Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis

Diocese of Nicopolis

*Dioecesis Nicopolitanus*

Епархия Никопол
Diocese of Nicopolis; Dioecesis Nicopolitanus; Епархия Никопол
Catholic
	The Cathedral of St Paul of the Cross in Ruse, Bulgaria
Location
Country	Bulgaria
Metropolitan	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	43,241 km2 (16,695 sq mi)
Population Total; Catholics;	(as of 2021); 2,500,000; 25,000 (1%);
Parishes	21
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1648 (suffragan to Sofia); 1789 (subject to the Holy See);
Cathedral	St Paul of the Cross Cathedral, Rousse
Secular priests	4 plus 9 religious priests
Language	Bulgarian
Calendar	General Roman
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Strahil Kavalenov
Website
	diocesi-nicopoli.bg

The Diocese of Nicopolis (Latin: Dioecesis Nicopolitanus) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church, which includes the whole northern part of Bulgaria. The seat of the episcopal see is in Rousse, although the diocese is named after Nicopolis ad Istrum. The diocese is immediately subject of the Holy See.

The current bishop is Strahil Kavalenov.