Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania
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Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania Administratio Apostolica Albaniae Meridionalis Administratura Apostolike e Shqiperisë së Jugut |
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| 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 Greek 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 | 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 Greek 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, in Vlore.
(all Albanian Catholic)
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