Eugene Bossilkov
Eugene Bossilkov, CP (born Vincent Bossilkov 16 November 1900 – 11 November 1952) was a Bulgarian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicopolis from 1947 until his execution by Bulgaria's communist regime in 1952. He was a member of the Passionists.
Bossilkov studied in Rome for his doctorate at the Pontifical Oriental Institute and became a parish priest in the Danube Valley. After becoming a bishop, he was arrested in 1952 by the Communist regime, together with many other religious leaders, and executed for ostensible crimes against the state. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
In the Martyrology
- November 11 Blessed Vincentius Eugenio Bossilkoff, Passionist, bishop of Nikopol