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Shurdhah Island
Shurdhah Island ( sq, Ishulli i Shurdhahut) is an island in northern Albania in the Vau i Dejës Reservoir. It was formed after the flooding of the Drin river valley during the construction of the HPS. It is the largest island in the reservoir with an area of 7.5 hectares. From the most northern tip of the island to the most southern tip of it, it has an estimated length of .It is accessible by tourist boat in summer from the Vau i Dejës dam or Rragam. Shurdhah attested in medieval sources as ''Sarda'' and its submerged area were an early medieval settlement in Albania linked to the Komani-Kruja culture. Name The name of the original Illyrian settlement was Sarda (Albanian Sardë). Later, the name was changed to Shurdha which means 'deaf' in Albanian. The name changed while Albania was an Atheist Communist state, when due to the strong religious connection of the island, it was forgotten. History Sarda was founded between the 6th and 7th centuries and is linked to the devel ...
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Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares land borders with Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, North Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south. Tirana is its capital and largest city, followed by Durrës, Vlorë, and Shkodër. Albania displays varied climatic, geological, hydrological, and morphological conditions, defined in an area of . It possesses significant diversity with the landscape ranging from the snow-capped mountains in the Albanian Alps as well as the Korab, Skanderbeg, Pindus and Ceraunian Mountains to the hot and sunny coasts of the Albanian Adriatic and Ionian Sea along the Mediterranean Sea. Albania has been inhabited by different civilisations over time, such as the Illyrians, Thracians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Veneti ...
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Suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictional in their role. Suffragan bishops may be charged by a metropolitan to oversee a suffragan diocese and may be assigned to areas which do not have a cathedral of their own. In the Catholic Church, a suffragan bishop instead leads a diocese within an ecclesiastical province other than the principal diocese, the metropolitan archdiocese; the diocese led by the suffragan is called a suffragan diocese. Anglican Communion In the Anglican churches, the term applies to a bishop who is assigned responsibilities to support a diocesan bishop. For example, the Bishop of Jarrow is a suffragan to the diocesan Bishop of Durham. Suffragan bishops in the Anglican Communion are nearly identical in their role to auxiliary bishops in the Roman Catholic ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Thái Bính
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Hà Nôi
Archdiocese of Hanoi ( la, Archidioecesis Hanoiensis, vi, Tổng giáo phận Hà Ná»™i, french: Archidiocèse d'Hanoï) is a Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vietnam. It is one of the earliest in the history of the Catholic Church in Vietnam. The creation of the diocese in present form was declared 24 November 1960. It covers an area of 7,000 km² and has been led by Archbishop Joseph VÅ© Văn Thiên since November 2018. Suffragans The suffragan dioceses are: * Diocese of Bắc Ninh * Diocese of Bùi Chu * Diocese of Hải Phòng * Diocese of Thái Bình * Diocese of Lạng SÆ¡n & Cao Bằng * Diocese of HÆ°ng Hóa * Diocese of Phát Diệm * Diocese of Thanh Hóa * Diocese of Vinh * Diocese of Hà TÄ©nh Cathedral Saint Joseph Cathedral in Hanoi has been assigned as the Cathedral of the Archdiocese. The Cathedral was built in 1886 in neo-Gothic style. It holds several masses throughout the day and is usually crowded on weekends and religious holida ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Jose In California
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José in California ( la, Diœcesis Sancti Josephi in California; es, Diócesis de San José en California) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It comprises Santa Clara County, and is led by a bishop. Its patron saints are Saint Joseph and Saint Clare of Assisi. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Its fellow suffragans include the Dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, Santa Rosa and Stockton. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph in Downtown San Jose is the cathedral church of the diocese. The diocesan offices are located at 1150 North First Street. The diocese serves approximately 600,000 Catholics in 54 parishes and missions, three university campus ministries, and 34 schools. History The Roman Catholic Church in present-day Santa Clara County dates to the founding of Mission Santa ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of San Francisco
The Archdiocese of San Francisco (Latin: ''Archdiœcesis Sancti Francisci''; Spanish: ''Archidiócesis de San Francisco'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the northern California region of the United States. It covers the City and County of San Francisco and the Counties of Marin and San Mateo. The Archdiocese of San Francisco was canonically erected on July 29, 1853, by Pope Pius IX and its cathedral is the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption. This archdiocese is the metropolitan see of a province which also has the dioceses of Honolulu (Hawaii), Las Vegas (Nevada), Reno (Nevada), Salt Lake City (Utah), Oakland (California), San Jose (California), Santa Rosa (California), Sacramento (California), and Stockton (California). History The first church in the Archdiocese of San Francisco is older than the archdiocese itself; Mission San Francisco de Asís was founded on June 29, 1776 by Franciscan Friars. The mission church t ...
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Territorial Prelature Of Chuquibamba
The Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Chuquibamba in the Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa in Peru. History On 5 June 1962, the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba was established. Ordinaries * Prelates of Chuquibamba (Roman rite) ** Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. , image = , caption = Coat of arms of the Carmelites , abbreviation = OCarm , formation = Late 12th century , founder = Early hermits of Mount Carmel , founding_location = Mount Ca ... (5 June 1962 – February 1977) **Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. (12 August 1976 – 16 July 1986) **Luis Baldo Riva, C.Ss.R. (27 June 1977 – 27 June 1983) **Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. (29 February 1984 – 19 October 1999) **Mario Busquets Jordá (25 January 2001 – 11 May 2015) **Jorge Izaguirre Rafael, CSC (11 May 2015 – present) ...
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Bishop-Prelate
In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an Holy Orders, ordained Minister (Catholic Church), minister who holds the fullness of the Sacraments of the Catholic Church, sacrament of Holy orders in the Catholic Church, holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church. Catholics trace the origins of the office of bishop to the Apostles in the New Testament, apostles, who it is believed were endowed with a special charism and office by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Catholics believe this special charism and office has been transmitted through an apostolic succession, unbroken succession of bishops by the laying on of hands in the sacrament of holy orders. Diocesan bishops—known as eparchs in the Eastern Catholic Churches—are assigned to govern local regions within the Catholic Church known as dioceses in the Latin Church and Eparchy, eparchies in the Eastern Churches. Bishops are collecti ...
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Peru
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Trujillo
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo ( la, Truxillen(sis)) is an archdiocese located in the city of Trujillo in Peru."Archdiocese of Trujillo"
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Redemptorists
The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brothers). It was founded by Alphonsus Liguori at Scala, Italy, for the purpose of labouring among the neglected country people around Naples. It is dedicated to missionary work and they minister in more than 100 countries. Members of the congregation are Catholic priests and consecrated religious brothers The Redemptorists are especially dedicated to Our Lady of Perpetual Help and were appointed by Pope Pius IX in 1865 as both custodians and missionaries of the icon of that title, which is enshrined at the Redemptorist Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori in Rome. Many Redemptorist churches are dedicated to her under that title. However, the Patroness of the Congregation is the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title "Immaculate Conception," of wh ...
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