History

• 500?: Established as Diocese of Prizren (Hrvatski) / Prisriana (Italiano) / Pristiana (Italiano) / Призрен (српски језик) / Prisriana (latine) / 普里茲倫 (正體中文) / Prisrianen(sis) (Latin)
• 1720?: Suppressed (to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Skopje)
• 1933: Restored as Titular Episcopal See of Prizren (Hrvatski) / Prisriana (Italiano) / Pristiana (Italiano) / Призрен (српски језик) / Prisriana (latine) / 普里茲倫 (正體中文) / Prisrianen(sis) (Latin)
• 1970: Suppressed
• 2000.05.24: Restored as Apostolic Administration of Prizren (Hrvatski) / Prisriana (Italiano) / Pristiana (Italiano) / Призрен (српски језик) / Prisriana (latine) / 普里茲倫 (正體中文) / Prisrianen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Skopje–Prizren)
• 2018.09.05: Promoted as Diocese of Prizren–Prishtina

Special Churches

• Cathedral: Katedralja e Nënë Tereza, Pristina
• Former Cathedral: Katedralja e Zojës Ndihmëtare, Prizren

Present Prelates Bishop (2018.09.05 – ...): Bishop Dodë Gjergji (55) Ordinaries Bishops of Prizren–Prishtina (Roman Rite) Bishop Dodë Gjergji (55) (2018.09.05 – ...) Bishop of Prizren–Prishtina (Kosovo) Born: 1963.01.16 (Serbia) Ordained Priest: 1989.08.15 Consecrated Bishop: 2006.01.05 Apostolic Administrator of Sapë (Albania) (2000.02.05 – 2005.11.23) Bishop of Sapë (Albania) (2005.11.23 – 2006.12.12) Apostolic Administrator of Prizren (Kosovo) (2006.12.12 – 2018.09.05) Bishop of Prizren–Prishtina (Kosovo) (2018.09.05 – ...) Apostolic Administrators of Prizren (Roman Rite) Bishop Dodë Gjergji (55) (2006.12.12 – 2018.09.05) (see above) Bishop Marko Sopi (2000.05.24 – 2006.01.11) Born: 1938.02.26 (Serbia) Ordained Priest: 1968.06.29 Consecrated Bishop: 1996.01.06 Died: 2006.01.11 († 67) Apostolic Administrator of Skopje–Prizren (Macedonia) (1995.11.02 – 2000.05.24) Titular Bishop of Celerina (1995.11.02 – 2006.01.11) Apostolic Administrator of Prizren (Kosovo) (2000.05.24 – 2006.01.11) Bishops of Prizren (Roman Rite) Bishop Giovanni Felice Bernabei, O.F.M. Conv. (1689.11.01 – 1702.12.26) Consecrated Bishop: 1690.04.16 Died: 1702.12.26 Bishop of Prizren (Kosovo) (1689.11.01 – 1702.12.26) Vicar Apostolic of Valachie (Romania) (1689.11.01 – 1702.12.26) Archbishop Franjo Svimirovich, O.F.M. Obs. (1651.02.27 – 1656.03.20) Archbishop-Bishop of Prizren (Kosovo) (1651.02.27 – 1656.03.20) Metropolitan Archbishop of Acrida (1656.03.20 – ?) Bishop Petrus Katich (1618.02.12 – 1622.03) Born: 1563 Consecrated Bishop: 1618.02.24 Died: 1622.03 († 59) Bishop of Prizren (Kosovo) (1618.02.12 – 1622.03)

Former Prelates

• Coadjutor Bishop:  Bishop José Antonio Jaspe Montenegro (1705.05.18 – ?)

Former Titular Bishops

• Titular Bishop:  Bishop Ivan Romanoff (1942.07.06 – 1959)

as of 2018.10.16

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