for Catholics of the Latin Church (using the Roman Rite), nor suffragans of a neighbouring one, but only two exempt dioceses (i.e. directly subject to the Holy See) in Bulgaria : the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv, with cathedral see in Plovdiv and co-cathedral in Sofia the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nicopolis, with cathedral see in Rousse. Bulgarian Byzantine Catholic Church Aside from the Latin Church, there is also the sui iuris Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church (for Bulgarian Catholics of the Byzantine Rite), which follows Bulgarian ecclesiastical traditions and uses Bulgarian language, established in 1926 and taking after several organisations created in the late 19th-century, most importantly the Macedonian Apostolic Vicariate of the Bulgarians. It consists solely of a single eparchy, which was previously an apostolic exarchate and elevated to the rank of an eparchy in 2019. The eparchy is exempt (i.e. immediately subject to the Holy See): Bulgarian Greek Catholic Eparchy of Sofia, with its cathedral see in Sofia. See also List of Catholic dioceses (structured view) Eastern Orthodoxy in Bulgaria Protestantism in Bulgaria References Николов, А. Место и роль Болгарии в средневековой полемике православного Востока против католического Запада (на основе славянских переводных и оригинальных текстов XI-XIV вв.) – В: XVIII Ежегодная богословская конференция Православного Свято-Тихоновского гуманитарного университета. Т. 1. Москва, 2008, 123-127 Sources and external links GigaCatholic Official website of the Catholic Church in Bulgaria Official website of St Paul of the Cross - a Catholic church in Rousse, Bulgaria