Marko Sopi

Marko Sopi (1938-2006) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Biography

Marko Sopi was born on in Binac, Vitina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (modern Kosovo)[a] on February 6, 1938. From 1995 to 2006 he was the titular bishop of Celerina. From 1995 to 2000 he served as Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje in Macedonia, while from 2000 until his death in 2006 he was the Apostolic Administrator of the Roman Catholic Apostolic Administration of Prizren. After his death, bishop Dodë Gjergji succeeded him as new Apostolic Administrator of Prizren.[1]

Notes
a. ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the 2013 Brussels Agreement. Kosovo is currently recognized as an independent state by 97 out of the 193 United Nations member states. In total, 112 UN member states recognized Kosovo at some point, of which 15 later withdrew their recognition.

References
  1. "Bishop Marko Sopi". Retrieved 12 August 2010.
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