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Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev
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Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev (Bulgarian: Георги Иванов Йовчев) (born 6 May 1950, in Sekirovo, a part of the town of Rakovski, Bulgaria) is the current Bulgarian Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv.
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Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev | |
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Bishop of Sofia-Plovdiv | |
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Native name | Георги Иванов Йовчев |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Sofia-Plovdiv |
See | Sofia-Plovdiv |
Appointed | 13 November 1995 |
Predecessor | Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov |
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Ordination | 9 May 1976 by Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov |
Consecration | 31 July 1988 by Francesco Colasuonno |
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Born | Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev (1950-05-06) 6 May 1950 (age 74) |
Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Lamphua (1988-95) Apostolic Administrator of Sofia-Plovdiv (1988-95) |
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