Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult

Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
Archidioecesis Scodrensis-Pulatensis
Kryedioqeza e Shkodrës-Pult

Metropolitan Cathedral
Location
Country Albania
Statistics
Area 4,113 km2 (1,588 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2014)
238,000
166,700 (70.0%)
Parishes 40
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 14 March 1867
(As Archdiocese of Shkodrë)
25 January 2005
(As Archdiocese of Shkodrë-Pult)
Cathedral The Cathedral of St Stephen in Shkodër
Secular priests 55
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop Angelo Massafra
Suffragans Diocese of Sapë
Diocese of Lezhë
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult (Latin: Archidioecesis Scodrensis–Pulatensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Albania. The archdiocese has two suffragans, the Diocese of Lezhë, and the Diocese of Sapë.

History

Historically it was known as Scutari. The first known bishop was Bassus (387).

The bishops of Scutari were at first subject to the Metropolitan of Salonica, Primate of all Illyricum, but when Justinian I transferred the primacy, they became suffragans of the archdiocese of Achrida. In the early Middle Ages Scutari was suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dioclea. From 1063 to 1886 53 bishops of Scutari are known (none to the middle of the twelfth century).

In 1867 Scutari was aeque principaliter united with the Archdiocese of Antivari, and in this way Pope Pius IX made Scutari an archdiocese and metropolis. The first archbishop of the united diocese, Mgr. Karl Pooten, native of Teveren near Geilenkirchen, Germany,[1] who had been Apostolic Administrator of Antivari (1834–1855), died at Scutari on 15 January 1886.

On 23 October 1886, the Archdiocese of Scutari was separated from that of Antivari, and remained an archdiocese and a metropolis with three suffragans: the diocese of Alessio, diocese of Sappa, and diocese of Pulati.

The ancient diocese of Ulcinium (Ulcinj, Dulcigno), in the territory of Scutari, was, in 1571, occupied by the Turks and ceased to exist. Its bishops were suffragans of the Archbishop of Antivari. During the middle of the sixteenth century, the diocese of Suacium (Svač, Šas) was forever suppressed. Other ancient sees in this territory were the diocese of Dinnastrum and diocese of Balazum.[2]

Ordinaries

Bishops of Scutari

Archbishops of Scutari

References

  1. ↑ Yearbook of the Diocese of Aachen 1998
  2. ↑  "Archdiocese_of_Scutari". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Scutari". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton. 

Coordinates: 42°03′55″N 19°31′12″E / 42.0654°N 19.5199°E / 42.0654; 19.5199

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