Hilarion of Lovech

Hilarion of Lovech (; secular name: Ivan Ivanov; ; 1800 – 31 January 1884) was a Bulgarian Orthodox bishop.

Biography He received his primary education at the Monastery of St. Nicholas in Kapinovo near Veliko Tarnovo, where he was an obedient monk from the age of ten, and at nineteen he was ordained a hierodeacon. He served at the ; as the Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo was then staffed exclusively with bishops of Greek nationality, he learned the Greek language. Before 1849, he became an archimandrite, The Eparchy of Lovech found itself within its borders. During the council that announced the establishment of the Exarchate, Bishop Hilarion presided over its Provisional Synod, as the oldest hierarch in the council.

In June 1872 he became metropolitan of the Eparchy of Kyustendil and remained in this cathedra until his death in 1884. He was buried in the vestibule of the .