The Abbey of Orosh (also known as ''Mirditë Abbey'' or ''St. Alexander Oroshi'') was a
territorial Benedictine
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abbey at
Orosh in the region of
Mirdita,
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 was destroyed during the communist era and now rebuilt, dedicated to the martyr
St. Alexander.
History
By papal decree of 25 October 1888, this abbey with its two affiliated parishes, together with five other parishes in the
Diocese of Lezhë (''Alessio'') were removed from the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Lezhë.
In 1890 three parishes from the
Diocese of Sapë were added to the territorial Abbey of Orosh, and, in 1894, five more parishes from
Lezhë
Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality.
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were added.
In the early 20th century, Catholics numbered 16,550 in Albania, being under the care of secular and regular clergy. The abbot was chosen from among the secular clergy. The abbot, Mgr.
Primus Docchi, who resided at Orosh was born at Bulgëri, 7 February 1846, and studied at the Propaganda College in Rome. The Franciscans had a parish and a hospital at
Gomsiqe.
File:Steinmetz_orosh.jpg, The church of Orosh in 1903
File:Ad144.jpg, Processional cross at the Church of St Alexander in Orosh, Mirdita (1890s)
File:Nopcsa 273.jpg, Interior of the Church of Saint Alexander of Orosh (1905)
File:Orosh Church, Mirditë, Albania 2018-04 10.jpg, Madonna mosaic in the portico of Orosh Church (2018)
File:Orosh Church, Mirditë, Albania 2018-04 08.jpg, Sculpture of Preng Doçi in the portico of Orosh Church (2018)
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Territorial abbeys
Benedictine monasteries in Albania
Christian monasteries in Albania
Demolished buildings and structures in Albania
Buildings and structures in Mirditë