Damian of Albania


Damian
Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania
InstalledApril 1966
Term ended13 November 1967[1]
PredecessorPaisi (1966)
SuccessorPost Abolished (Anastasi following re-establishment in 1992)
Personal details
Born
Dhimitër Kokoneshi

(1886-10-26)26 October 1886
Died18 October 1973(1973-10-18) (aged 86)
Pogradec, Communist Albania (modern-day Albania)
Alma materNormal School of Monastir (1896)
Academy of Theology in Ioannina (1925)
Signature
Styles of
The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania
Reference styleHis Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude
Religious styleArchbishop
Posthumous styleN/A

Archbishop Damian (Albanian: Kryepeshkopi Damian, secular name Dhimitër Kokoneshi; 26 October 1886 – 18 October 1973) was the bishop of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania from April 1966 until February 1967, when the religion was abolished in Albania.[2]

  1. ^ The Shining Beacon of Socialism in Europe
  2. ^ "La Civiltà Cattolica, Issues 3727-3732", La Civiltà Cattolica: Pubblicazione Periodica per Tutta l'Italia, IV (3730): 348, Nov 19, 2005, ISSN 0009-8167