Bishop Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. †

Deceased

Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Oct 1950		Born
19 Oct 1985	35.0	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
15 Dec 1985	35.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
1990²	39.2	First Vows	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
15 Dec 1993	43.1	Perpetual Vows	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Conventual
18 Oct 1994	43.9	Appointed	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
6 Jan 1995	44.2	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
25 Jan 1995	44.2	Installed	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
14 Sep 2020	69.9	Died	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Note(s): ² Month Uncertain

MicroData Summary for Petko Jordanov Christov
(WikiData: Q2079899)
Bishop Petko Jordanov Christov O.F.M. Conv. (born 19 Oct 1950, died 14 Sep 2020) Bishop of Nicopoli

Ad Limina - November 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Valchevo
Ordained Bishop San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Hospital, Ruse, Diocese of Nicopoli
Buried Place (Original) St. Paul of the Cross, Cathedral, Ruse, Diocese of Nicopoli

a priest for 34.7 years
a bishop for 25.6 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †
Bishop of Nicopoli
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re
Titular Archbishop of Forum Novum
Archbishop Jorge María Mejía †
Titular Archbishop of Apollonia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov (2009)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Valchevo
Ordained Bishop	San Pietro, Basilica, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place	Hospital, Ruse, Diocese of Nicopoli
Buried Place (Original)	St. Paul of the Cross, Cathedral, Ruse, Diocese of Nicopoli

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 140, Number 12,457
d: CB, 14 Sep 2020
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 246, Necrology (back)

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