Lazër Mjeda Explained

Type:Archbishop
Honorific-Prefix:Monsignor
Lazër Mjeda
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
Archdiocese:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
See:Shkodër
Term:1921-1935
Predecessor:Jakë Serreqi
Successor:Gasper Thaçi
Other Post:Bishop of The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje
Birth Name:Lazër Mjeda
Birth Date:June 3, 1869
Birth Place:Mjeda, Zadrima, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Albania)
Death Date:August 7, 1935
Nationality:Albanian
Religion:Roman Catholic
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Lazër Mjeda (1869–1935) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, and a member of the Mjeda family.[1]

Biography

Lazër (Llazar) Mjeda was born in Shkodër, Ottoman Empire — present-day Albania — on March 6, 1869. From 1900 to 1904 he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë, while from 1905 to 1909 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shkodër. During this time, the Catholic Church also made him the Titular Archbishop for the Diocese of Areopolis. From mid 1909 till late 1921, Mjeda was the Archbishop of the Diocese of Skopje.

From 1921 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult.[2]

Mjeda was member of the literary society Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language (Albanian: Shoqnia e Bashkimit të Gjuhës Shqipe,Bashkimi i Shkodrës), creator of Bashkimi alphabet, one of the main Albanian alphabets discussed in the Congress of Monastir of 1908.[3]

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Book: A Biographical Dictionary of Albanian History. 2012. Robert Elsie. 314. 9781780764313.
  2. Web site: Bishop Llazar Mjeda. 12 August 2010.
  3. Shoqnia gjuhësore e letrare "Bashkimi" . Doçi . Pal . 2000 . Muzeu Historik i Shkodrës . Shkodra në shekuj : seminari i tretë ndërkombëtar : 16-17 nëntor 1998 . 67–73 . Shkoder, Albania . 163226223.