Lazër Mjeda (1869–1935) was an

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of the

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, and a member of the Mjeda family.

Biography

Lazër (Llazar) Mjeda was born in

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra) is the fifth-most-populous city of the Republic of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. The city sprawls across the Plain of Mbishkodra between the southern part of Lake Shkod ...

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— present-day

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— on March 6, 1869. From 1900 to 1904 he was the Bishop of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë The Diocese of Sapë ( la, Dioecesis Sappensis, sq, Dioqeza e Sapës) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Albania. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolit ...

, 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

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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

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. Mjeda was member of the

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Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language Shoqnia e Bashkimit të Gjuhës Shqipe (Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language), usually known as the Shoqnia Bashkimi (The Union Society), or simply Bashkimi i Shkodrës (The Union of Shkodra) was a literary society founded in Shkodra, O ...

( sq, Shoqnia e Bashkimit të Gjuhës Shqipe,Bashkimi i Shkodrës), creator of ''Bashkimi'' alphabet, one of the main

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s discussed in the

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of 1908.

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Sources

*Albert Ramaj: ''LAZËR MJEDA NË ARGJIPESHKVINË SHKUP-PRIZREN MES 1909-1921 (Sipas arkivit Austriak, emërimi tij, laramanizmi, largimi nga Prizreni)'' (S. 47-172) in: IMZOT LAZËR MJEDA- Mbrojtës dhe lëvrues i identitetit shqiptar, St. Gallen 2011 () {{DEFAULTSORT:Mjeda, Llazar 1869 births 1935 deaths Bishops of Skopje 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Albania 19th-century Albanian Roman Catholic priests Lazër People from Shkodër People from Scutari vilayet Activists of the Albanian National Awakening

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