Nikollë Kaçorri | |
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Dom Nikollë Kaçorri |
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Born | 1862 Lurë, then Ottoman Empire, now in modern Albania |
Died | 1917 (Aged 55) Vienna, Austria |
Cause of death | cancer |
Nationality | Albanian |
Occupation | Archbishop of Durres, and vice-premier of Albania |
Known for | Religious and political activity |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Dom Nikollë Kaçorri (1862 – 1917), was a prominent figure of the National Renaissance of Albania. A signatory of Albanian Declaration of Independence, Dom Kaçorri served as Vice Prime minister of the Provisional Government of Albania, after the independence.[1]
He was born in 1862 in Lurë, (now in the Dibër District) and became a Catholic priest in 1878. In 1902 he became the Archbishop of Durrës, where he served until the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He was also a participant in the Congress of Monastir, which created the Albanian alphabet.
Dom Nikollë Kaçorri died in 1917 in Vienna, at the age of 55, from cancer.