The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv is a Roman Catholic diocese of the Latin Rite which includes the whole southern part of Bulgaria. The remainder of Bulgaria is comprised in the Diocese of Nicopoli. The seat of the episcopal see is in Plovdiv. The diocese is immediately subject of the Holy See. The Cathedral of St Louis is in Plovdiv and there is a new co-cathedral in Sofia — the Cathedral of St. Joseph consecrated on May 21 2006 by Cardinal Angelo Sodano.
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Bulgaria
Established
1601, 1642, (As Archdiocese of Sardica), (As Diocese of Sardica), (As Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv), 1759(As Vicariate Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv), 3 March 1979
