Matija Mazarek

Matija Mazarek
Матија Мазарек
Born1726
Janjevo, Ottoman Empire (modern Kosovo)
Other names
  • Matija Masarek
  • Matija Mazrreku
CitizenshipOttoman Empire
OccupationCatholic archbishop

Matija Mazarek or Matija Masarek (Serbian: Матија Мазарек; 1726–fl. 1792) was an 18th-century Catholic priest.[1] In the second half of the 18th century he was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje. His reports to the Vatican are an important source for demography study of his diocese.

  1. ^ Simoniti, Vasko (2003). Fanfare nasilja. Slovenska Matica. p. 368. ISBN 978-961-213-105-0. V drugi polovici 18. stoletja je tako npr. katoliški nadškof Matija Masarek v Skopju pisal o hudih pritiskih muslimanskih Albancev (»Libera nos, Domine, ab Albanensibus ! «) in stalnih sporih s predstavniki pravoslavne vere, ki so silili katolike k ...