Damian of Albania

Styles of
**The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania**
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

His Beatitude

Damian
His Beatitude; Damian
Archbishop of Albania
Installed	7 March 1966
Term ended	8 October 1973
Predecessor	Paisi (1966)
Successor	Post Abolished (Anastasi following re-establishment in 1992)
Personal details
Born	Dhimitër Kokoneshi; 26 October 1886; Mokër, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Albania)
Died	8 October 1973 (aged 86); Pogradec, Communist Albania (modern-day Albania)
Alma mater	Normal School of Monastir (1896) ; Academy of Theology in Ioannina (1925)
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Archbishop Damian (Albanian: Kryepeshkopi Damian, secular name Dhimitër Kokoneshi; 26 October 1886 – 8 October 1973) was the bishop of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania and its primate from 7 March 1966. De facto he led the Church until February 1967,^[1] when the religion was abolished in Albania.^[2]

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[1] The Shining Beacon of Socialism in Europe

[CC-2] "La Civiltà Cattolica, Issues 3727-3732", La Civiltà Cattolica: Pubblicazione Periodica per Tutta l'Italia, IV (3730): 348, Nov 19, 2005, ISSN 0009-8167

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Damian of Albania

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