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Bulgaria

Seniority by Priestly Ordination


Ordained
Priest
YearsNameCurrent Title
2 May 1954 Archbishop Blasco Francisco CollaçoApostolic Nuncio
17 Jul 1966 Archbishop Giuseppe LeanzaApostolic Nuncio
27 Sep 1970 Archbishop Anselmo Guido PecorariApostolic Nuncio
23 May 1971 Bishop Christo ProykovBishop Emeritus of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian)
14 Dec 1974 Archbishop Antonio MenniniOfficial of the Secretariat of State, Roman Curia
9 May 1976 Bishop Georgi Ivanov YovchevBishop of Sofia e Plovdiv
5 Aug 1981 Archbishop Luciano SurianiApostolic Nuncio to Bulgaria
11 Oct 1997 Bishop Petko ValovBishop of Saint John XXIII of Sofia (Bulgarian)
11 Sep 1999 Bishop Rumen Ivanov StanevAuxiliary Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv
18 Apr 2009 Bishop Strahil Veselinov KavalenovBishop of Nicopoli

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