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Bulgarian Catholic Church
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 * Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia, an Apostolic Exarchate for Eastern Catholics of the Byzantine Rite in Bulgaria See also * Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople * Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace * Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia * Albanian Catholic Church * Belarusian Catholic Church * Croatian Catholic Church * Greek Catholic Church * Hungarian Catholic Church * Romanian Catholic Church * Russian Catholic Church * Serbian Catholic Church * Slovak Catholic Church Slovak Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Slovakia, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Slovakia * Slovak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Bulgaria
The Catholic Church is the fourth largest religious congregation in Bulgaria, after Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam and Protestantism. Its roots in the country date to the Middle Ages and are part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Location and number In the Bulgarian census of 2011, a total of 48,945 people declared themselves to be Catholics, up from 43,811 in the previous census of 2001 though down as compared to 53,074 in 1992. The vast majority of the Catholics in Bulgaria in 2001 were ethnic Bulgarians and the rest belonged to a number of other ethnic groups such as Croatians, Italians, Arabs and Germans. Bulgarian Catholics live predominantly in the regions of Svishtov and Plovdiv and are mostly descendants of the heretical Christian sect of the Paulicians, which converted to Catholicism in the 16th and 17th centuries. The largest Catholic Bulgarian town is Rakovski in Plovdiv Province. Ethnic Bulgarian Catholics known as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church
The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ( bg, Църква на съединените с Рим българи; la, Ecclesiae Graecae Catholico Bulgarica), sometimes called, in reference to its Byzantine Rite, the Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church is a ''sui juris'' particular church in full communion with the Catholic Church and the Pope of Holy See, Rome. History Middle Ages Under Tsar Boris (853–889) the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarians accepted Christianity in its Byzantine Rite, Byzantine form, with the liturgy celebrated in Church Slavonic. For a variety of reasons, Boris became interested in converting to Christianity and undertook to do that at the hands of western clergymen to be supplied by Louis the German in 863. However, late in the same year, the Byzantine Empire invaded First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgaria during a period of famine and natural disasters. Taken by surprise, Boris was forced to sue for peace and agreed to convert to Christianity according to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate Of Sofia
The Bulgarian Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia is the fourth, so far last and sole jurisdiction, covering Bulgaria, of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (Eastern Catholic, using the Byzantine Rite in Bulgarian language). Its cathedral episcopal see is the Cathedral of the Dormition (Катедрала Успение Богородично Катедрала Успение Богородично), in Bulgaria's capital Sofia, which also has a Latin Catholic diocesan see. History It was established in 1926 as Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia, on Bulgarian territory split off from the suppressed Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople and both its daughters Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia and Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace (which also covered Greece, Turkey and Macedonia), reuniting the original Balkanic jurisdiction. Statistics As per 2014, it pastorally served 10,000 Bulgarian (Byzantine Rite) Catholics in 20 parishes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate Of Constantinople
The Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople (informally Constantinople of the Bulgarians) was the first missionary, pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Eastern Catholic of Byzantine Rite in Bulgarian language). As Apostolic Vicariate it was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, and entitled to a titular bishop. It was created in 1861 and reorganized in 1883. History Since the Union of Kukush in 1859, there was a movement among Bulgarians who converted from Eastern Orthodoxy to Eastern Catholicism for creation of a particular ecclesiastical jurisdiction. On April 14, 1861 in the Sistine Chapel in Rome, Bulgarian Byzantine-Catholic archimandrite Joseph Sokolsky was consecrated Archbishop, and appointed ''apostolic vicar'' for the Catholic Bulgarians of the Byzantine Rite in Ottoman Empire. Upon his return to Constantinople, he was accepted in that capacity by the authorities of Ottoman Empire. Sokolsky wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate Of Thrace
The Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia (informally Tracia of the Bulgarians) was the second missionary, pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Eastern Catholic, Byzantine Rite in Bulgarian language). As Apostolic Vicariate it was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, and entitled to a titular bishop. History It was established on 7 April 1883 as Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Tracia alias Hadrianopolis (after its see Adrianople, now Edirne, in Turkish Thrace) on Ottoman Turkish and Bulgarian territory in Thrace split off from the Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople. In 1926 it was suppressed, its territory like that of its sister Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia and their mother Constantinople being reassigned to establish the Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia. Ordinaries ;''Apostolic Vicars of Thrace'' * Michail Petkov (1883.04.10 – deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate Of Macedonia
The Macedonian Apostolic Vicariate of the Bulgarians ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Macedoniaensis Bulgarorum or ''Vicariatus Apostolicus pro Bulgaris Catholicis Macedoniae''), informally ''Macedonia of the Bulgarians'', was one of the missionary, pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ''sui iuris'' (Eastern Catholic, Byzantine Rite in Bulgarian language). As Apostolic Vicariate it was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, and entitled to a titular bishop. History In the middle of the 19th century, historical region of Macedonia was under Ottoman rule, and its major part was organized as Salonica Eyalet. Among Eastern Orthodox Slavic population in European provinces of the Ottoman Empire, that was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, there was a strong movement for internal ecclesiastical autonomy, and since Greek hierarchy was reluctant to fulfill those demands, a fraction of population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albanian Catholic Church
The term Albanian Catholic Church can refer to: * Catholic Church in Albania, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Albania * Albanian Greek Catholic Church or Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite in Albania * Italo-Albanian Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of Byzantine-rite Italo-Albanians in Italy See also * Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania * Belarusian Catholic Church * Bulgarian Catholic Church * Croatian Catholic Church * Greek Catholic Church * Hungarian Catholic Church * Romanian Catholic Church * Russian Catholic Church * Serbian Catholic Church * Slovak Catholic Church Slovak Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Slovakia, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Slovakia * Slovak Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Sl ... * Ukrainian Catholic Church {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belarusian Catholic Church
Belarusian Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Belarus, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Belarus * Belarusian Byzantine Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Belarus See also * Belarusian Church (other) * Belarusian Orthodox Church * Albanian Catholic Church * Bulgarian Catholic Church * Croatian Catholic Church * Greek Catholic Church * Hungarian Catholic Church * Romanian Catholic Church * Russian Catholic Church * Serbian Catholic Church * Slovak Catholic Church Slovak Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Slovakia, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Slovakia * Slovak Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Sl ... * Ukrainian Catholic Church {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Catholic Church
Croatian Catholic Church can refer to: * Catholic Church in Croatia * Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia * Old Catholic Church of Croatia See also * Albanian Catholic Church * Belarusian Catholic Church * Bulgarian Catholic Church * Greek Catholic Church * Hungarian Catholic Church * Romanian Catholic Church * Russian Catholic Church * Serbian Catholic Church * Slovak Catholic Church Slovak Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Slovakia, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Slovakia * Slovak Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Sl ... * Ukrainian Catholic Church {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek Catholic Church
The term Greek Catholic Church can refer to a number of Eastern Catholic Churches following the Byzantine (Greek) liturgy, considered collectively or individually. The terms Greek Catholic, Greek Catholic church or Byzantine Catholic, Byzantine Catholic Church may refer to: * Individually, any 14 of the 23 Eastern Catholic Churches which use the Byzantine rite, a.k.a. ''Greek Rite'': ** the Albanian Greek Catholic Church ** the Belarusian Greek Catholic Church ** the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ** the Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia ** the Greek Byzantine Catholic Church, in Greece and Turkey ** the Hungarian Greek Catholic Church ** the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church ** the Macedonian Greek Catholic Church ** the Melkite Greek Catholic Church ** the Romanian Greek Catholic Church (officially the ''Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic'') ** the Russian Greek Catholic Church ** the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church ** the Slovak Greek Catholic Chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Catholic Church
Hungarian Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Hungary, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Hungary (including the Latin Church) * Hungarian Byzantine Catholic Church (an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, in full communion with the Church of Rome) See also * Albanian Catholic Church * Belarusian Catholic Church * Bulgarian Catholic Church * Croatian Catholic Church * Greek Catholic Church * Romanian Catholic Church * Russian Catholic Church * Serbian Catholic Church * Slovak Catholic Church Slovak Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Slovakia, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Slovakia * Slovak Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Sl ... * Ukrainian Catholic Church {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanian Catholic Church
Romanian Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Romania, including both Latin and Eastern Catholics * Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic (an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, in full communion with the Church of Rome) See also * Albanian Catholic Church * Belarusian Catholic Church * Bulgarian Catholic Church * Croatian Catholic Church * Greek Catholic Church * Hungarian Catholic Church * Russian Catholic Church * Serbian Catholic Church * Slovak Catholic Church Slovak Catholic Church may refer to: * Catholic Church in Slovakia, incorporating all communities and institutions of the Catholic Church in Slovakia * Slovak Greek Catholic Church, an Eastern Catholic church of the Byzantine Rite, centered in Sl ... * Ukrainian Catholic Church {{SIA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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