Diocese of Rrëshen
| Diocese of Rrëshen | |
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| Country | Albania |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tirana-Durrës |
| Diocesan bishop | Gjergj Meta |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Cristoforo Palmieri CM |
| founding | 1888 |
| surface | 4,000 km² |
| Parishes | 10 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 241,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 55,300 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 22.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 3 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,913 |
| Friars | 5 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 24 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Albanian |
| cathedral | Jesus savior of the world |
| Website | http://www.diocesirreshen.org/sitojoomla |
The in Albania located diocese Rrëshen ( Latin Dioecesis Rrësheniensis , Albanian Dioqeza e Rrëshenit ) was prepared from parts of the Dec. 7, 1996 Archdiocese of Tirana-Durres and the area of the repealed territorial abbey Orosh formed. The 3,463 km² diocese belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Tirana-Durrës.
The majority of the 159,177 inhabitants on the territory of the diocese are Muslim .
The new Episcopal Church of Jesus Savior of the World in Rrëshen was consecrated on November 9, 2002.
Bishops
The first bishop was the Franciscan Angelo Massafra . When he became Archbishop of Shkodra in 1998 , Father Cristoforo Palmieri CM administered the diocese as Apostolic Administrator and was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on November 23, 2005 . appointed bishop.
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Abbots of the Territorial Abbey of Orosh
- Prend Doçi (1888-1919) (Abbot of the Territorial Abbey)
- Joseph Gionali (Gjonali) (1921–1928) and titular bishop of Callinicum dei Maroniti , then bishop of Sapa
- Frano Gjini (1930–1946), then Bishop of Lezha
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Bishops of the Diocese of Rrëshen
- Angelo Massafra OFM (1996–1998), then Archbishop of Shkodra
- Cristoforo Palmieri CM (1998-2005 administrator, 2005-2017 bishop)
- Gjergj Meta (since 2017)
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Rrëshen on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Sermon for the consecration of the cathedral (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Lezhë 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( document as PDF [accessed on May 25, 2015]). Document as PDF ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ines Nurja: Censusi i popullsisë dhe banesave / Population and Housing Census - Dibër 2011 . Results Kryesore / Main Results. Ed .: INSTAT . Pjesa / Part 1. Adel Print, Tirana 2013 ( document for download as PDF [accessed on May 25, 2015]). Document for download as PDF ( memento of the original from March 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
