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Nikollë Kaçorri
Dom Nikollë KaçorriBorn 1862
Lurë, then Ottoman Empire, now in modern AlbaniaDied 1917 (Aged 55)
Vienna, AustriaCause of death cancer Nationality Albanian Occupation Archbishop of Durres, and vice-premier of Albania Known for Religious and political activity Religion Roman Catholic Dom Nikollë Kaçorri (1862 – 1917), was a prominent figure of the National Renaissance of Albania. A signatory of Albanian Declaration of Independence, Dom Kaçorri served as Vice Prime minister of the Provisional Government of Albania, after the independence.[1]
Life
He was born in 1862 in Lurë, (now in the Dibër District) and became a Catholic priest in 1878. In 1902 he became the Archbishop of Durrës, where he served until the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He was also a participant in the Congress of Monastir, which created the Albanian alphabet.
Dom Nikollë Kaçorri died in 1917 in Vienna, at the age of 55, from cancer.
See also
- Signatories of Albanian Declaration of Independence
- Provisional Government of Albania
References
- ^ "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science.ISBN 99927-1-623-1
Categories:- Albanian religious leaders
- Albanian politicians
- 1862 births
- 1917 deaths
- Cancer deaths in Austria
- Signatories of the Albanian Declaration of Independence
- People from Dibër District
- Albanian Roman Catholic archbishops
- Signatories of Albanian Declaration of Independence
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