The origins of the Albanian Catholic Church in New York start with the establishment of the Albanian-American Catholic League in 16 June 1962. In 1969, the League acquired a center on 4221 Park Avenue, Bronx, and renamed itself to the Our Lady of Good Counsel Albanian Catholic Center.[1] The first mass was held on Christmas of 1969, while the church was officially opened on 12 April 1970, and on 19 August 1973, it was dedicated by cardinal Terence Cooke.[2] On 1973, the second Albanian Catholic Center, named St. Paul and St. Peter Albanian Catholic Center was founded in Eastchester Road, Bronx.
On 20 February 1987, with the approval of Archdiocese of New York, the two Albanian Catholic Centers "Our Lady of Good Counsel" and "St. Paul and St. Peter" were merged into Albanian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Shkodra. On 28 September 1989, cardinal John O'Connor established the first Albanian Catholic parish in the United States, and named Rrok Mirdita as the first pastor.[1]
The construction of the church building started in 3 December 1995, and the first mass was held on the Christmas of 1998.[1] On 25 April 1999, on the Fest of Our Lady of Shkodra, the Church of Our Lady of Shkodra was consecrated by John O'Connor, Archbishop of New York.[3]
List of pastorsedit
In chronological order, the following priests have served as pastor of the church:
church, lady, shkodra, albanian, kisha, katolike, zoja, shkodrës, albanian, roman, catholic, church, located, hartsdale, york, 02778, 80722, 02778, 80722locationhartsdale, yorkdenominationcatholic, churchwebsitealbchurch, orghistorystatusparish, churchfounded2. The Church of Our Lady of Shkodra Albanian Kisha Katolike Zoja e Shkodres is an Albanian Roman Catholic church located in Hartsdale New York Church of Our Lady of Shkodra41 1 40 N 73 48 26 W 41 02778 N 73 80722 W 41 02778 73 80722LocationHartsdale New YorkDenominationCatholic ChurchWebsitealbchurch wbr orgHistoryStatusParish churchFounded20 February 1987Dedicated25 April 1999ArchitectureCompleted1998AdministrationArchdioceseArchdiocese of New York Contents 1 History 2 List of pastors 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe origins of the Albanian Catholic Church in New York start with the establishment of the Albanian American Catholic League in 16 June 1962 In 1969 the League acquired a center on 4221 Park Avenue Bronx and renamed itself to the Our Lady of Good Counsel Albanian Catholic Center 1 The first mass was held on Christmas of 1969 while the church was officially opened on 12 April 1970 and on 19 August 1973 it was dedicated by cardinal Terence Cooke 2 On 1973 the second Albanian Catholic Center named St Paul and St Peter Albanian Catholic Center was founded in Eastchester Road Bronx On 20 February 1987 with the approval of Archdiocese of New York the two Albanian Catholic Centers Our Lady of Good Counsel and St Paul and St Peter were merged into Albanian Catholic Church of Our Lady of Shkodra On 28 September 1989 cardinal John O Connor established the first Albanian Catholic parish in the United States and named Rrok Mirdita as the first pastor 1 The construction of the church building started in 3 December 1995 and the first mass was held on the Christmas of 1998 1 On 25 April 1999 on the Fest of Our Lady of Shkodra the Church of Our Lady of Shkodra was consecrated by John O Connor Archbishop of New York 3 List of pastors editIn chronological order the following priests have served as pastor of the church Rev Rrok Mirdita 1989 1993 Rev Pjeter Popaj 1993 present See also editList of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New YorkReferences edit a b c Mirakaj Tonin December 1998 Krishtlindjet e Para ne Kishen e Re Jeta Katolike 12 5 Retrieved 19 April 2022 Schumach Murray April 13 1970 Hemisphere s First Albanian Catholic Church Opens in the Bronx The New York Times Retrieved 19 April 2022 Popaj Pjeter September 1999 Konsekrimi i Kishes se re Zoja e Shkodres Jeta Katolike 14 15 2 External links editOfficial website Portals nbsp Architecture nbsp Catholicism nbsp New York state Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Church of Our Lady of Shkodra amp oldid 1084251142, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
