The Year of Our Lord 2008

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
15 Jan			Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Lutsk (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Erected
30 Jan	Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Bratislava (Slovakian), Slovakia	Erected
30 Jan	Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Slovakian), Slovakia	Elevated
30 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of Košice (Slovakian), Slovakia	Elevated	Eparchy of Košice (Slovakian), Slovakia	Elevated
14 Feb	Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Nitra, Slovakia	Territory Added
14 Feb	Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava, Slovakia	Split	Archdiocese of Bratislava, Slovakia Archdiocese of Trnava, Slovakia	Split
14 Feb	Diocese of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Diocese of Nitra, Slovakia	Territory Lost	Diocese of Žilina, Slovakia	Erected
22 Feb			Missionary Servants of the Word	Approbation
27 Feb	Diocese of Oeiras-Floriano, Piaui, Brazil	Split	Diocese of Floriano, Piaui, Brazil Diocese of Oeiras, Piaui, Brazil	Split
11 Mar	Diocese of Caguas, Puerto Rico Archdiocese of San Juan de Puerto Rico	Territory Lost	Diocese of Fajardo-Humacao, Puerto Rico	Erected
30 Mar			Archdiocese of Cambrai, France (no longer a Metropolitan)	Elevated
30 Mar			Diocese of Arras (-Boulogne-Saint-Omer), France (from Cambrai)	Metropolitan Changed
30 Mar	Diocese of Lille, France	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lille, France	Elevated
2 Apr	Territorial Prelature of Huarí, Peru	Elevated	Diocese of Huarí, Peru	Elevated
23 May	Diocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia	Elevated
23 May			Diocese of Keningau, Malaysia (from Kuching)	Metropolitan Changed
23 May			Diocese of Sandakan, Malaysia (from Kuching)	Metropolitan Changed
18 Jun	Diocese of Djakovo o Bosna i Srijem, Croatia	Split	Archdiocese of Ðakovo-Osijek, Croatia (also Elevated and Name Change) Diocese of Srijem, Serbia	Split
18 Jun			Diocese of Požega, Croatia (from Zagreb)	Metropolitan Changed
18 Jun	Diocese of Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador	Name Changed	Diocese of Santo Domingo en Ecuador	Name Changed
19 Jun	Diocese of Ebolowa-Kribi, Cameroon	Split	Diocese of Ebolowa, Cameroon Diocese of Kribi, Cameroon	Split
2 Jul	Archdiocese of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Territory Lost	Diocese of Montenegro, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	Erected
13 Jul	Diocese of Les Cayes, Haïti	Territory Lost	Diocese of Anse-à-Veau et Miragoâne, Haïti	Erected
15 Jul	Prefecture Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador	Elevated	Vicariate Apostolic of Galápagos, Ecuador	Elevated
14 Aug	Diocese of Rulenge, Tanzania	Territory Lost	Diocese of Kayanga, Tanzania	Erected
14 Aug	Diocese of Rulenge, Tanzania	Name Changed	Diocese of Rulenge-Ngara, Tanzania	Name Changed
7 Oct	Diocese of Haarlem, Netherlands	Name Changed	Diocese of Haarlem-Amsterdam, Netherlands	Name Changed
25 Nov	Archdiocese of Durango, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Gómez Palacio, Durango, México	Erected
3 Dec	Diocese of Texcoco, México, México	Territory Lost	Diocese of Teotihuacán, México, México	Erected