Dom Lazër Shantoja, martyr of the Catholic Church, was shot in Tirana. He was born in Shkodër, in 1892. He was ordained a priest in Shkodër, on May 29, 1915. Deputy parish priest in Shkodër, parish priest in Pulaj (Velipoja) and then in Sheldi (Shkodër). Secretary of the Archdiocese of Shkodra. As a fugitive, under Ahmet Zogu’s regime, he was in Belgrade and then in Switzerland as deputy parish priest in Biel and parish priest in La Motte (France). When he returned to Albania, in October 1939, he developed his activity, living mainly in Tirana. He was arrested in Sheldi at the end of December 1944 and imprisoned in Shkodër. He was sentenced to death in Shkodër, on January 30, 1945. The Supreme Court of Tirana confirmed his death sentence on February 2, 1945. (In the photo: Dom Lazër Shantoja)
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