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Metropolitan see Shkodër, Albania

Archdiocese of Shkodrë–Pult

Scodren(sis)-Pulaten(sis)

The Archdiocese of Shkodre-Pult is a Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in northern Albania, with suffragan sees of Lezhe and Sape. It traces to the ancient see of Scutari, was elevated to archdiocese in 1867, and took its present name in 2005.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for St. Stephen's Cathedral, in Shkodër, Albania.

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Established
305
Catholics
166,700
Priests
55
Territory
4,113 km²

Parishes and churches

37 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop
Giovanni Peragine, B.

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The cathedral

St. Stephen's Cathedral stands in Shkodër, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

One of Albania's two Metropolitan archdioceses of the Latin Church, Shkodër-Pult (Albanian: Kryedioqeza e Shkodrës-Pult, Latin: Archidioecesis Scodrensis-Pulatensis) was historically known as Scutari. Its cathedral in Shkoder, St. Stephen's Cathedral (Albanian: Katedralja e Shën Shtjefnit Protomartir), is dedicated to St. Stephen Protomartyr.