Vinkenti Peev

His Excellency
Vinkenti Peev
Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
See Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
Appointed 14 October 1916
Installed 14 October 1916
Predecessor Archbishop Roberto Meni
Orders
Ordination 1897
Personal details
Born 11 November 1873
Rakovski, Bulgaria
Died 2 March 1941
Sofia, Bulgaria
Nationality Indian
Styles of
Vinkenti Peev
Reference style The Most Reverend
Spoken style Your Excellency
Religious style Monsignor
Posthumous style Bishop

Vinkenti Peev (Bulgarian: Винкенти Пеев) was a Bulgarian Catholic priest, Capuchin friar and Vicar Apostolic of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv.

Life

Peev was born on 11 November 1873 in the Bulgarian town of Baltadzhii (today Rakovski). In 1897 he was ordained as a priest. On 13 December 1912 he was appointed Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv and Titular Bishop of Lyrbe. On 3 February 1913 he was consecrated a bishop. He succeeded Archbishop Roberto Meni on 14 October 1916 as Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv.

Bishop Peev died on 2 March 1941 in Sofia.



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