Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Bulgaria

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1601
Sardica / Sofia (restored) - (Ottoman Empire) Bulgaria
1642
Sardica / Sofia (AD) - (Ottoman Empire) Bulgaria
1648?
Nicopoli (detached from ....) - (Ottoman Empire) Bulgaria
1758
Sardica / Sofia (vacant, but territory ruled by Apostolic Vicars) - (Ottoman Empire) Bulgaria
1867
Sofia and Plovdiv (AV, for the territory of AD Sardica, which was de iure still a residential see until 1892) - (Ottoman Empire) Bulgaria
1892
Sardica / Sofia (now a mere titular AD) - (Ottoman Empire) Bulgaria
1926
Sofia [Bulg.-Byz.] (ApEx, erected as the Bulgarian Byzantine Church was reorganized, previously probably mainly part of AV Hadrianopolis [Bulg.-Byz.]) - Bulgaria
1979
Sofia and Plovdiv - Bulgaria
2019
Sofia [Bulg.-Byz.] (Ep.) - Bulgaria
av Webmaster publisert 08.09.2004, sist endret 11.10.2019 - 16:39