Catholic Church in Albania 🇦🇱

By Type (6)

Metropolitan Sees (Archdioceses) Metr. Archdiocese (2)

Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) Diocese (3)

Apostolic Administrations (1)

By Rite

Roman Rite (6): Lezhë, Rrëshen, Sapë, Shkodrë–Pult, Southern Albania, Tiranë–Durrës

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Apostolic Nunciature: Albania

Conference of Bishops: Konferenca Ipeshkvnore e Shquipërisë

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcopalium Europæ (C.C.E.E.)

Capital: Tirana

Area: 27,398 km²

Population: 3,047,987

Neighbouring Countries: ← Italy , ↖ Montenegro , ↗ Kosovo , → North Macedonia , ↘ Greece

Cultural Summary

Religions: Muslim 56.7%, Roman Catholic 10%, Orthodox 6.8%, atheist 2.5%, Bektashi (a Sufi order) 2.1%, other 5.7%, unspecified 16.2%

Languages: Albanian 98.8% (official - derived from Tosk dialect), Greek 0.5%, other 0.6% (including Macedonian, Romani, Vlach, Turkish, Italian, and Serbo-Croatian), unspecified 0.1%

Ethnic Groups: Albanian 82.6%, Greek 0.9%, other 1% (including Vlach, Romani, Macedonian, Montenegrin, and Egyptian), unspecified 15.5%

Motto: Feja e Shqiptarit është Shqiptaria (Albanian) (The Faith of the Albanians is Albanism); Ti, Shqipëri, më jep nder, më jep emrin Shqiptar (Albanian) (You Albania give me honor, you give me the name Albanian)