Archbishop of Albania

Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania or simply Archbishop of Albania (Albanian: Kryepeshkopi i Tiranës, Durrësit dhe gjithë Shqipërisë) is the primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania. He is also head of the Holy Synod.

Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania
Archbishopric
Eastern Orthodox
Coat of arms
Incumbent: Anastasios of Albania since 2 August 1992
Style	His Beatitude
Information
First holder	Visarion Xhuvani
Established	17 September 1922
Cathedral	Resurrection Cathedral, Tirana, Albania
Website
www.orthodoxalbania.org

Styles of The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania
Reference style	His Beatitude
Spoken style	Your Beatitude
Religious style	Archbishop
Posthumous style	N/A

The first archbishop was Visarion Xhuvani. The current archbishop is Anastasios of Albania.

List of archbishops of Albania

No.	Name	Term served
Unrecognised autocephaly (1929–1937)
1	Visarion Xhuvani	20 February 1929	26 May 1936
Recognised autocephaly (1937–1967)
2	Christopher of Albania	12 April 1937	25 August 1949
3	Paisius of Albania	25 August 1949	4 March 1966
4	Damian of Albania	April 1966	8 October 1973
Vacant during Communist Era (1973–1992)
5	Anastasios of Albania	2 August 1992	Incumbent

Sources

• Bido, Ardit (2020). The Albanian Orthodox Church: A Political History, 1878–1945. London: Routledge.
• Kiminas, Demetrius (2009). The Ecumenical Patriarchate: A History of Its Metropolitanates with Annotated Hierarch Catalogs. Wildside Press LLC.

External links

• rulers.org (It reports: "© 1995-2005 B. Schemmel. Data from this site may be queried and copied on a not-for-profit basis only if the source is accurately credited. All rights are reserved for profit-seeking purposes.")