Lazër Mjeda

Lazër Mjeda (1869–1935) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Lazër (Llazar) Mjeda was born in Shkodër, Ottoman Empire — present-day Albania — on March 6, 1869. From 1900 to 1904 he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë, while from 1904 to 1909 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje.

Biography

From 1921 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult.[1]

Mjeda was member of the literary society Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language (Albanian: Shoqnia e Bashkimit të Gjuhës Shqipe), creator of ''Bashkimi'' alphabet, one of the main Albanian alphabets discussed in the Congress of Monastir of 1908.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Bishop Llazar Mjeda". Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  2. Doçi, Pal (2000). "Shoqnia gjuhësore e letrare "Bashkimi"". Shkodra në shekuj : seminari i tretë ndërkombëtar : 16-17 nëntor 1998. Shkoder, Albania: Muzeu Historik i Shkodrës. pp. 67–73. OCLC 163226223.

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