Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov

Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
25 Mar 1966		Born
18 Apr 2009	43.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
15 Sep 2020	54.4	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
20 Jan 2021	54.8	Appointed	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
19 Mar 2021	54.9	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria
9 Apr 2026	60.0	Resigned	Bishop of Nicopoli, Bulgaria

MicroData Summary
Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov
Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov
(born 25 Mar 1966)
Bishop Emeritus of Nicopoli

Event Place
Birth Place Razgrad, Montana, Diocese of Nicopoli
Ordained Priest Bl. Eugene Bossilkov Chapel, Nativity of the Mother of God, Church, Belene
Ordained Bishop San Paolo della Croce, Cathedral, Ruse, Diocese of Nicopoli

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Nicopoli.

a priest for years
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Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Petko Jordanov Christov, O.F.M. Conv. †
Bishop of Nicopoli
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pecorari
Titular Archbishop of Populonia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Georgi Ivanov Yovchev
Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv
Bishop Christo Proykov
Bishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian)

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Anselmo Guido Pecorari (2004)
Titular Archbishop of Populonia
Angelo Cardinal Sodano † (1978)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Antonio Cardinal Samorè † (1950)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina e Poggio Mirteto
Clemente Cardinal Micara † (1920)
Cardinal-Bishop of Velletri
Pietro Cardinal Gasparri † (1898)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
François-Marie-Benjamin Cardinal Richard de la Vergne † (1872)
Archbishop of Paris
Archbishop Joseph Hippolyte Guibert, O.M.I. † (1842)
Archbishop of Paris
Bishop St. Eugène-Charles-Joseph de Mazenod, O.M.I. † (1832)
Bishop of Marseille
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Petko Valov (2024)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Razgrad, Montana, Diocese of Nicopoli
Ordained Priest	Bl. Eugene Bossilkov Chapel, Nativity of the Mother of God, Church, Belene
Ordained Bishop	San Paolo della Croce, Cathedral, Ruse, Diocese of Nicopoli

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q64708082

Source(s):

ab: Bollettino, 15 Sep 2020
b/c1: CB, 15 Sep 2020
ab: Bollettino, 20 Jan 2021
ob: AM, 10 Feb 2021
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 247, Number 20,617
r: Bollettino, 9 Apr 2026

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