Diocese of Prizren-Pristina

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Diocese of Prizren-Pristina
Basic data
Country Kosovo
Ecclesiastical province Immediate
Diocesan bishop Dodë Gjergji
Vicar General Lush Gjergji
surface 10,887 km²
Parishes 25 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Residents 1,800,000 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 )
Catholics 58,000 (December 31, 2017 / AP2018 )
proportion of 3.2%
Diocesan priest 40 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Religious priest 12 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Catholics per priest 1,115
Friars 13 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
Religious sisters 91 (31.12.2017 / AP2018 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Albanian
Serbian
cathedral Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Prizren
Co-cathedral Mother Teresa in Pristina
Website http://www.kishakatolike.org/

The diocese of Prizren-Pristina ( Latin Dioecesis Prisrianensis-Pristinensis ) is the administrative and jurisdiction district of the Catholic Church in Kosovo . The diocese , directly subordinate to the Holy See , covers an area of ​​11,800 square kilometers.

history

Mother Teresa Cathedral in Pristina

As early as the 10th century there was a diocese of Prizren (Latin: Dioecesis Prisrianensis ). It was replaced on October 2, 1969 by the Diocese of Skopje-Prizren . The current diocese was established on May 24, 2000 by the division of the Diocese of Skopje-Prizren as the Apostolic Administration Prizren . On September 5, 2018, Pope Francis raised the administration to the rank of diocese and appointed the previous administrator Dodë Gjergji as the first diocesan bishop .

Ordinaries

Administrators

bishop

  • Dodë Gjergji (since 2018)

See also

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Prizren-Pristina  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erezione della diocesi di Prizren-Prishtina e nomina del primo Vescovo. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , September 5, 2018, accessed September 5, 2018 (Italian).