Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania
The Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania (Albanian: Administratura Apostolike e Shqiperisë së Jugut, Latin: Administratio Apostolica Albaniae Meridionalis, Italian: Albania Meridionale) is an apostolic administration of the Catholic Church in Albania, covering the southern regions of the country. It has jurisdiction over all Catholics on its territory, both of Latin Church and Byzantine Catholics. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durrës. Its cathedra is in the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Louis (Albanian: Kisha e Shën Maria dhe Shën Luigji) in the episcopal see of Vlorë.
Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania Administratio Apostolica Albaniae Meridionalis Administratura Apostolike e Shqiperisë së Jugut | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Albania |
| Territory | Southern Albania |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tiranë–Durrës |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 16,172 km2 (6,244 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 2,140,000 3,596 (0.2%) |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church and Albanian Greek Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite and Byzantine Rite |
| Established | 11 November 1939 |
| Cathedral | Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Louis in Vlorë |
| Secular priests | 8 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Apostolic Administrator | Giovanni Peragine |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | George Anthony Frendo Archbishop of Tiranë–Durrës |
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Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania | |
The Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania constitutes an ecclesiastical territory comprising the Albanian Greek Catholic Church, which itself does not exclusively govern any episcopal jurisdictions. Such claims have been questioned by some leading Eastern Catholic experts.