
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