Lazër Mjeda | |
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Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult | |
Lazër Mjeda
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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.