Visarion Xhuvani

His Eminence

Vissarion of Albania
Archbishop of Albania
Installed20 February 1929
Term ended26 May 1937
PredecessorTheofan (as Metropolitan Dioceses of Durrës)
SuccessorKristofor
Other postMetropolitan of Berat (1941-1947)
Personal details
BornVissar Xhuvani
(1890-12-14)14 December 1890
Elbasan, Albania (then Ottoman Empire)
Died15 December 1965(1965-12-15) (aged 75)
Elbasan, Albania (then People's Republic of Albania)
Alma materAthens
Signature
Styles of
The Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës and all Albania
Reference styleHis Beatitude
Spoken styleYour Beatitude
Religious styleArchbishop
Posthumous styleN/A

Metropolitan Visarion Xhuvani (14 December 1890 – 15 December 1965) was the primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania from 1929 to 1937. He was a main contributor to the autocephaly, and a close collaborator of Fan Noli.

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