Visarion Xhuvani


Vissarion
Archbishop of Albania
Installed20 February 1929
Term ended26 May 1936
PredecessorTitle created
SuccessorKristofor (1937)
Personal details
Born
Visarion Xhuvani

(1890-12-14)14 December 1890
Died15 December 1965(1965-12-15) (aged 75)
Elbasan, Albania (then People's Republic of Albania)
Alma materAthens
SignatureVissarion's signature
Styles of
The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania
Reference styleHis Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude
Religious styleArchbishop
Posthumous styleN/A

Metropolitan Visarion Xhuvani (14 December 1890 – 15 December 1965) was the primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania from 1929 to 1936. He was a main contributor to the autocephaly, and a close collaborator of Fan Noli.[1]

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