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Archdiocese of Tiranė-Durrės

Archidioecesis Tiranensis-Dyrracena



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Bishop(s)

  • Arjan Dodaj, F.D.C., Archbishop
  • George Anthony Frendo, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus

Suffragan Dioceses

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Name Changed: 25 January 2005
  • Metropolitan See
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Albania
  • Square Kilometers: 2,263 (874 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Arqipeshkvia, Bulevardi Zhan d'Ark, Tirane, Shqiperia
  • Telephone: (4)2232.082

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Archdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo)
13th CenturyErectedArchdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo) (erected)
1640Territory AddedDiocese of Albania (suppressed)
Diocese of Mostar (suppressed)
Archdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo)
10 March 1926Territory LostArchdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo) (Epirus, Greece) Archdiocese of Corfł, Zante e Cefalonia
11 November 1939Territory LostArchdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo) (Elbassan, Korea, Berat, Wallona, and Argyrocastro) Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania {Albania Meridionale} (erected)
Archdiocese of Durrės-Tiranė
23 December 1992UnitedArchdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo) Archdiocese of Durrės-Tiranė
7 December 1996Territory LostArchdiocese of Durrės-Tiranė
Territorial Abbey of Shėn Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh) (suppressed)
Diocese of Rrėshen (erected) (Rrėshen (Mirdita), Burrel, Bulquize, and Peshkopi)
Archdiocese of Tiranė-Durrės
25 January 2005Name ChangedArchdiocese of Durrės-Tiranė Archdiocese of Tiranė-Durrės (and became a Metropolitan)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo)
195028,8771315281,03120ap1951
Archdiocese of Durrės-Tiranė
199962,000892,0007.0%822302,066258719ap2000
200067,429897,4297.5%826341,9833010318ap2001
2001114,3001,000,00011.4%926353,2653010618ap2002
200296,6451,000,0009.7%1126372,6123110818ap2003
2003119,6141,200,00010.0%1123343,5182710721ap2004
2004105,4001,200,0008.8%228303,5133312321ap2005
Archdiocese of Tiranė-Durrės
2010130,3801,205,00010.8%930393,3433511819ap2011
2014135,4001,206,00011.2%1029393,4713311019ap2015
2017135,4001,204,00011.2%528334,1032912220ap2018
2020125,3751,247,33010.1%532373,3883310719ap2021
2022122,8781,242,1009.9%729363,4133210619ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Archdiocese of Durrės (Durazzo)
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 1, Page 232, and Page 233
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 2, Page 148
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 3, Page 189
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 179
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 190
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 203
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 182
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 254, and Page 255
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 407, to Page 408
  • Archdiocese of Tiranė-Durrės
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 97, Page 131, and Page 132
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