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Dom <\/span>Simon<\/span> Jubani<\/span>, a <\/span>catholic<\/span> clergyman<\/span>, <\/span>was<\/span> born<\/span> in Shkodër. At the age <\/span>of<\/span> 16, he <\/span>started<\/span> the <\/span>Apostolic<\/span> School<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Jesuits<\/span>. <\/span>After<\/span> the <\/span>closing<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>catholic<\/span> schools<\/span>, in <\/span>March<\/span> 1946 he <\/span>went<\/span> to the <\/span>State<\/span> High<\/span> School<\/span>. In 1957-1958, he <\/span>took<\/span> the <\/span>orders<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>priesthood<\/span> and<\/span> was<\/span> sent<\/span> to Mirdita as a parish <\/span>priest<\/span>, <\/span>where<\/span> he <\/span>was<\/span> arrested<\/span>. He <\/span>served<\/span> 26 <\/span>years<\/span> in <\/span>prison<\/span>. He <\/span>was<\/span> released<\/span> on<\/span> April<\/span> 13, 1989. <\/span>On<\/span> November<\/span> 4, 1990, he <\/span>celebrated<\/span> the <\/span>first<\/span> public<\/span> mass<\/span>, in the <\/span>burnt<\/span> chapel<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>Rrëmaj<\/span> cemetery<\/span>, in the <\/span>presence<\/span> of<\/span> 200-300 <\/span>believers<\/span>. <\/span>On<\/span> the 11th <\/span>of<\/span> the <\/span>same<\/span> month<\/span>, <\/span>always<\/span> in the <\/span>chapel<\/span> of<\/span> Rrëmaj<\/span>, he <\/span>celebrated<\/span> the <\/span>second<\/span> public<\/span> mass<\/span>, <\/span>this<\/span> time <\/span>with<\/span> a <\/span>well-prepared<\/span>, <\/span>programmatic<\/span> speech<\/span>, <\/span>which<\/span> broke the 23-year <\/span>silence<\/span>. In 1991, the <\/span>University<\/span> of<\/span> San <\/span>Francisco<\/span> in <\/span>California<\/span> awarded<\/span> him<\/span> the <\/span>degree<\/span> “<\/span>Doctor<\/span> Honoris<\/span> Causa<\/span>” in <\/span>humanities<\/span>. In <\/span>July<\/span> 1996, the <\/span>state<\/span> of<\/span> Michigan<\/span> honored<\/span> him<\/span> with<\/span> a special <\/span>degree<\/span>. He <\/span>passed<\/span> away<\/span> in the <\/span>hospital<\/span> of<\/span> the <\/span>city<\/span> of<\/span> Shkodra, in 2011. <\/span><\/span>(In the <\/span>photo<\/span>: <\/span>Simon<\/span> Jubani<\/span> during<\/span> the <\/span>mass<\/span>.)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Text<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> <\/em>Encyclopedic<\/span> dictionary<\/span> of<\/span> victims<\/span> of<\/span> communist<\/span><\/em> terror – Vol. IV<\/em> <\/span><\/span>, “<\/span>West<\/span> Print<\/span>“, Institute <\/span>for<\/span> the <\/span>Study<\/span> of<\/span> Crimes<\/span> and<\/span> Consequences<\/span> of<\/span> Communism<\/span>, Tirana, 2015, page 79.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo<\/span><\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© https:\/\/www.shkodrasport.com\/dom-simon-jubani-meshtari-qe-ka-luajtur-futboll-me-vllaznine\/<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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