Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria

Diplomatic Mission of the Holy See in Bulgaria

Diplomatic mission

42°41′55.1″N 23°19′10.2″E / 42.698639°N 23.319500°E / 42.698639; 23.319500Apostolic NuncioArchbishop Luciano Suriani

The Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to Bulgaria. It is located in Sofia. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Luciano Suriani, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 13 May 2022.

The Apostolic Nunciature to the Republic of Bulgaria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria, with the rank of an embassy. The nuncio serves both as the ambassador of the Holy See to the President of Bulgaria, and as delegate and point-of-contact between the Catholic hierarchy in Bulgaria and the Pope.

Papal representatives to Bulgaria

Apostolic Delegates

Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli (16 October 1931 - 30 November 1934)
Giuseppe Mazzoli (15 December 1934 - 8 December 1945)
- Following Mazzoli's death, the delegation was led briefly by an experienced lesser official of the delegation who was not allowed to return from a trip outside Bulgaria.^[1]

Apostolic Nuncios

Mario Rizzi (28 February 1991 - 1996)
Blasco Francisco Collaço (13 April 1996 - 24 May 2000)
Antonio Mennini (8 July 2000 - 6 November 2002)^[2]
Giuseppe Leanza (22 February 2003 - 22 February 2008)^[3]
Januariusz Mikołaj Bolonek (24 May 2008 - 6 December 2013)^[4]
Anselmo Guido Pecorari (25 April 2014^[5] – 31 December 2021)^[6]
Luciano Suriani (13 May 2022 – present)

References

^ Balogh, Margit (1 November 2014). "Diplomatic Missions of the Holy See in Hungary and East-Central Europe after the Second World War". Central European Papers: 102.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 08.07.2000" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 8 July 2000. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 22.02.2003" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 24.05.2008" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 24 May 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e Nomine, 25.04.2014" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
^ "Rinunce e nomine, 31.12.2021" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.

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v t e Catholic Church in Bulgaria
Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria
Cathedrals	Latin: Cathedral of St Joseph, Sofia Cathedral of St Louis, Plovdiv St Paul of the Cross Cathedral, Rousse Byzantine Catholic: Cathedral of the Dormition, Sofia
Dioceses	Latin: Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis Byzantine Catholic: Bulgarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Sofia
Former dioceses	Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace Macedonian Apostolic Vicariate of the Bulgarians
Bishops	Latin, Sofia: Petar Bogdan Giorgio Radovani Vinkenti Peev Ivan Romanov Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev Latin, Nicopolis: Eugene Bossilkov Samuel Dzhundrin Petko Christov Strahil Kavalenov Byzantine Greek: Joseph Sokolsky Raphael Popov Nil Izvorov Lazar Mladenov Epiphanius Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev Christo Proykov
Relations	Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations
See also	Council of Serdica Titular see of Philippopolis
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