Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace

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Apostolic vicariate Eastern Catholic jurisdiction former Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction

The Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace was a former Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the Thrace region that served Bulgarian Byzantine Rite Catholics before later church structures succeeded it.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia	1
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace canonical	1

Statements (33)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Apostolic vicariate ⓘ Eastern Catholic jurisdiction ⓘ former Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction ⓘ
belongsToTradition	Bulgarian Greek Catholic tradition ⓘ
churchSuiIuris	Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
churchSuiIurisFamily	Byzantine Rite ⓘ surface form: Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
denomination	Catholic ⓘ
ecclesiasticalRank	pre-diocesan jurisdiction ⓘ
establishedFor	Bulgarian Greek Catholics ⓘ
function	missionary activity among Bulgarians in Thrace ⓘ pastoral care of Bulgarian Byzantine Catholics in Thrace ⓘ
governedBy	apostolic vicar ⓘ titular bishop ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	Byzantine liturgical usage in Bulgarian ⓘ missionary character ⓘ
historicalPeriod	late Ottoman period ⓘ
historicalStatus	no longer existing jurisdiction ⓘ
immediatelySubjectTo	Dicastery for the Oriental Churches ⓘ surface form: Congregation for the Oriental Churches Holy See ⓘ
jurisdictionType	missionary jurisdiction ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Bulgarian ⓘ
partOf	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
regionServed	Thrace ⓘ surface form: Eastern Thrace European Turkey ⓘ Thrace ⓘ
rite	Byzantine Rite ⓘ
status	suppressed ⓘ
successor	later Bulgarian Greek Catholic ecclesiastical structures ⓘ
suiIurisChurchTradition	Byzantine ⓘ
targetCommunity	Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Bulgarian Byzantine Rite Catholics Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ surface form: Bulgarian Catholics

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Input

Subject: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace
Description of subject: The Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace was a former Eastern Catholic missionary jurisdiction in the Thrace region that served Bulgarian Byzantine Rite Catholics before later church structures succeeded it.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → historicalPredecessor → Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia