Roman Catholicism In Bulgaria
Roman Catholicism is the fourth largest religious congregation in Bulgaria, after Eastern Orthodoxy, Islam and Protestantism. It has roots in the country since the Middle Ages and is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.
As an entity, the Catholic Church consists of two dioceses in Bulgaria, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv with the Seat in Plovdiv and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nikopol with the Seat in Rouse, for those of the Latin Rite, and an exarchate with its seat in Sofia for those of the Eastern Rite.
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