Archbishop of Albania

Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
Archbishopric
Eastern Orthodox
Coat of arms
Incumbent: John of Korça Topoteretes ,On 25 January 2025
Style	His Beatitude
Information
First holder	Visarion Xhuvani
Established	17 September 1922
Cathedral	Resurrection Cathedral, Tirana, Albania
Website
www.orthodoxalbania.org

Styles of The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania
Reference style	His Beatitude
Spoken style	Your Beatitude
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	N/A

Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania or simply Archbishop of Albania (Albanian: Kryepeshkopi i Tiranës, Durrësit dhe gjithë Shqipërisë) is the primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. He is also head of the Holy Synod.[1]

List of Archbishops of Albania

No.	Primate	Portrait	Reign			Notes
1	Visarion Xhuvani		20 February 1929	26 May 1937	8 years, 3 months and 6 days	Born on 14 December 1890 in Elbasan.
2	Christopher of Albania Kryepeshkopi Kristofori i Shqipërisë		12 April 1937	25 August 1949	12 years, 4 months and 13 days	Born in 1881 in Berat.
3	Paisi of Albania Kryepeshkop Paisi		25 August 1949	4 March 1966	16 years, 6 months and 7 days	Born in 1881 in Vodicë, Kolonjë.
4	Damian of Albania Kryepeshkopi Damian		7 March 1966	8 October 1973	7 years, 7 months and 1 day	Born on 26 October 1886 in Llëngë, Mokër.
5	Anastasios of Albania Anastas Janullatos		11 July 1992	25 January 2025	32 years, 7 months and 14 days	Born on 4 November 1929 in Piraeus.

References

1. AOC: Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania

Sources

• Bido, Ardit (2020). The Albanian Orthodox Church: A Political History, 1878–1945. London: Routledge.
• Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.

External links

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