Archbishop Frano Franush Illia †

Deceased

Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania

Apostolic Administrator of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}

Apostolic Administrator of Sapë

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
21 Feb 1918		Born
18 Dec 1943	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Shkodrë, Albania
25 Dec 1992	74.8	Appointed	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
25 Dec 1992	74.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Lezhë {Lesh, Alessio}, Albania
25 Dec 1992	74.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Sapë, Albania
25 Dec 1992	74.8	Appointed	Apostolic Administrator of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania
25 Apr 1993	75.1	Ordained Bishop	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania
7 Dec 1996	78.7	Ceased	Apostolic Administrator of Shën Llezhri i Oroshit (Orosh), Albania
22 Oct 1997	79.6	Died	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania

MicroData Summary
Frano Franush Illia
Archbishop Frano Franush Illia
(born 21 Feb 1918, died 22 Oct 1997)
Archbishop of Shkodrë

Event Place
Birth Place Juban, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Priest Seminary, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Bishop Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Death Place Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë

a priest for 53.8 years
a bishop for 4.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Bl. Nikollë Vinçenc Prennushi, O.F.M. †
Archbishop of Durrës (Durazzo)
Principal Consecrator:
Pope John Paul II
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Camillo Cardinal Ruini
Cardinal-Priest of Sant’Agnese fuori le mura
Jozef Cardinal Tomko †
Cardinal-Deacon of Gesù Buon Pastore alla Montagnola

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Pope John Paul II (1958)
(St. Karol Józef Wojtyła †)
Archbishop Eugeniusz Baziak † (1933)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop Bolesław Twardowski † (1919)
Archbishop of Lviv
Archbishop St. Józef Bilczewski † (1901)
Archbishop of Lviv
Bishop Jan Maurycy Pawel Puzyna z Kosielsko † (1886)
Bishop of Kraków
Mieczyslaw Halka Cardinal Ledóchowski † (1861)
Archbishop of Gniezno e Poznań
Camillo Cardinal Di Pietro † (1839)
Cardinal-Priest of San Giovanni a Porta Latina
Chiarissimo Cardinal Falconieri Mellini † (1826)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Pope Leo XII (1794)
(Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga †)
Henry Benedict Mary Clement Cardinal Stuart of York † (1758)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Juban, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Priest	Seminary, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Bishop	Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Death Place	Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë

External Link(s):

VIAF: 4168286
WikiData: Q11698810

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 134, Number 12,067
d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 151, Necrology (back)
aadm/nm/bp: CB, 28 Apr 2026

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