Archdiocese of Shkodra-Pult
Archdiocese of Shkodra-Pult | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Albania |
Diocesan bishop | Angelo Massafra OFM |
Vicar General | Nikolin Toma |
founding | March 14, 1867 |
surface | 2,363 km² |
Parishes | 40 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Residents | 238,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics | 166,700 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
proportion of | 70% |
Diocesan priest | 21 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious priest | 34 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Catholics per priest | 3,031 |
Friars | 62 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
Religious sisters | 158 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Albanian |
cathedral | St. Stefan |
address | Kryeipeshkëvi Sheshi Gijon Pali II Shkodër Shqipëria |
Website | www.kishakatolikeshkoder.com |
Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Lezha Diocese of Sapa |
The Archdiocese of Shkodra booth ( Latin Archidioecesis Scodrensis-Pulatensis , Albanian Kryedioqeza e Shkodrës console ) is in Albania located Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Shkodra .
history
Shkodra probably existed as a diocese as early as the 4th century . Like many other bishoprics in southeastern Europe, it perished during the Slavic conquest of the Balkans and was rebuilt in the Middle Ages. At the beginning of the 16th century , the diocese area came under Ottoman rule. In the following period, the greater part of the population turned to Islam. The Catholics were only allowed to practice their religion to a limited extent. In 1867 Shkodra was detached from the metropolis of Bar and made an archbishopric. The suffragan dioceses of Lezha , Sapa and Rrëshen are subordinate to him. The ecclesiastical province comprises the northern third of Albania and thus all those regions in which Catholicism was widespread until the Albanian ban on religion in 1967.
After Pastor Simon Jubani celebrated the first public mass after the lifting of the religious ban in November 1990, the Holy See hurried to rebuild the ecclesiastical structures of the archbishopric. In 1991 the Catholics got back the cathedral in Shkodra, which had been converted into a sports hall during the communist dictatorship. In 1992, Franco Illia was made archbishop; the episcopal ordination was donated to him by Pope John Paul II during his pastoral visit in Albania. The Jesuits reopened their seminary , which had existed before the Second World War; the Salesians of Don Bosco and the Franciscans also renewed their religious offices. In addition, there were new orders, such as the Missionaries of Charity Mother Teresa . In the meantime Shkodra is again the center of Catholic life in Albania. In 1998 the diocese of Pult was attached to the archdiocese and it was renamed Shkodra-Pult . In the same year Angelo Massafra OFM was appointed Archbishop of Shkodra.
Bishop Pjetër Bogdani († 1689) was one of the most important authors of early Albanian literature. He wrote the Cuneus Prophetarum , a collection of didactic poems and prose texts on biblical subjects. Famous vicar general (1936–1945) and later cardinal deacon (from 1994) was Mikel Koliqi , who remained faithful to his church during the decades of communist persecution.
Bishops
See also
Web links
- Site of the Catholic Church in Shkodra
- Gjush Sheldija: Kryeipeshkvia Metropolitane e Shkodrës dhe Dioqezat Sufragane. shënime historike. Shkodër 1957–1958 (The Archdiocese of Shkodra and its suffragans. Historical overview.)
- Entry for Archdiocese of Shkodra-Pult on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Entry for the Diocese of Shkodra on catholic-hierarchy.org