{"id":6354,"date":"2023-09-13T13:16:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/09\/13\/ernest-coba\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:50:47","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:50:47","slug":"ernest-coba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2023\/09\/13\/ernest-coba\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernest \u00c7oba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monsignor Ernest \u00c7oba, archbishop of Shkodra, head of the Catholic Church of Albania, passed away. Ernest \u00c7oba was born in 1913, in La\u00e7 (Vau i Dej\u00ebs). In 1936, he was ordained a priest and, gradually, the Catholic Church entrusted him with several positions as a teacher of the faith in the Papal Seminary (Shkodra), until 1946. He served as a parish priest of Shkodra (1946-1952), general secretary of the leadership of the Albanian Catholic Church (1952\u20131956). 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