Pjetër Mazreku or Peter Masarechi or Petar Masarechi (1584-16??) was an Albanian

Albanians

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 prelate

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 of the Roman Catholic Church

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Life

Born in Prizren

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 from 1624 to 1634 he served as Archbishop of Bar

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar

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, while in 1631 he became the apostolic visitor

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 of Hungary, Serbia and Slavonia

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. In 1634 he was ordained as the apostolic administrator

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 of Serbia

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. From 1642 until his death he served as Bishop of Prizren. He is the author an etymological dictionary of the Albanian language.