page_title: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople
hierarchical_section_title: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople
caption_attribution_description: English: Raphael Popov was a Bulgarian priest and a participant in the struggle for an independent national church.
context_page_description: The Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople was the first missionary, pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris. As Apostolic Vicariate it was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, and entitled to a titular bishop. It was created in 1861 and reorganized in 1883.
context_section_description: The Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople (informally Constantinople of the Bulgarians) was the first missionary, pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church sui iuris (Eastern Catholic of Byzantine Rite in Bulgarian language). As Apostolic Vicariate it was exempt, i.e. directly dependent on the Holy See, and entitled to a titular bishop. It was created in 1861 and reorganized in 1883.
caption: Raphael Popov (1830-1876), Bulgarian Byzantine-Catholic Bishop
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