List of Catholic dioceses in Albania

The Catholic Church in Albania is composed of:

• two Roman Catholic ecclesiastical provinces, comprising two metropolitan archdioceses and three suffragan dioceses
• one pre-diocesan jurisdiction of the Albanian Greek Catholic Church, a particular church sui iuris using the Byzantine Rite Albanian language, comprising only a single Apostolic administration.

Current Catholic dioceses

Ecclesiastical province of Shkodër–Pult:

  Archdiocese of Shkodër–Pult

  Diocese of Sapë

  Diocese of Lezhë

Ecclesiastical province of Tiranë-Durrës:

  Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës

  Diocese of Rrëshen

  Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania

Actual Latin Catholic sees

Latin Ecclesiastical province of Tiranë-Durrës

Ecclesiastical jurisdictions	Latin name	Type	Former name	Established	Area (km2)
Rrëshen	Rrësheniensis	Diocese		25 December 1888	3,463
Tiranë–Durrës	Tiranensis–Dyrracenus	Metropolitan Archdiocese		1300	2,263

Latin Ecclesiastical province of Shkodër–Pult

Ecclesiastical jurisdictions	Latin name	Type	Former name	Established	Area (km2)
Lezhë	Alexiensis	Diocese	Alessio	1400	750
Sapë	Sappensis	Diocese		1062	2,544
Shkodër–Pult	Scodrensis–Pulatensis	Metropolitan Archdiocese	Scutari–Pulsi	14 March 1867	2,363

Albanian Greek Catholic Church

Ecclesiastical jurisdictions	Latin name	Type	Rite	Ecclesiastical province	Established	Area (km2)
Southern Albania	Albaniae Meridionalis	Apostolic Administration	Byzantine	Tiranë–Durrës	11 November 1939	16,172

Defunct Latin jurisdictions

Titular Latin Catholic sees

Ecclesiastical jurisdictions	Latin name	Established
Arbanum (Arbano, Albano)	Arbanensis	1166 (as diocese)
Chunavia (Konavlje)	Chunaviensis	1933
Dagnum (Dagno)	Dagnensis	late 14th century (as diocese)
Phoenice	Phoenicius	1933

• One Metropolitan Titular archbishopric: Achrida
• Titular bishoprics : Amantia (Amanzia), Apollonia, Aulon, Balecium (Balecio / Balezo), Benda, Buthrotum (Butrinto), Craina, Croæ, Drivastum (Drivasto / Drisht), Glavinitza, Hadrianopolis in Epiro, Lestrona, Onchesmus (Onchesmo), Pulcheriopolis, Sarda, Scampa, Stephaniacum (Stefaniaco)

Other defunct Latin jurisdictions

• Territorial Abbacy of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit, merged into Roman Catholic Diocese of Rrëshen

Several (arch)bishoprics had their title integrated into the merger:

• Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Durrës (Durazzo), merged into Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Pulati, merged into Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Shkodër (Shkodrë), merged into Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër–Pult

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses (structured view)

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org.
• Catholic-Hierarchy