Apostolic Administration of Prizren

Apostolic Administration of Prizren Apostolica Administratio Prisrianensis
Location
Territory	Kosovo[a]
Ecclesiastical province	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Metropolitan	Prizren, District of Prizren, Kosovo
Statistics
Population - Total	65,000 Catholics
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	1000
Cathedral	Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Cathedral of Blessed Mother Teresa in Prishtina (under construction)
Patron saint	Blessed Virgin Mary
Current leadership
Apostolic Administrator	Dodë Gjergji
Website
kishakatolike.org

The Roman Catholic Apostolic Administration of Prizren is an ecclesiastical territory or Apostolic Administration of the Roman Catholic Church in Kosovo^[a]. It is centred in the city of Prizren. It was erected as an Apostolic Administration 2000 after being split from the Skopje-Prizren Diocese.

Bishop Dodë Gjergji currently serves as administrator of the Apostolic Administration. Since the death of Bishop Marko Sopi, Dodë Gjergji has taken on this role.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Kosovo

Notes and references

Notes:

a.	^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. The latter declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognised by 85 UN member states.

References:

External links

• Giga-Catholic Information
• Catholic Hierarchy