Albanian Pontifical Seminary ( sq, Kolegjia Papnore Shqyptare) is a Jesuit

seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy ...

located in Shkoder,

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 ...

. It opened first in 1859 in Shkoder, then the center of Scutari Vilayet of

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

. In 1870, the seminary brought to life its own printing press called "Press of the Immaculate Virgin" ( sq, Shtypshkroja e Zojes s'Paperlyeme). The press printed in 1876 its own book, ''Christian Doctrine'' ( sq, Dotrina e kerscten) of Engjell Radoja (1820-1880), which would be followed by many others. With the rise of

Communism in Albania The People's Socialist Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika Popullore Socialiste e Shqipërisë, links=no) was the Marxist–Leninist one party state that existed in Albania from 1946 to 1992 (the official name of the country was the People's R ...

, the Jesuits would be targets of persecution. The college's

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Father

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would be arrested together with Father Gjon Fausti (vice-provincial of the Jesuits) on December 31, 1945. They were executed on 4 March 1946. In April 1946, the authorities closed down all Jesuit institutions and the

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was outlawed. With the reestablishment of

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between

and the

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in 1991, the college reopened in October of the same year.

Alumni

* Ndoc Nikaj, writer and historian *

Preng Doçi Preng Doçi (1846–1917), it, Primus Docci, was and Albanian political and religious figure and poet. He was a main contributor in the Albanian ''Bashkimi'' Alphabet. Life Preng Doçi was born in Paraspor neighborhood of Bulgër, a village ne ...

, anti- Ottoman activist and poet * Lazër Shantoja, Saint, poet, and translator

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