Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv

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Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv Diœcesis Sophiae et Philippopolis Епархия София и Пловдив
Catholic
Cathedral of St Louis, Plovdiv
Location
Country	Bulgaria
Metropolitan	Immediately subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	80,000 km2 (31,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2014) 4,935,000 33,000 (0.7%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1601 (Diocese of Sardica) 1642 (Archdiocese of Sardica) 1759 (Vicariate Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv) 3 March 1979 (Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv)
Cathedral	Катедрален храм „Свети Лудвиг“ (Cathedral of St. Louis of France), Plovdiv
Co-cathedral	Катедрален храм „Свети Йосиф“ (Cocathedral of St. Joseph), Sofia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev

The Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv (Latin: Diœcesis Sophiae et Philippopolis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church^[1][2] which includes the whole southern part of Bulgaria. The remainder of Bulgaria falls within the Diocese of Nicopoli. The diocese is exempt, i.e. immediately subject of the Holy See, not part of any ecclesiastical province.

The seat of the episcopal see is 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. The construction was symbolically started by Pope John Paul II during his visit in Sofia in 2002.