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The Servant of God priest Anton Muzaj

 

Father: Dejko             Mother: Dilja Gjergji.

Born in Vrnakolo – Kosovo on the 12 May 1921

Baptised on the 15 May 1921 in Letnicë Kosovo.      

Confirmed …………… Kosovo (now Apostolic Administration of Prizren)

Later he transferred to the diocese of Shkodra.

Priestly Ordination in Rome at Propaganda Fide from the prefect, Cardinal Pietro Fumasoni Biondi on the 19 March 1945.

Specialization: Licence in theology in 1944.

When he comes back to Albania in 1945, he was appointed chancellor of the Archdiocese.

He was arrested and imprisoned in Shkodra in June (September) 1947.

He was sentenced for life in prison.

Other information:

He was continuously tortured, one of these tortures was: from 01 October 1947 he was left day and night for 15 days standing in front of the wall while they continuously wet him. After this they would leave him to sleep on the floor, because of this he got tuberculosis, and 5 months after he was freed from prison he died in the residence of the Archbishop in Shkodra, in the spring of 1948.

Fr. Anton Muzaj

 

 

 
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