Paskal Trokshi

Paskal Trokshi (January 2, 1850 – July 28, 1917), , was a Catholic religious figure who served as Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Skopje from 1893 to 1908.

Life Trokshi (first name varies as Pashk, Pashkal) was of Albanian ethnicity. According to Elsie he was born in Delbnisht village of Kurbin region in central Albania, back then Ottoman Empire. According to Albanian sources, he was born in Mallkuç village near Durrës in present-day Bubq municipality, son of Jak Trokshi and Diella Vathi, a Catholic woman from Kurbin. He remained orphan at a young age, and together with his brother Hilë moved to his mother's family.

His intelligence was noted by Raffaele D'Ambrosio, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Durrës, back then stationed in Delbnisht. With his intervention, Trokshi pursued his elementary education in his village, later in Albanian Pontifical Seminary in Shkodër. There he started his philosophy and theology studies, which he finished in Rome. He was ordained priest in 1873. After his return to Albania, he led the parish in Gurëz, Kurbin, and served as a secretary for D'Ambrosio. Trokshi was regarded as intelligent, but corrupt and much given to alcohol. but closed during Ottoman oppression. This was followed by schools in the Albanian communities of Kosovo, İpek, Yakova, Ferizoviç, Zlakućan, etc. Trokshi resigned on 22 March 1908.