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. ==References==