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After Bulgaria became independent, the Catholic Church again tried to increase its influence by opening schools, colleges, and hospitals throughout the country, and by offering scholarships to students who wished to study abroad. Bulgarian Knyaz Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha was himself Catholic and supported the Vatican in these efforts.
This is a list of Catholic churches in Bulgaria. Cathedrals. Cathedral of St Joseph, Sofia; Cathedral of St Louis (Plovdiv) ... Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
"Saint Joseph" is the largest Catholic cathedral in Bulgaria has 350 seats and can hold up to 1,000 worshipers. The cathedral is 23 metres long, 15 metres wide is, is 19 metres high main body of the building with a roof height of 23 metres and the tower is equipped with four electronically operated bells, is 33 metres high.
Archbishop Joseph Sokolsky, November 1872 Raphael Popov (1830–1876), Bulgarian Byzantine-Catholic Bishop Headquarters of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church in Sofia, Bulgaria. The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church [a] is a sui iuris ("autonomous") Eastern Catholic church based in Bulgaria.
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 construction of the church building began in 2007 as a private initiative using the funds of Borislav Lorinkov. The church building has an area of 1100 square meters and is located in the industrial part of the city. Meanwhile, a chapel in the city, dedicated to Saint Emet - a martyr from Vidin from the 3rd century, is used for services.
The Roman Catholic Church in Bulgaria, joint in an episcopal conference (Mejduritualnata Episcopska Konferenzia vâv Bâlgaria), comprises only exempt sees: two Latin exempt bishoprics; one Eastern Catholic pre-diocesan (exempt) jurisdiction
The term Bulgarian Catholic Church can refer to: Catholic Church in Bulgaria , communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria (including the Latin Church) Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church , a "sui juris" Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite in Bulgaria