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 then worked in several
parishes as a vicar and after as a pastor, most of them in
Pristina. Gjonlleshaj was parish priest of the St. Anthony parish in Pristina as well as treasurer of 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. 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. == References ==