Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë-Durrës (Latin: Archidioecesis Tiranensis-Dyrracenus) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Albania.^[1][2]

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 to 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 Bonifacio 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), transferred 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)
• Nikollë Vinçenc 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)
• Archbishop George Anthony Frendo, O.P. (2016.12.03 - present)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Albania

References

Coordinates: 41°19′29″N 19°49′19″E / 41.3247°N 19.8219°E / 41.3247; 19.8219