Suffragan diocese Lezhë, Albania
Diocese of Lezhë, Lesh
Alexien(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 700
- Catholics
- 86,300
- Priests
- 21
- Territory
- 750 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J.
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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.
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.