Diocese of Prizren-Prishtina
Prisren(sis)-Priscen(sis)
Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See · Latin Church · Prizren-Prishtina, Kosovo
Latin-rite diocese covering Kosovo, immediately subject to the Holy See. Erected as the Apostolic Administration of Prizren on 24 May 2000 from the Diocese of Skopje and Prizren, and elevated to the Diocese of Prizren-Prishtina on 5 September 2018. Its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Mother Teresa in Pristina, with the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour in Prizren as co-cathedral.
The see
- Rank
- Diocese immediately subject to the Holy See
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2000
- Latin
- Prisren(sis)-Priscen(sis)
- Patron
- Blessed Virgin Mary
- Annuario code
- 001000518
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 61,000
- Priests
- 50
- Catholics per priest
- 1,220
- Extent
- 10,887 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 5.6
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
- Dode Gjergji
- Born
- 16 January 1963
- Birthplace
- Stublla
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 Saint Mother Teresa, Pristina stands in Prizren-Prishtina, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Prizren.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Centered in the city of Prizren, the Diocese of Prizren and Pristina (Latin: Dioecesis Prisrianensis e Pristinensis, Albanian: Dioqeza Prizren Prishtinë, Serbian: Dijeceza prizrensko-prištinska) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Kosovo. It began in 2000 as an apostolic administration, split off from the Diocese of Skopje and Prizren, and was raised to the rank of diocese in 2018.
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].