Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev

Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1950		Born	Sekirovo Rakovski
9 May 1976	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
6 Jul 1988	38.2	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
6 Jul 1988	38.2	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Lamphua
31 Jul 1988	38.2	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Lamphua
13 Nov 1995	45.5	Appointed	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Sofia e Plovdiv.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Francesco Cardinal Colasuonno †
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †
Archbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev (1988)
Francesco Cardinal Colasuonno † (1975)
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Carlo Cardinal Confalonieri † (1941)
Pope Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli † (1917)
Pope Giacomo della Chiesa † (1907)
Pope St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto † (1884)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Father Carlo Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Pope Carlo della Torre Rezzonico † (1743)
Pope Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini † (1724)
Pope Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. † (1675)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Number 9,729
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Deceased Cardinals (back)

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