Blessed Pavel Dzidzov
Also known as
Josef Dzidzov
Profile
Joined the Congregation of the Assumption in 1926. Studied at Saint Augustine College, Plovdiv, Bulgaria from 1931 to 1938. Studied theology and philsophy in Lormoa from 1938 to 1942. Ordained on 26 January 1945 at Plovdiv. Arrested at the Assumptionist seminary at Plovdiv on 4 July 1952 by the Communist government for the anti-state crime of being a priest. Martyred.
Born
19 July 1919 in Plovdiv, diocese of Plovdiv, Bulgaria as Josef Dzjidzjov
Died
shot 11.30pm on 11 November 1952 by a Bulgarian Communist firing squad
Beatified
26 May 2002 by Pope John Paul II at Plovdiv, Bulgaria
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