Nikoll Kaçorri

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Nikollë Kaçorri
Dom Nikollë Kaçorri
Born
Nikollë Kaçorri

1862
Lurë, then Ottoman Empire, now in modern Albania
Died1917 (Aged 55)
Cause of deathcancer
NationalityAlbanian
Occupation(s)Archbishop of Durres, and vice-premier of Albania
Known forReligious and political activity
TermVice Prime Minister
PredecessorPost established
Bust of Dom Nikollë Kaçorri, the Vice Prime minister of the Provisional Government of Albania in Durrës.

Dom Nikollë Kaçorri (1862–1917), was a prominent figure of the National Renaissance of Albania. A signatory of Albanian Declaration of Independence, Dom Kaçorri served as Vice Prime minister of the Provisional Government of Albania, after the independence.[1]

Life

He was born in 1862 in Lurë, (now in Dibër municipality) and became a Catholic priest in 1878. In 1902 he became the Archbishop of Durrës, where he served until the Albanian Declaration of Independence. He was also a participant in the Congress of Monastir, which created the Albanian alphabet.

Dom Nikollë Kaçorri died in 1917 in Vienna, at the age of 55, from cancer.

See also

References

  1. ^ "History of Albanian People" Albanian Academy of Science.ISBN 99927-1-623-1