Marka Gjoni
Kapidan Marka Gjoni (1861–1925) was born in Orosh, Mirdita. He assumed leadership of Mirdita in 1883 after during the absence of Prenk Bib Doda, was captured and exiled to Kostamun, Turkey due to his participation in the Albanian League of Prizren.Between the years of 1883 and 1909, when Preng Bibe Doda was released and returned to Mirdita, Kapidan Mark was instrumental in accomplishing a number of historical events. Alongside Mons. Doçi of Orosh, and at the request of some Catholics in Shkodra, Kapidan Marka Gjoni convinced the Monsignor to conduct the first mass at the church of Our Lady of Shkodra in Baçallek, which had remained closed since Shkodra fell in the hands of the Turks in 1479. Thus on April 26, 1889, exactly 410 years later, Mons.