Patriarch of All Bulgaria
Following two decisive victories over the Byzantines at Achelous (near the present-day city of Burgas) and Katasyrtai (near Constantinople), the autonomous Bulgarian archbishopric was proclaimed autocephalous and elevated to the rank of patriarchate at an ecclesiastical and national council held in 918 or 919.In 990 the seat of the patriarchy moved to Ohrid after the conquest of large parts of Bulgaria by the Byzantines.In 1186 a new archbishopric was established at Tarnovo by the Second Bulgarian Empire, and it was formally recognised as a patriarchate by the others in 1235.Conditions for the restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate were created after World War II.For an interim leader on 10 November 2012 was chosen Metropolitan Cyril of Varna and Veliki Preslav, who organized the election of a new patriarch.