Archdiocese of Shkodrë–Pult
Scodren(sis)-Pulaten(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Shkodër, Albania
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.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 January 2005
- Latin
- Scodren(sis)-Pulaten(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Stephen
- Annuario code
- 001003047
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 166,700
- Population
- 238,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 70.0%
- Priests
- 55
- Catholics per priest
- 3,031
- Extent
- 4,113 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 41
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
- Archbishop
- Giovanni Peragine, B.
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
St. Stephen's Cathedral stands in Shkodër, 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 Shkodre-Pult
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.