Diocese of Lezhë, Lesh
Alexien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Lezhë, Albania
Latin-rite diocese seated in the city of Lezhe in northern Albania, of medieval origin, in the ecclesiastical province of Shkoder-Pult. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of St. Nicholas (Katedralja e Shen Nikolles) in Lezhe. Bishop Ottavio Vitale has led the diocese since 2005.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 700
- Latin
- Alexien(sis)
- Patron
- São Nicolau
- Annuario code
- 001001993
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 86,300
- Population
- 121,700
- Catholic share
- 70.9%
- Priests
- 21
- Catholics per priest
- 4,110
- Extent
- 750 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 115
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J.
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Lezhe stands in Lezhë, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Shkoder-Pult
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Shkoder-Pult.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of SapëVau i Dejës
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Lezhë, this Latin Church diocese (Albanian: Dioqeza e Lezhës, Latin: Dioecesis Alexiensis) belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Shkodër-Pult in Albania.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].