The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rrëshen ( la, Dioecesis Rrësheniensis) is a diocese located in the city of

Rrëshen Rrëshen ( sq-definite, Rrësheni) is a small town and a former municipality in Lezhë County, in northern Albania. History At the 2015 local government reform, Rrëshen became a subdivision and the seat of the municipality Mirditë. It was the ...

in the Ecclesiastical province of Tiranë–Durrës in Albania.

History

* December 25, 1888: Established as

Territorial Abbacy of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit The Abbey of Orosh (also known as ''Mirditë Abbey'' or ''St. Alexander Oroshi'') was a territorial Benedictine abbey at Orosh in the region of Mirdita, Albania. It was destroyed during the communist era and now rebuilt, dedicated to the martyr ...

(St. Alexander Orosci) * December 7, 1996: Promoted as Diocese of Rrëshen

Ordinaries

* Territorial Abbots of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit ** Abbot Primo Dochi (1888.12.29 – 1919) ** Bishop Joseph Gionali (1921.08.28 – 1928.06.13) ** Bishop

Francesco Gjini Francesco, the Italian (and original) version of the personal name "Francis", is the most common given name among males in Italy. Notable persons with that name include: People with the given name Francesco * Francesco I (disambiguation), seve ...

(1930.06.29 – 1946.01.04) * Bishops of Rrëshen ** Bishop

Angelo Massafra Angelo Massafra (23 March 1949) is an Italians, Italian Catholic Church, Catholic archbishop of Arbëreshe, Arbëreshë ancestry, metropolitan archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër–Pult since 25 January 2005. Life He was b ...

, O.F.M. (1996.12.07 – 1998.03.28, became Metropolitan Archbishop of Shkodre-Pult) ** Bishop

Cristoforo Palmieri Cristoforo may refer to: See also * Cristoforo Colombo (disambiguation) * Cristian (disambiguation) Cristian is the Romanian and Spanish form of the male given name Christian. In Romanian, it is also a surname. Cristian may refer to: Peopl ...

, C.M. (2005.11.23 – 2017.06.15, Retired) ** Bishop Gjergj Meta (2017.06.15- Present)