Ivan Romanov (Catholic bishop)

Ivan Romanov was a Bulgarian Roman Catholic bishop and an Apostolic Vicar of Sofia and Plovdiv.

Life

Romanov was born in Baltadzhii. He was ordained a priest on 21 January 1901. On 6 July 1942 he was elected Sofia - Plovdiv Apostolic Administrator and Bishop of the Titular Prisriana. On 4 October 1942 he was consecrated as a bishop.
During the trials against Catholic priests in Bulgaria, Romanov was arrested by the People's Militia. On 29 October 1952 Sofia District Court examined the case of Romanov. The accusation was spying. His conviction sentence was 12 years imprisonment. On 8 January 1953 Romanov died in prison in Shumen after many tortures.
His process of beatification started on 17 November 1998 and since then he bears the title "servant of God".