Mark Sopi
Mark Sopi (born February 26, 1938 in Binač near Vitina , Kingdom of Yugoslavia ; † January 11, 2006 in Pristina , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) was a Roman Catholic Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of Prizren in Kosovo .
Life
Sopi was ordained a priest on June 29, 1968 and worked as a pastor in Prizren. In 1996 he was appointed Apostolic Administrator of Skopje-Prizren in Macedonia and Titular Bishop of Celerina . The episcopal ordination donated him Pope John Paul II. Himself; Co- consecrators were the official in the Vatican State Secretariat and later Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re and the Secretary of the Congregation for the Bishops and later Cardinal Jorge María Mejía .
During his tenure in 2000, the apostolic administration Prizren , which includes Kosovo, was separated. He maintained close contacts with the Limburg bishop Franz Kamphaus and the Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, as well as with the politician Ibrahim Rugova .
Bishop Sopi died of a heart attack and was buried on January 14, 2006 in his birthplace in Binça, in the parish of Vitina .
Web links
- Entry for Mark Sopi on catholic-hierarchy.org
- "Kosovo: Catholic Bishop Sopi died" (ORF January 12, 2006)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Skopje-Prizren 1995–2000 |
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Apostolic Administrator of Prizren 2000–2006 |
Dodë Gjergji |
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| SURNAME | Sopi, Mark |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sopi, Marko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kosovar bishop of the Roman Catholic Church |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 26, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Binač near Vitina , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , today Kosovo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2006 |
| Place of death | Pristina |