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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church	1
Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Constantinople	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 (3)

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