Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church

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Byzantine Rite church Eastern Catholic particular church sui iuris church

The Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church of the Byzantine Rite in full communion with Rome, rooted in Bulgarian national and religious identity.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church canonical 5
Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church 1
Bulgarian Byzantine Catholics 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine Rite church ⓘ
Eastern Catholic particular church ⓘ
sui iuris church ⓘ
associatedWithNation Bulgaria ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Bulgarians ⓘ
churchSuiIurisOf Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
clergyCanMarryBeforeOrdination true ⓘ
communionWith Holy See ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
country Bulgaria ⓘ
dateOfUnionWithRome 1861 ⓘ
denominationalFamily Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Catholicism
ecclesiasticalCommunion full communion with Rome ⓘ
followsChristology Nicene Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Chalcedonian Christology
followsTheology Catholic theology ⓘ
founded 1861 ⓘ
governedBy apostolic exarch ⓘ
bishop ⓘ
hasEthnicCharacter Bulgarian ⓘ
hasJurisdiction Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia ⓘ
hasMarriedPriesthoodTradition true ⓘ
hasSee Sofia ⓘ
headquartersLocation Sofia ⓘ
hierarchicalStatus apostolic exarchate ⓘ
exarchate ⓘ
historicalPredecessor Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople

Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Macedonia

Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace ⓘ
isMinorityChurchIn Bulgaria ⓘ
liturgicalTradition Byzantine ⓘ
originatesFrom Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
partOf Bulgarian national revival ⓘ
primaryLiturgicalForm Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom ⓘ
primaryTerritory Bulgaria ⓘ
recognizesSupremePontiffAs Pope ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church
rite Byzantine Rite ⓘ
secondaryLiturgicalForm Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great ⓘ
selfDesignation Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church
separatedFrom Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
sharesByzantineTraditionWith other Byzantine Rite Eastern Catholic Churches ⓘ
sharesHeritageWith Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ
subjectTo Dicastery for the Oriental Churches ⓘ
surface form: Dicastery for the Eastern Churches

Holy See ⓘ
usesCalendar Gregorian calendar (Western churches) ⓘ
surface form: Gregorian calendar

Revised Julian calendar ⓘ
usesLanguage Bulgarian ⓘ
Church Slavonic ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

Eastern Catholic Churches → hasMajorChurch → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → historicalPredecessor → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople
Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church → selfDesignation → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church
sui iuris Church → hasExample → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace → churchSuiIuris → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace → targetCommunity → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Catholics
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace → targetCommunity → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Byzantine Rite Catholics
Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia → churchSuiIuris → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia → partOf → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia → primaryConstituency → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Greek Catholics
Eparchy of Saint John XXIII of Sofia → primaryRiteFaithful → Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bulgarian Byzantine Catholics