Diocese of Sapa

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Diocese of Sapa
Basic data
Country Albania
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Shkodra-Pult
Diocesan bishop Simon Kulli
surface 2,544 km²
Parishes 32 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Residents 202,800 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics 70,701 (2014 / AP 2015 )
proportion of 34.9%
Diocesan priest 11 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious priest 8 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Catholics per priest 3,721
Permanent deacons 1 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Friars 9 (2014 / AP 2015 )
Religious sisters 51 (2014 / AP 2015 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Albanian
cathedral St. Mother Teresa
Website dioqezaesapes.com

Located in Albania , the diocese of Sapa ( Latin : Dioecesis Sappensis , Albanian : Dioqeza e Sapës) was founded in 1062 and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Shkodra-Pult . It extends along the lower reaches of the Drin south of the city of Shkodra . The bishopric is in Vau-Deja in Shkodra County .

Bishop Simon Kulli was appointed by Pope Francis in June 2017 and ordained a bishop on September 14, 2017

history

Sapa hill, former seat of the diocese

The diocese is named after Sapa ( Italian Sappa ), a former town south of Vau-Deja, where the cathedral of the diocese, the Michael's Church, was for a long time. From the Middle Ages to the 19th century, Sapa was part of the ecclesiastical province of Antivari .

In the 17th century the small north Albanian dioceses could only be occupied with bishops with difficulty due to the advancing Islamization by the Ottomans and often remained vacant. Therefore the diocese of Sarda (Sardoniki) was defeated in Sapa in the 17th century. At that time the united diocese had two important bishops, Pjetër Budi (1621–1622) and Frang Bardhi (1637–1643). They were among the first to write religious works in Albanian .

Vau-Deja, cathedral

The Bishop of Sapa Gjergj Volaj , who came to office in 1940 , was imprisoned, tortured and murdered in February 1948 by members of the Sigurimi after the Second World War . No new bishop could be appointed under the tyranny of the communists.

Pope John Paul II re- established the diocese in the 1990s. In the spring of 2002, some Albanian Carmelites moved from Croatia to Nënshat near Sapa and founded a contemplative monastery there . From the beginning of 2007, Lucjan Avgustini, who died in May 2016, held the office of bishop.

Bishops

See also

literature

  • Peter Bartl: The diocese of Sappa-Sarda in northern Albania according to a report from the Vatican archive (approx. 1750). In: Southeast Research . 25, 1966, pp. 27-37.
  • Dom Gaspër Gurakuqi: Dioçezi i Sapës. 1941.
  • Gegë Miloti, Angjelina Topalli (ed.): Dioçezi i Sapës e Famullia e Dajçit të Zadrimës: 1291–1999. Camaj-Pipa, Shkodra 1999.

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Sapa  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Holy See Press Office: Resignations and Appointments, June 15, 2017
  2. ^ Entry on the diocese of Sapa on catholic-hierarchy.org
  3. ↑ Peter Bartl: The diocese of Sappa-Sarda in Northern Albania based on a report from the Vatican Archives (approx. 1750) . In: Southeast Research . tape 25 , 1966, pp. 27-37 .