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Lazër Mjeda

Lazër Mjeda
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
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Lazër Mjeda
Archdiocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
See Shkodër
In office 1921-1935
Predecessor Jakë Serreqi
Successor Gasper Thaçi
Other posts Bishop of The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje
Personal details
Birth name Lazër Mjeda
Born June 3, 1869
Mjeda, Zadrima, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Albania)
Died August 7, 1935
Nationality Albanian
Denomination Roman Catholic

Lazër Mjeda (1869–1935) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Lazër (Llazar) Mjeda was born in Shkodër, Ottoman Empire — present-day Albania — on March 6, 1869. From 1900 to 1904 he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë, while from 1904 to 1909 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje.

From 1921 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult.

Mjeda was member of the literary society Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language (Albanian: Shoqnia e Bashkimit të Gjuhës Shqipe), creator of ''Bashkimi'' alphabet, one of the main Albanian alphabets discussed in the Congress of Monastir of 1908.


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