Bishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †

Deceased

Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
1 Dec 1914		Born
23 Mar 1940	25.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
25 Aug 1954	39.7	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
10 Oct 1959	44.8	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Giufi
8 Nov 1959	44.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Giufi
27 Apr 1965	50.4	Resigned	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
22 Jul 1975	60.6	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
14 Dec 1978	64.0	Appointed	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
4 Oct 1983	68.8	Died	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

MicroData Summary
Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov
Bishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov
(born 1 Dec 1914, died 4 Oct 1983)
Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv

Event Place
Birth Place Plovdiv, Vicariate Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv
Ordained Bishop Saint Louis, Cathedral, Plovdiv, Vicariate Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv
Death Place Plovdiv, Diocese of Sofia e Plovdiv

a priest for 43.5 years
a bishop for 23.9 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Kiril Stefan (Nikola) Kurtev †
Titular Bishop of Briula

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Kiril Stefan (Nikola) Kurtev † (1926)
Titular Bishop of Briula
Bishop Athanase Khoriaty, B.S. † (1920)
Bishop of Saïda (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Dimitrios I (Joseph) Cadi (Kadi) † (1903)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyrille VIII Geha † (1885)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Grégoire II Youssef (Sayyour) † (1856)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Clément Michael Bahous † (1836)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Maximos III Michel Mazloum † (1810)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Agapios III Matar, B.S. † (1795)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Cyril VII (François) Siaj (Siage) † (1763)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Euthyme Fadel (Maalouly) † (1724)
Bishop of Fourzol (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Néophytos Nasri † (1722)
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)
Patriarch Athanasius Dabbas † (1685)
Patriarch of Antiochia {Antioch} (Melkite Greek)
Bishop Leonce †
Bishop of Saidnaya (Melkite Greek)

Ordained Priest:
Bishop Georgi Ivanov Yovchev (1976)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Vasco Séirécov † (1975)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q4937469

Source(s):

b/c2: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1959, Number 100
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 33, Number 1,983
opd/aadm/loc: CB, 8 Oct 2025

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