Gjergj Vladanji was an Albanian

Albanians

Albanians are a nation and ethnic group native to Albania and neighbouring countries. They speak the Albanian language. More than half of all Albanians live in Albania and Kosovo...

 prelate

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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Gjergj Vladanji was born in Shkodër

Shkodër

Shkodër , is a city located on Lake of Shkoder in northwestern Albania in the District of Shkodër, of which it is the capital. It is one of the oldest and most historic towns in Albania, as well as an important cultural and economic centre. Shkodër's estimated population is 90,000; if the...

, modern northern Albania

Albania

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 in 1712 to a family, many members of which had become prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. From 1750, when he succeeded his brother Lazër Vladanji

Lazër Vladanji

Lazër Vladanji was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.Lazër Vladanji was born in Shkodër, modern northern Albania in 1706 to a family, many members of which had become prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. From 1746 to 1749 he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë,...

, who became Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar

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, until his death in 1765 he was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sapë In 2008 German

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 historian Peter Bartl published his correspondence with the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples

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