Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë
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The Diocese of Sapë (Latin: Dioecesis Sappensis, Albanian: Dioqeza e Sapës) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Albania. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult.
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Diocese of Sapë Dioecesis Sappensis Dioqeza e Sapës | |
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Location | |
Country | Albania |
Ecclesiastical province | Shkodër-Pult |
Statistics | |
Area | 2,544 km2 (982 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 202,800 70,701 (34.9%) |
Parishes | 32 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1062 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta in Sapë |
Secular priests | 19 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Simon Kulli |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Angelo Massafra |
Map | |
Diocese of Sapë |
The diocese is named after the town of Sapë (Sappa), which is located near the Drin, southeast of Lake Scutari. However, the cathedral of the diocese is Katedralja e Nënë Terezja, in the town of Vau-Dejës, Shkodër County. The former cathedral is Kisha e Shën Gjergjit, in Nënshat in the same county.
The diocese is one of six Catholic jurisdictions in Albania.[1] It is located in the vicinity of Lake Scutari, at the river basin of Drin.