Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult Archidioecesis Scodrensis-Pulatensis Kryedioqeza e Shkodrës-Pult |
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Location | |
Country | Albania |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,113 km2 (1,588 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 238,000 166,700 (70.0%) |
Parishes | 40 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 14 March 1867 (As Archdiocese of Shkodrë) 25 January 2005 (As Archdiocese of Shkodrë-Pult) |
Cathedral | The Cathedral of St Stephen in Shkodër |
Secular priests | 55 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Angelo Massafra |
Suffragans |
Diocese of Sapë Diocese of Lezhë |
Website | |
Website of the Archdiocese |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult (Latin: Archidioecesis Scodrensis–Pulatensis), historically known as Scutari, is one of two Metropolitan archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Albania.
It cathedral archiepiscopal see is Katedralja e Shen Shtjefnit Protomartir, dedicated to St. Stephen Protomartyr, in Shkoder, which city also has :
As per 2014, it pastorally served 166,700 Catholics (70.0% of 238,000 total) on 4,113 km² in 40 parishes and 3 missions with 55 priests (21 diocesan, 34 religious), 220 lay religious (62 brothers, 158 sisters) and 9 seminarians.
The archdiocese has two suffragan sees:
(all Latin Rite), incomplete
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.