Preng Doçi
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Preng Doçi February 25, 1846 Bulgër, Scutari Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | February 22, 1917 (aged 70) |
| Nationality | Albanian |
| Other names | Primus Docci, also referred as Prenk, Prend Doçi |
| Occupation | Catholic priest |
| Known for | Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language |
Preng Doçi (1846–1917), Italian: Primus Docci, was and Albanian political and religious figure and poet. He was a main contributor in the Albanian ''Bashkimi'' Alphabet.
Preng, son of Prend and Mrí Doçi, was born in Paraspor neighborhood of Bulgër, a village near Lezha, back then Ottoman Empire, and today's Rubik, Mirditë municipality. on 25 February 1846. He finished the high school in Shkodër, in 1859 he entered the recently opened Albanian Pontifical Seminary (Albanian: Kolegjia Papnore Shqyptare), and later studied in Rome in the Propaganda Fide College.
In 1871, he returned to Mirdita region in Albania, where he served as a priest in Korthpulë, Orosh, and, Kalivarja near Spaç. He was among the leaders of the Mirdita uprising against Ottoman rule in 1876–1877 under Prênk Bibë Doda. Doçi had previously traveled to Cetinje, capital of Principality of Montenegro, in order to seek financial and military assistance by the Montenegrins. He returned from Cetinje with a pledge of Montenegrin assistance and, equally important, a promise of noninterference. The rebellion was quelled by the Ottomans in March 1877. Bishop of Lezhe, Francesco Malčinski, an Austrian of Ukrainian origin suspended him from all religious activities. Doçi hid in Vuthaj, near Gusinje but was later captured and exiled to Istanbul. With the intervention of Armenian Patriarch Stefan Azarian, he received a fake name Pére Achile and was sent to Rome with the condition of not returning to Albania.
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