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His Excellency
Christo Proykov
Apostolic Exarch of Sofia
Episcopus Christo Proykov 2013
Church
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church
Diocese
Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia
Appointed
18 December 1993
Installed
5 September 1995
Predecessor
Methodius Stratiev
Other post(s)
Titular Bishop of Briula Chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria
Orders
Ordination
23 May 1971
Consecration
6 January 1994 by John Paul II
Personal details
Born
(1946-03-11) 11 March 1946 (age 78)
Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality
Bulgarian
Christo Proykov (Bulgarian: Христо Пройков) (born 11 March 1946 in Sofia) is the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Bishop of Sofia. He was ordained a priest on 23 May 1971, then appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Sofia and Titular Bishop of Briula on 18 December 1993. On 6 January 1994 Proykov was ordained bishop and on 5 September 1995 he became Bishop of Sofia.
ChristoProykov (Bulgarian: Христо Пройков) (born 11 March 1946 in Sofia) is the Bulgarian Greek Catholic Bishop of Sofia. He was ordained a priest on...
Богородично), in Bulgaria's capital Sofia. The incumbent eparch is ChristoProykov. Like other Eastern Catholic Churches, the Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic...
appointed with rights of succession. For example, in 1993 titular Bishop ChristoProykov of Briula was appointed Coadjutor to Apostolic Exarch of Sofia, Methodius...
Exarch of Sofia of the Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1963.04.28 – 1971.03.09) ChristoProykov (1995.09.05 – 2019.10.11), Titular Bishop of Briula (1993.12.18 – ...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
Bedros XIX Tarmouni Cilicia Armenian Catholic Church Lebanon Exarch ChristoProykov Sofia Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church Bulgaria Patriarch Louis Raphaël...
Guido Pecorari, together with Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev and Bishop ChristoProykov. "Badge of Honor" of the Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge...
the motu proprio of Pope John Paul II "Apostolos suos" 1998. Mgr. ChristoProykov - Chairman of the conference and Exarch of Sofia Mgr. Gheorghi Ivanov...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
Bulgarians (Bulgaria) (1926.07.31 – 1942 and 1951.04.27 – death 1971.03.09) ChristoProykov (1993.12.18 – ...), Apostolic Exarch of above Sofia of the Bulgarians...
died at 21:54. Funeral service took place on 14 May 2006 by Exarch ChristoProykov in the presence of Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev and Apostolic Nuncio...
Shanov Michael Petkov Michael Mirov Kiril Kurtev Methodius Stratiev ChristoProykov Relations Apostolic Nunciature to Bulgaria Bulgaria–Holy See relations...
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