Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës
| Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës Archidioecesis Tiranensis-Dyrracenus Kryedioqeza e Tiranë-Durrës | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Albania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tiranë-Durrës |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,263 km2 (874 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 1,206,000 135,400 (11.2%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 13th Century |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Paul in Tirana |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Vacant |
| Auxiliary Bishops | George Anthony Frendo, O.P. |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës (Latin: Archidioecesis Tiranensis-Dyrracenus) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Albania.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Katedrale e Shën Palit, in the city of Tiranë, where also stand the former Cathedral: Kisha e Zemrës së Shenjtë të Jezusit Kisha e Zemrës së Shenjtë të Jezusit.
History
- Established in 1209 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Durrës
- Demoted circa 1400? as Archdiocese of Durrës
- In 1640, it gained territories from the suppressed Diocese of Arbano and from the Diocese of Stephaniacum
- On 10 March 1926 it lost territory to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Corfu–Zakynthos–Kefalonia (in Ionian insular Greece)
- Renamed on December 23, 1992 as Archdiocese of Durrës–Tiranë
- On 7 December 1996, it lost territory to a suffragan, the Rrëshen
- January 25, 2005: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës
- Enjoyed a papal visit from Pope Francis in September 2014.
Province
Its ecclesiastical province includes the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following Suffragan sees :
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Rrëshen
- Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania (a type of pre-diocesan jurisdiction usually left exempt)
Episcopal Ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Durrës
- incomplete
- ...
- Antonio (1296? – 1301?)
- Pietro (1303? – 1304?)
- Matteo (1320? – death 1334?)
- Pietro da Geronsa, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (1340.03.23 – ?)
- Angelo, O.F.M. (1344 – ?)
- Antonio da Alessandria, O.F.M. (1349.05.25 – ?), previously Titular Archbishop of Hierapolis (1346.07.31 – 1349.05.25)
- Demetrio (1363.12.20 – ?), previously Bishop of Stephaniacum (? – 1363.12.20)
- Giovanni (1388.09.28 – ?)
- Stefano da Napoli, Carmelites (O. Carm.) (1394.06.03 – ?)
- Giovanni Panella (1395.05.15 – 1399.05.16; died 1418?), previously Bishop of Ferentino (Italy) (1392.03.08 – 1395.05.15) and Bishop of Sulmona (Italy) (1395 – ?); later Archbishop-Bishop of Capaccio (Italy) (1399.05.16 – 1405.04.13), Bishop of Muro Lucano (Italy) (1405.04.13 – 1418?)
- Leonardo Piermicheli (1399.06.05 – ?)
- Exempt Archbishops of Durrës
- Minore (1403.09.13 – ?), previously Bishop of Suacia (? – 1403.09.13)
- Giovanni di Durazzo, Dominican Order (O.P.) (1412.10.01 – death 1422)
- Nicola di Cosma, O.F.M. (1422.07.06 – ?)
- Giovanni de Monte (1429.10.21 – death 1441?)
- Giacomo da Cortino (1457.01.26 – ?)
- Stefano Birello, Servites (O.S.M.) (1458.03.09 – death 1459)
- Paolo Angelo (1460.05.19 – ?)
- Nicola Barbuti, O.P. (1469.05.05 – ?)
- Marco Cattaneo (1474.11.16 – death 1487.08)
- Martino Firmani (1492.02.18 – 1499.08.06)
- Francesco Quirini (1499.11.27 – death 1505.08.01), previously Bishop of Šibenik (Croatia) (1491 – 1495)
- Nicola Foresio (1505.09.01 – death 1510)
- Gabriele Mascioli Foschi, Augustinians (O.E.S.A.) (1511 – death 1534.10.25)
- Giorgio Stemagu (1535.06.21 – death 1540?)
- Ludovico Bianchi, Conventual Franciscans (O.F.M. Conv.) (1540.04.16 – ?)
- Decio Carafa (1608? – 1613.01.07), previously Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1606.05.17 – 1611.08.17), Apostolic Nuncio (papal ambassador) to Spain (1607.05.22 – 1611.08); created Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Panisperna (1612.05.07 – 1612.06.18), trasnferred Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Giovanni e Paolo (1612.06.18 – 1626.01.23), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Napoli (Italy) (1613.01.07 – 1626.01.23), Apostolic Nuncio to Austria-Hungary (1621 – death 1626.01.23)
- Antonio Provana (1622.07.21 – 1632.01.07), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Torino (Italy) (1632.01.07 – death 1640.07.25)
- Girolamo Greco (1634 – ?)
- Marcus Scura, O.F.M. (1640.09.10 – death 1656.04.27), previously Bishop of Arbano (1635.10.01 – death 1640.09.10)
- Nicola Carpegna (1657.08.27 – death 1670)
- Gerardo Galata (1670.05.19 – death 1696?)
- Apostolic Administrator Nicola Vladagni (1698.06.27 – 1700.03.30), while Bishop of Lezhë (Albania) (1692.10.15 – 1705?)
- Pietro Zumi (1700.03.30 – death 1720)
- Pietro Scurra (1720.09.30 – death 1737), previously Bishop of Pult (Albania) (1719.05.15 – 1720.09.30)
- Giovanni Galata (1739.01.26 – death 1752), previously Bishop of Sapë (Albania) (1720.09.30 – 1728.11.15) and Apostolic Administrator of Pult (Albania) (1720.12.23 – 1728.11.15), Bishop of Lezhë (Albania) (1728.11.15 – 1739.01.26)
- Nicolò Angelo Radovani (1752.12.18 – death 1774?)
- Tommaso Mariagni (1774.06.27 – death 1808?)
- Paul Galata (1808 – death 1836.08.12), succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Durrës (1803.09.09 – 1808) & Titular Bishop of Tænarum (1803.09.09 – 1808)
- Nicola Bianchi (1838.06.26 – death 1843.05.17)
- Giorgio Labella, O.F.M. (1844.11.26 – death 1847.06.04)
- Raffaele d’Ambrosio, O.F.M. (1847.12.17 – 1893.07.14), later Titular Archbishop of Acrida (1893.07.14 – ?)
- Primo Bianchi (1893.07.17 – 1922), later Titular Archbishop of Cassiope (see) (1922.06.12 – death 1927.08.19)
- Francesco Melchiori, O.F.M. (1922.05.22 – death 1928), succeeding as former Coadjutor Archbishop of Durrës (1921.09.28 – 1922.05.22) & Titular Archbishop of Modon (1921.09.28 – 1922.05.22
- Pietro Gjura (1929.05.15 – death 1939.07.09)
- Nicola Vincenzo Prennushi, O.F.M. (1940.06.26 – 1952), also Apostolic Administrator of Southern Albania of the Albanese (Albania) (1946 – 1949.03.19); previously Bishop of Sapë (Albania) (1936.01.27 – death 1940.06.26)
- Apostolic Administrator Nikollë Troshani ((1958.04.18 – 1992), Titular Bishop of Cisamus (1958.04.18 – death 1994.05.25), no other office
- Archbishop of Durrës–Tiranë
- Archbishop Rrok Kola Mirdita (1992.12.25 – 2005.01.25 see below), also President of Episcopal Conference of Albania (1997 – 2000)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Tiranë-Durrës
- Archbishop Rrok Kola Mirdita (see above 2005.01.25 - death 2015.12.07), also President of Episcopal Conference of Albania (2006 – 2012.09)
- Auxiliary Bishop (2006.07.07 – ...) George Frendo, O.P., Titular Bishop of Buthrotum
See also
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Coordinates: 41°19′29″N 19°49′19″E / 41.3247°N 19.8219°E
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