Bishop Simon Kulli †

Deceased

Bishop of Sapë, Albania

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
14 Feb 1973		Born
14 Sep 1999	26.5	Ordained Deacon	Deacon of Sapë, Albania
29 Jun 2000	27.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Sapë, Albania
25 May 2016	43.2	Elected	Administrator of Sapë, Albania
15 Jun 2017	44.3	Appointed	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
14 Sep 2017	44.5	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Sapë, Albania
29 Nov 2025	52.7	Died	Bishop of Sapë, Albania

MicroData Summary
Simon Kulli
Bishop Simon Kulli
(born 14 Feb 1973, died 29 Nov 2025)
Bishop of Sapë

Ad Limina - May 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Pistull, Diocese of Sapë
Ordained Deacon Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Priest Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Bishop Nënë Tereza, Cathedral, Vau i Dejës, Diocese of Sapë
Death Place Vau i Dejës, Diocese of Error [Vau]

a priest for 25.4 years
a bishop for 8.2 years

Ordained Deacon by:
Archbishop Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Shkodrë
Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Shkodrë
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Charles John Brown
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Angelo Massafra, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Shkodrë-Pult
Bishop Dodë Gjergji
Apostolic Administrator of Prizren

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Charles John Brown (2012)
Titular Archbishop of Aquileia
Pope Benedict XVI (1977)
(Joseph Ratzinger †)
Bishop Josef Stangl † (1957)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Josef Schneider † (1955)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Joseph Cardinal Wendel † (1941)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Bishop Ludwig Sebastian † (1917)
Bishop of Speyer
Archbishop Johann Jakob von Hauck † (1912)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Ferdinand von Schlör † (1898)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Joseph von Schork † (1891)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Bishop Franz Joseph von Stein † (1879)
Bishop of Würzburg
Archbishop Friedrich Josef von Schreiber † (1875)
Archbishop of Bamberg
Archbishop Gregor (Leonhard Andreas) von Scherr, O.S.B. † (1856)
Archbishop of München und Freising {Munich}
Archbishop Antonio Saverio De Luca † (1845)
Titular Archbishop of Tarsus
Giacomo Filippo Cardinal Fransoni † (1822)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Pietro Francesco Cardinal Galleffi † (1819)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Alessandro Cardinal Mattei † (1777)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Bernardino Cardinal Giraud † (1767)
Cardinal-Priest of Santissima Trinità al Monte Pincio
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	Pistull, Diocese of Sapë
Ordained Deacon	Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Priest	Cathedral, Shkodrë, Archdiocese of Shkodrë
Ordained Bishop	Nënë Tereza, Cathedral, Vau i Dejës, Diocese of Sapë
Death Place	Vau i Dejës, Diocese of Error [Vau]

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q30302516

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 15 Jun 2017
od/c01: CB, 15 Jun 2017
ob: CB, 10 Jul 2017
c2+: CB, 21 Aug 2017
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 234, Number 19,580
d: CB, 29 Nov 2025
loc: CB, 4 Dec 2025
dadm: CB, 28 Apr 2026

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