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antisocialist activities and help opposition parties. In 1949 foreign priests were forbidden to preach in
Bulgaria, and the papal nuncio was forbidden to return to Bulgaria. Relations between the Vatican and Bulgaria were severed at that time. During the "Catholic trials" of 1951-52, sixty priests were convicted of working for Western intelligence agencies and collecting political, economic, and military intelligence for the West.; Four priests were executed on the basis of these charges. In the early 1950s, the property of Catholic parishes was confiscated, all Catholic schools, colleges, and clubs were closed, and the Catholic Church was deprived of its legal status. Only nominal official toleration of Catholic worship remained.
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Kalkandjieva, D., "The
Catholic Church in Bulgaria and the Cold War." In: L'Europe et la Mediterranee: Strategies politiques et culturelles (XIXe et XXe siecles), Actes du colloque de Nancy-Malzeville (4, 5, 6 septembre 1997) sous la direction de G. Meynier et M. Russo, (Nancy: Presses universitaires
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The communist era was a time of great persecution for
Catholics, nominally because Catholicism was considered the religion of fascism. Bulgarian communists also deemed Catholicism a foreign influence. Under communist rule, Catholic priests were charged with following Vatican orders to conduct
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Bulgaria have enjoyed greater religious freedom after the end of communist rule in 1989. Bulgaria reestablished relations with the Vatican in 1990, and the Bulgarian government invited
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Bulgaria became independent, the Catholic Church again tried to increase its influence by opening schools, colleges, and hospitals throughout the country, and by offering scholarships to students who wished to study abroad. Bulgarian
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Catholic. This compared to 48,945 people in 2011, 43,811 in 2001 and 53,074 in 1992.
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2011:(1197–1207) formed a short-lived union between the
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2941:Bulgarian Catholic Apostolic Vicariate of Thrace
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2867:Cathedral of St Louis, Plovdiv
2794:Bulgarian Evangelical Alliance
2332:Kalkandjieva, Daniela (2014).
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2153:Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
3599:Catholic Church in Bulgaria
3087:Bulgaria–Holy See relations
2836:Catholic Church in Bulgaria
2610:Armenian Evangelical Church
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1664:People of Bulgarian descent
1374:Public holidays in Bulgaria
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1806:% of the total population
40:Catholic Church by country
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2401:Federal Research Division
2274:US State Dept 2022 report
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1771:Geographical distribution
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1803:% of those who answered
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2712:United Methodist Church
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2250:Religion in Bulgaria
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631:United Arab Emirates
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1911:Levski Municipality
1895:Belene Municipality
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1535:Dobrujan Bulgarians
1018:Trinidad and Tobago
913:Antigua and Barbuda
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509:Turkmenistan
297:South Africa
280:Sierra Leone
85:Burkina Faso
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3536:Isle of Man
3471:recognition
3423:Switzerland
3358:Netherlands
3031:Nil Izvorov
2740:Pentecostal
2370:21 November
2140:(using the
1269:Middle Ages
1073:New Zealand
1008:Saint Lucia
958:El Salvador
861:Switzerland
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532:Middle East
479:Philippines
427:South Korea
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357:Afghanistan
302:South Sudan
185:Ivory Coast
3393:San Marino
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3333:Luxembourg
3313:Kazakhstan
3216:Azerbaijan
2852:Cathedrals
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2261:References
2142:Roman Rite
2049:Paulicians
1767:converts.
1745:Paulicians
1718:Paulicians
1707:Bulgarians
1440:Kazakhstan
1382:By country
1329:Literature
1300:Bulgarians
1063:Micronesia
938:Costa Rica
831:San Marino
791:Montenegro
771:Luxembourg
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387:East Timor
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290:Somaliland
275:Seychelles
240:Mozambique
225:Mauritania
210:Madagascar
100:Cape Verde
3526:Gibraltar
3328:Lithuania
3075:Relations
2722:Adventist
2704:Methodist
2668:Calvinist
2184:sui iuris
2090:in 1925.
2041:Dubrovnik
1641:Torlakian
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1512:Subgroups
1395:Australia
1183:Venezuela
1128:Argentina
1043:Australia
993:Nicaragua
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766:Lithuania
601:Palestine
489:Sri Lanka
484:Singapore
402:Indonesia
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3478:Abkhazia
3453:Scotland
3408:Slovenia
3403:Slovakia
3378:Portugal
3236:Bulgaria
3096:See also
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2470:Bulgaria
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2146:Holy See
2045:Adriatic
2015:and the
1845:city of
1755:and the
1722:Rakovski
1714:Svishtov
1621:Dialects
1608:Language
1569:Religion
1292:a series
1290:Part of
1255:, after
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1173:Suriname
1163:Paraguay
1148:Colombia
1053:Kiribati
978:Honduras
948:Dominica
923:Barbados
886:Scotland
846:Slovenia
841:Slovakia
816:Portugal
686:Bulgaria
564:Abkhazia
504:Thailand
474:Pakistan
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454:Maldives
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377:Cambodia
337:Zimbabwe
312:Tanzania
155:Ethiopia
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3443:England
3433:Ukraine
3383:Romania
3343:Moldova
3301:Ireland
3296:Iceland
3291:Hungary
3281:Germany
3276:Georgia
3266:Finland
3261:Estonia
3256:Denmark
3241:Croatia
3226:Belgium
3221:Belarus
3211:Austria
3206:Armenia
3201:Andorra
3196:Albania
2955:Bishops
2686:Baptist
2504:Eastern
2296:12 June
2207:eparchy
2157:Plovdiv
2088:Vatican
2043:on the
2009:Kaloyan
2002:Boris I
1976:History
1847:Plovdiv
1777:Plovdiv
1761:Plovdiv
1487:Ukraine
1455:Romania
1445:Lebanon
1430:Hungary
1420:Germany
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963:Grenada
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821:Romania
781:Moldova
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661:Andorra
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1991:Rousse
1961:48,945
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1816:11,400
1785:Pleven
1757:Danube
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1626:Balkan
1545:Pomaks
1492:Crimea
1482:Turkey
1475:Brazil
1460:Serbia
1425:Greece
1415:France
1400:Canada
1359:Dances
1344:Cinema
1158:Guyana
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988:Mexico
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826:Russia
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806:Norway
786:Monaco
756:Latvia
751:Kosovo
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3516:Åland
3458:Wales
3413:Spain
3338:Malta
3308:Italy
2161:Sofia
2073:Knyaz
1953:0.9%
1947:1,173
1937:0.4%
1931:1,203
1921:7.5%
1918:11.0%
1915:1,504
1902:31.9%
1899:1,872
1889:5.6%
1883:2,396
1870:23.5%
1867:2,630
1857:1.1%
1851:3,681
1840:0.4%
1834:5,572
1830:Sofia
1820:53.2%
1781:Sofia
1738:Banat
1651:Other
1631:Banat
1583:Islam
1555:Shopi
1550:Șchei
1465:Spain
1435:Italy
1369:Sport
1349:Names
1334:Music
1261:Islam
1143:Chile
1098:Tonga
1088:Samoa
1078:Palau
1068:Nauru
973:Haiti
891:Wales
851:Spain
776:Malta
746:Italy
636:Yemen
621:Syria
611:Qatar
469:Nepal
444:Macau
417:Korea
407:Japan
397:India
382:China
307:Sudan
250:Niger
205:Libya
190:Kenya
170:Ghana
160:Gabon
135:Egypt
75:Benin
2372:2022
2340:ISBN
2298:2012
2006:Tsar
1968:0.7%
1964:0.8%
1950:1.0%
1934:0.5%
1886:7.5%
1854:1.4%
1837:0.5%
1749:Osam
1277:Rome
1273:Pope
1263:and
1247:The
1168:Peru
1048:Fiji
943:Cuba
606:Oman
576:Iraq
571:Iran
439:Laos
350:Asia
317:Togo
220:Mali
110:Chad
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