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Eugene Bossilkov | |
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| Bishop, Martyr | |
| Born | November 16, 1900 |
| Died | November 11, 1952 (aged 51) |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 15 March 1998, Rome, Italy by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | November 13 |
Eugene Bossilkov, CP (born Vincent Bossilkov 16 Nov 1900 – 11 Nov 1952) was a Bulgarian Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Nicopolis from 1947 until his assassination 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, in 1952 he was arrested 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.