Joseph I of Bulgaria

His Holiness Joseph I
Bulgarian Exarch and Metropolitan of Lovech
Church	Bulgarian Orthodox Church (Bulgarian Exarchate)
See	Constantinople
Installed	24 April 1877
Term ended	20 June 1915
Predecessor	Anthim I
Successor	Parthenius
Personal details
Born	Lazar Yovchev (1840-05-05)May 5, 1840 Kalofer, Ottoman Empire
Died	June 20, 1915(1915-06-20) (aged 75) Sofia, Bulgaria
Buried	St. Nedelya Church, Sofia
Nationality	Bulgarian
Denomination	Eastern Orthodox Church
Residence	Constantinople, Ottoman Empire
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Exarch Joseph I (also known as Iosif I, secular name Lazar Yovchev, Bulgarian: Лазар Йовчев; May 5, 1840, Kalofer, central Bulgaria – June 20, 1915, Sofia), was a Bulgarian Exarch from 1877 to 1915.

His grave, marked by a white cross and a bed of flowers, is located just outside the western wall of St Nedelya Church in Sofia.