The Year of Our Lord 2008

Diocese Events

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Date	From		To
15 Jan			Exarchate of Lutsk (Ukrainian), Ukraine	Erected
30 Jan	Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia	Territory Lost	Eparchy of Bratislava (Byzantine), Slovakia	Erected
30 Jan	Eparchy of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia	Elevated	Archdiocese of Prešov (Prjašev) (Byzantine), Slovakia	Elevated
30 Jan	Apostolic Exarchate of Košice (Byzantine), Slovakia	Elevated	Eparchy of Košice (Byzantine), 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
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
29 Mar			Archdiocese of Cambrai, France (no longer a Metropolitan)	Elevated
29 Mar			Diocese of Arras (, Boulogne, e Saint-Omer), France (from Cambrai)	Metropolitan Changed
29 Mar	Diocese of Lille, France	Elevated	Archdiocese of Lille, France	Elevated
2 Apr	Territorial Prelature of Huarí, Peru	Elevated	Diocese of Huarí, Peru	Elevated