Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë
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The Roman Catholic diocese of Sapë is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Albania.
[edit] Ecclesiastical History
The bishorpic was established in 1062, by Pope Alexander II. In 1491 Pope Innocent VIII joined to it the bishopric of Sarda (Sardoniki), and the united sees were suffragans of the Archbishopric of Antivari until the end of the eighteenth century.
The See of Sarda comprised also the Diocese of Daynum (Dagnum, Dagno, Danj; Daynensis), founded as suffragan of Antivari about the second half of the fourteenth century and united with Sarda by Pope Martin V in 1428. By the Albanian Council in 1703 the Bishop of Sappa obtained some parishes previously pertaining to the Diocese of Pulati.
The exact number of bishops of Sappa is unknown. The first Bishop of Sappa mentioned is Paulus about 1370. The most famous bishops of Sappa were George Blanko (1623-35), deliverer of his fatherland from the Turks, and Lazarus Vladanja of Scutari (1746-49).
In the early 20th century the forty-first bishop of Sappa was Mgr. James Serecci, suffragan of Scutari, who resided at the village of Nensat (Nensciati). His diocese comprised about 22,000 inhabitants of various creeds, of whom 17,280 are Catholics. The ecclesiastical students of this diocese are educated at the seminary of Scutari. The Diocese of Sappa also includes the Franciscan monastery at Trosan (Trosciani), where the Minorities have a "Collegium seraphicum" for their students of philosophy.
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- This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913. [1]
