Lazër Mjeda

Monsignor Lazër Mjeda
Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
Lazër Mjeda
Archdiocese	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult
See	Shkodër
In office	1921-1935
Predecessor	Jakë Serreqi
Successor	Gasper Thaçi
Other post(s)	Bishop of The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë Archbishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje
Personal details
Born	Lazër Mjeda June 3, 1869 Mjeda, Zadrima, Ottoman Empire (Present-day Albania)
Died	August 7, 1935
Nationality	Albanian
Denomination	Roman Catholic
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Lazër Mjeda (1869–1935) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, and a member of the Mjeda family.

Biography

Lazër (Llazar) Mjeda was born in Shkodër, Ottoman Empire — present-day Albania — on March 6, 1869. From 1900 to 1904 he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë, while from 1905 to 1909 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Shkodër. During this time, the Catholic Church also made him the Titular Archbishop for the Diocese of Areopolis. From mid 1909 till late 1921, Mjeda was the Archbishop of the Diocese of Skopje.

From 1921 he was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër-Pult.

Mjeda was member of the literary society Society for the Unity of the Albanian Language (Albanian: Shoqnia e Bashkimit të Gjuhës Shqipe,Bashkimi i Shkodrës), creator of Bashkimi alphabet, one of the main Albanian alphabets discussed in the Congress of Monastir of 1908.

Sources

• Albert Ramaj: LAZËR MJEDA NË ARGJIPESHKVINË SHKUP-PRIZREN MES 1909-1921 (Sipas arkivit Austriak, emërimi tij, laramanizmi, largimi nga Prizreni) (S. 47-172) in: IMZOT LAZËR MJEDA- Mbrojtës dhe lëvrues i identitetit shqiptar, St. Gallen 2011 (ISBN 978-3-9523077-7-9)