Diocese of Rrëshen
Rrëshenien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Rrëshen, Albania
Latin-rite diocese in north-central Albania, erected 7 December 1996 from territory of the Archdiocese of Durres-Tirana and suffragan of Tirane-Durres since 2005. Its cathedral, dedicated to Jesus the Only Savior of the World, was dedicated in Rreshen in 2002. Bishop Gjergj Meta, appointed 15 June 2017, has also served as president of the Episcopal Conference of Albania since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 December 1996
- Latin
- Rrëshenien(sis)
- Patron
- san Alejandro de Lyon
- Annuario code
- 001002779
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 50,400
- Population
- 241,000
- Catholic share
- 20.9%
- Priests
- 7
- Catholics per priest
- 7,200
- Extent
- 4,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Gjergj Meta
- Born
- 30 April 1976
- Birthplace
- Durrës
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 Jesus the Only Savior of the World, Rreshen stands in Rrëshen, 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 Tirane-Durres
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Tirane-Durres.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Tiranë-DurrësTiranë-Durrës
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Located in the city of Rrëshen, this Latin Church diocese (Latin: Dioecesis Rrësheniensis) forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Tiranë-Durrës in Albania.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Ipeshkëvia, Kishë Katedrale Katolike, Rruga Shën Vinçenc de Paoli, 4601 Rrëshen, Shqipëria
- Telephone
- 672.017.757; fax [216]22.733
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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
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].