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1747: 56: 3088: 3105: 2181:, the Church in Albania faces many challenges: " The Church in Tirana, the capital, in the middle of the country, is particularly in need. There are very few diocesan priests. Pastoral work is carried out by religious communities, with very little means of support. To this one must add the internal migration of people who come from the north of the country in search of a better future in the capital. The south, which has a very small number of Catholics, can be considered first-mission territory, and a starting point for a new mission. Many brave missionaries have arrived in this region to begin new communities where the church was completely unknown." 3074: 3642: 2159:, and in 1967 constitutionally declared Albania an atheistic state. "The Church was systematically persecuted and neither the structures nor the faithful were spared. All religion symbols in churches were forcefully removed and the buildings resemblance to churches were destroyed, and used for non-religious, degrading and humiliating purposes. The cathedral in Shkoder, for example, was turned into a sports hall, and the cathedral in Durres was used as a puppet theatre. As the Pope said during his visit to Albania in 2014, these were 'decades of atrocious suffering and terrible persecution'." 1888: 1246: 4363: 2190: 3056: 2137:. The Diocese was once divided into Greater Pult and Lesser Pult but eventually merged with Shkodër in 2005. Drisht, a village north of Shkodër, also used to be a separate Bishopric. The Diocese of Sapë (Sappa) – covering the region of Zadrima between Shkodër and Lezhë – dates back to 1062, and that of Lezhë (Alessio) to the 14th century. The Archdiocese of Durrës was created in the 13th century, as the Bishopric of Albanopolis. It united with Tirana in 1992. The Diocese of Rrëshen was split off in 1996. 3038: 1274: 31: 1739: 3251: 19: 4351: 3925: 1204: 2133:(Bar, Montenegro), but split in 1886, to become a separate Archdiocese once again with suffragan bishops in Lezhë, Sapë and Pult. The Diocese of Pult (Pulati) – a region north of Shkodër between the present day villages of Drisht and Prekal – dates back to 899, when a Bishop of Pult was appointed as a suffragan to the Bishop of 1858:
The Austrian Government, which gave about five thousand dollars yearly to the Albanian missions, in its role of Protector of the Christian community under Turkish rule. Apropos of the Austrian interest in Albania, it may be stated that it is the Austrian ambassador who obtains from the Sultan the
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The College of Propaganda at Rome, especially prominent in religious and moral support of Albanian Catholics. During the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly, it educated young clerics for service on the Albanian missions, contributing then as now to their support and to that of the
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No clear statistics of any province of the former Ottoman empire have been compiled. The CIA World Factbook uses the figures from the 1939 Census of 70% Muslim, 20%
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Catholicism is strongest in the northwestern part of the country, which historically had the most readily available contact with, and support from,
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in its churches on 27 and 28 November for earthquake victims and coordinated its relief efforts through local branches of the Catholic charity
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Distribution of Catholics in Albania as according to the 1918 census. Data unavailable in the South and East due to political instability.
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The documents of the medieval religious history of Albania are best found in the eight volumes of
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The Albanian Catholic Church experienced a short-lived period of freedom after the fall of the
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missionaries, especially since the middle of the 17th century, when persecutions by
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According to the 2011 Albanian census, 10.03% of the population affiliated with
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Distribution of Catholic believers in Albania as according to the 2011 census.
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Berat, or civil document of institution, for the Catholic bishops of Albania.
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There are five dioceses in the country, including two archdioceses plus an
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The 2023 census note that 8% of the population are Catholic Christians.
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According to Marco Mencaglia, project director for the Catholic charity
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The first known Bishop of present-day Albania was Bassus , who was made
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The Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania was created in 1939.
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Other former ancient Diocese in Albania were Dinnastrum and Balazum.
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The Archive of Religion Data Archives website, Retrieved 2023-07-18
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St Anthony Church at Rodon Cape along the Albanian Adriatic coast
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was 10.03%. Figures in 2022 note that this has risen to 17.90%.
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Vetera Monumenta Slavorum meridionalium historiam illustrantia
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lords set in motion the apostasy of many Albanian villages.
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The Church legislation of the Albanians was reformed by
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Share of Catholics in Albania per place (2011 census)
2113:. In the 6th century, ShkodĂ«r became a suffrage of 1928: Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania 1800:has the highest concentration of Catholics while, 3273:. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 4380: 3696:Cathedral of Jesus Saviour of the World, RrĂ«shen 3300:(Freiburg, 1890), 122-124, and 120; also in the 3595: 3185:(New York, 1895, Eng. tr.): Europe, I, 115-126 1961:. TiranĂ«-DurrĂ«s has one suffragan Diocese for 1949:in the centre and south. ShkodrĂ«-Pult has two 1750:Traditional Catholic woman in Northern Albania 3970: 3956: 3581: 3485:(in Albanian). 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Index


a series
Catholic Church by country
Distribution of Catholics around the world
Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast

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