Albanian Catholic Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania

Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania
Administratio Apostolica Albaniae Meridionalis
Administratura Apostolike e Shqiperisë së Jugut
Location
Country Albania
Territory Southern Albania
Ecclesiastical province Tiranë–Durrës
Metropolitan Tiranë–Durrës
Statistics
Area 16,172 km2 (6,244 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
2,140,000
3,596 (0.2%)
Parishes 11
Information
Sui iuris church Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church
Rite Byzantine Rite
Established November 11, 1939
Cathedral Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Louis in Vlorë
Secular priests 8
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Apostolic Administrator Hil Kabashi
Metropolitan Archbishop

Rrok Mirdita

Archbishop of Tiranë–Durrës

The Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania (Albanian: Administratura Apostolike e Shqiperisë së Jugut, Latin: Administratio Apostolica Albaniae Meridionalis, Italian: Albania Meridionale) is a suffragan pre-diocesan Eastern Catholic in the otherwise Latin Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës in Albania.

It is the only component of the particular Albanian Byzantine Catholic Church sui juris (Byzantine Rite, Albanian language). Although an Apostolic Administration, it is not exempt (directly subject to the Holy See) but suffragan to a Latin Archbishopric.

Its episcopal see is a Pro-Cathedral: Kisha e Shën Maria dhe Shën Luigji Kisha e Shën Maria dhe Shën Luigji, in Vlore.

History

Episcopal Ordinaries

(all Albanian Catholic)

Apostolic Administrators of Southern Albania

See also

Sources and External links

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