Rrok Mirdita
His Excellency Rrok Kolë Mirdita | |
|---|---|
Tiranë-Durrës | |
| Appointed | 25 December 1992 |
| Installed | 25 April 1993 |
| Term ended | 7 December 2015 |
| Predecessor | Vinçenc Prennushi |
| Successor | George Anthony Frendo |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2 July 1965 by Aleksandar Tokic |
| Consecration | 25 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II |
| Rank | Metropolitan Archbishop |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 28 September 1939 Klezna, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Died | 7 December 2015 (aged 76) Tirana, Albania |
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| Styles of Rrok Mirdita | |
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Your Excellency | |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | none |
Rrok Kolë Mirdita (28 September 1939 – 7 December 2015) was an
archbishop of Tiranë-Durrës from 1993 to his death in 2015.[1]
Biography
Mirdita was ordained a priest on 2 July 1965, aged 25, and served in ethnic Albanian parishes in
Bronx and Westchester
counties of New York.
On 25 December 1992, aged 53, he was appointed the archbishop of
Tiranë-Durrës and consecrated on 25 April 1993 by Pope John Paul II and cardinals Camillo Ruini and Jozef Tomko, along with three other bishops (Zef Simoni, Frano Illia and Robert Ashta) during the Pope's pastoral visit to Albania. Mirdita was the President of the Episcopal Conference of Albania and the Chairman of Caritas Albania. [citation needed
]
On his initiative
Anastasios (Anastas) greeted parishioners together. [citation needed] Rrok Mirdita was an Honorary Citizen of Tirana
, Albania.
He died at
Mother Teresa Hospital in Tirana on 7 December 2015.[1]