His Excellency Ivan Romanov
Vicar Apostolic of Sofia and Plovdiv
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
See	Roman Catholic Diocese of Sofia and Plovdiv
Appointed	6 July 1942
Installed	6 July 1942
Predecessor	Archbishop Roberto Menini
Orders
Ordination	21 January 1901
Consecration	4 October 1942
Personal details
Born	10 September 1878 Rakovski, Bulgaria
Died	8 January 1953(1953-01-08) (aged 74) Shumen, Bulgaria
Nationality	Bulgarian

Styles of Ivan Romanov
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	Bishop

Ivan Romanov (Bulgarian: Иван Романов; 10 September 1878 – 8 January 1953) was a Bulgarian Roman Catholic bishop and an Apostolic Vicar of Sofia and Plovdiv.

Life

Romanov was born in Baltadzhii (now the town of Rakovski). 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^[1] Romanov died in prison in Shumen after many tortures.

His process of beatification (together with the Fathers Capuchin Flavin Mankin and Fortunat grocers) started on 17 November 1998 and since then he bears the title "servant of God".