Bishop Georgi Ivanov Yovchev

Bishop Emeritus of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
9 May 1950		Born
9 May 1976	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
6 Jul 1988	38.1	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria
6 Jul 1988	38.1	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
16 Jul 2025	75.1	Retired	Bishop of Sofia e Plovdiv, Bulgaria

MicroData Summary
Georgi Ivanov Yovchev
Bishop Georgi Ivanov Yovchev
(born 9 May 1950)
Bishop Emeritus of Sofia e Plovdiv

Ad Limina - November 2005: Bishop
Ad Limina - February 2014: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Sekirovo Rakovski, Vicariate Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Sofia, Diocese of Sofia e Plovdiv

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

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Bogdan Stefanov Dobranov †
Titular Bishop of Giufi
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno †
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Samuel Seraphimov Djoundrine, A.A. †
Bishop of Nicopoli
Bishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev, A.A. †
Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Thracia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Francesco Colasuonno † (1975)
Titular Archbishop of Truentum
Corrado Cardinal Ursi † (1951)
Archbishop of Napoli {Naples}
Archbishop Carlo Confalonieri † (1941)
Titular Archbishop of Nicopolis ad Nestum
Pope Pius XII (1917)
(Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli †)
Pope Benedict XV (1907)
(Giacomo Giambattista della Chiesa †)
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop Rumen Ivanov Stanev (2021)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Strahil Veselinov Kavalenov (2021)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Sekirovo Rakovski, Vicariate Apostolic of Sofia e Plovdiv
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Sofia, Diocese of Sofia e Plovdiv

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q5556448

Source(s):

ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 110, Number 9,729
c34: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 112, Additions/Corrections (front)
ob/c2: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 172, Deceased Cardinals (back)
c1: CB, 26 Aug 2024
r: Bollettino, 16 Jul 2025

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