Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Diocese of Alessio [Lezhë]

ALESSIO, DIOCESI DI

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DIOCESE OF ALESSIO [LEZHË]. - The Turkish invasion made of this very ancient Albanian diocese (14th century) a true mission territory. As early as 1240 the Franciscans had a convent there. Pastoral care then passed to the secular clergy. When the Franciscans returned in 1634, they settled especially in the northern part. The Franciscan mission, governed by a superior with the faculties of an apostolic prefect granted by the Sacred Congregation de Propaganda Fide, became a regular province in 1906. It was formerly a suffragan of Antivari, then of Scutari (April 22, 1887).

Area of the territory: 280 sq. km.; total population: 10,315, of whom 9,750 are Catholics, including 2,200 foreigners; Muslims 560 (1941 estimate). There was an elementary school (155 pupils), directed by the Handmaids of Charity.

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BIBL.: Guida delle Missioni Cattoliche, Rome 1935, p. 351, col. 2: Leonis XIII PP. Acta, VII, Rome 1888, pp. 72-73; MC, p. 8.

Giuseppe Monticone

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 816–817.

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Monticone, Giuseppe. “Alessio, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 816–817. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/alessio-diocesi-di.

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Monticone, Giuseppe. “Alessio, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 816–817. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/alessio-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Monticone, Giuseppe},
  title     = {Alessio, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {816--817},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/alessio-diocesi-di}
}

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