Petko Christov

From 1977 to 1985 in Bulgaria he studied to become a priest and was ordained on 15 December 1985 by Bishop Samuel Dzhundrin.

On 18 October 1994 he was consecrated by Pope John Paul II as Bishop of Nicopolis.

On 6 January 1995 he was ordained at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican by John Paul II, with cardinals Giovanni Battista Re and Jorge María Mejía being his co-consecrators.

On December 1, 2001 in Sofia at the XVIII National Conference of Caritas Bulgaria he was elected its president.

In the Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria he was the chairman of the following committees: After illness, Bishop Christov died on September 14, 2020[1] in the hospital in the city of Ruse at the age of 69.