Former Bulgarian Apostolic Vicariate of

Constantinople

Turkiye Turkiye, Bulgaria Bulgaria, Greece Greece

Continent: Central and Southwest Asia

Rite: Bulgarian (Byzantine)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Constantinople

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History

Past Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Constantinople (Bulgarian Rite)

Archbishop Nilo Isworoff
(1880 – 1895.07)

Born:1823.11.21 (Roustchouk, Bulgaria)
Consecrated Bishop:1872.06.10 (no papal mandate)
Died:1905.03.13 (Sofia, Bulgaria † 81)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople of the Bulgarians (Turkiye) (1880 – 1895.07)

Archbishop ad personam (1883.04.10 – 1905.03.13)

Bulgarian Orthodox bishop of Smolens 1872.06.10. Catholic 1874.04.11. Bulgarian Orthodox 1895.07.

Bishop Rafail Popov
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 1865.03.28 – 1876.03.06)

Archbishop Joseph Sokolsky
(1861 – 1879.09.30)

Born:1786 (Nova Mahala, Bulgaria)
Ordained Priest:1822
Consecrated Bishop:1861.04.14
Died:1879.09.30 († 92)

Vicar Apostolic of Constantinople of the Bulgarians (Turkiye) (1861 – 1879.09.30)

Archbishop ad personam (1861.04 – 1879.09.30)

Last updated on 2026.01.09

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