Rrok Gjonlleshaj

Rrok Gjonlleshaj (Montenegrin: Рок Ђонлешај, Rok Đonlešaj; born 10 February 1961) is a Montenegrin Albanian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of Bar from 2016.

[1] After the end of his elementary studies in Velezhë (Prizren Municipality), Rrok Gjonlleshaj studied philosophy and theology in Rijeka and received on 1 August 1987, the sacrament of Holy Orders for the Apostolic Administration of Prizren.

He was also the director of Radio Marija in Albanian and a contributor to the Drita religious-cultural show.

On 5 April 2016 he was appointed by Pope Francis as Archbishop of Bar.

[3] His episcopal ordination was performed by his predecessor Zef Gashi, SDB on 14 May of the same year and the co-consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio in Slovenia, Archbishop Juliusz Janusz, and the Apostolic Administrator of Prizren, Dodë Gjergji.