Eugene Bossilkov

Blessed Eugene Bossilkov C.P.
Bishop, Martyr
Born	November 16, 1900
Died	November 11, 1952(1952-11-11) (aged 51)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Beatified	15 March 1998, Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II
Feast	November 13

Eugene Bossilkov, CP (born Vincent Bossilkov 16 November 1900 – 11 November 1952) was a Bulgarian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicopolis from 1947 until his execution by Bulgaria's communist regime in 1952. He was a member of the Passionists.^[1]

Bossilkov studied in Rome for his doctorate at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and became a parish priest in the Danube Valley. After becoming a bishop, he was arrested in 1952 by the Communist regime, together with many other religious leaders, and executed for ostensible crimes against the state. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998.