Editing Christo Proykov (section)

{{Short description|Bulgarian Greek Catholic Bishop of Sofia}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = bishop
| honorific-prefix = [[His Excellency]]
| image = Episcopus Christo Proykov 2013.jpg
| image_size = 
| name   = Christo Proykov
| caption  = Episcopus Christo Proykov 2013
| church = [[Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church]]
| archdiocese      = 
| province         = 
| metropolis       = 
| diocese          = [[Apostolic Exarchate of Sofia]]
| see              = 
| elected          = 
| appointed        = 18 December 1993
| term             = 
| term_start       = 5 September 1995
| quashed          = 
| term_end         = 
| predecessor      = [[Methodius Stratiev]]
| opposed          = 
| successor        = 
| other_post       = Titular Bishop of Briula<br>[[Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria|Chairman of the Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria]]
<!---------- Orders
The Orders section may be omitted in favour of Template:Ordination for those
clergy claiming Apostolic succession, such as Catholics, Orthodox and Anglicans. ---------->
| ordination       = 23 May 1971
| ordained_by      = 
| consecration     = 6 January 1994
| consecrated_by   = [[John Paul II]]
| cardinal         = 
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<!---------- Personal details ---------->
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|df=y|1946|3|11}}
| birth_place = [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]
| title = [[Apostolic Exarch of Sofia]]
| nationality = Bulgarian
}}

'''Christo Proykov''' ({{langx|bg|Христо Пройков}}) (born 11 March 1946 in [[Sofia]]) is the [[Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church|Bulgarian Greek Catholic]] [[Bishop]] of Sofia. He was ordained a [[priest]] on 23 May 1971, then appointed [[Coadjutor Bishop]] of Sofia and [[Titular Bishop]] of [[Briula]] on 18 December 1993. On 6 January 1994 Proykov was ordained bishop and on 5 September 1995 he became Bishop of Sofia.