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Diocese In some Christian churches, the diocese is an administrative territorial unit administrated by a bishop, hence also referred to as a bishopric or Episcopal Area (as in United Methodism) or episcopal see, though more often the term episcopal see means the office held by the bishop. The diocese is the key unit of authority in the form of church governance known as episcopal polity.
Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney The Diocese of Aberdeen and Orkney is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. In mainland Scotland, the diocese covers the City of Aberdeen and most of Aberdeenshire (the part of Aberdeenshire south of Aberdeen is in the Diocese of Brechin, and some parts of northwest Aberdeenshire are in the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness).
Diocese of Ajaccio The diocese of Ajaccio (Adjax or Ajax in Latin) comprises the whole island of Corsica. It was formerly a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Pisa, but since the French Concordat of 1801, has been a suffragan of Aix.
Diocese of Alexandria The Diocese of Alexandria comprises the counties of Glengarry and Stormont, Ontario, Canada. The diocese, created by Leo XIII on January 23, 1890, has 24,000 Catholics, 19 priests, 16 sisters, 14 parishes, 19 churches, 4 convents, and 2,500 children in Catholic Schools.
Diocese of Ardagh The Diocese of Ardagh was established in 1111 at the Synod of Rathbreasail as the see for east Connacht. At the subsequent Synod of Kells-Mellifont its area was reduced to the territory of the Conmaicne, with the kingdom of Breifne forming a new Diocese of Kells.
Diocese of Argyll and the Isles (Episcopalian) The Diocese of Argyll and the Isles is in the west of Scotland, and is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is perhaps the largest of the dioceses, but has the smallest number of church members.
Diocese of Armagh (Church of Ireland) The Diocese of Armagh is one of twelve dioceses (geographic subdivisions) of the Church of Ireland. It straddles the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, lying mainly in the republic's County Louth and Northern Ireland's former Counties Tyrone and Armagh.
Diocese of Auckland The Diocese of Auckland is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area stretching from North Cape down to the Waikato River, across the Hauraki Plains and including the Coromandel Peninsula.
Diocese of Barbastro-MonzĂłn The Diocese of Barbastro-MonzĂłn (Latin, Barbastrum and Civitas Barbastrensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of AragĂłn. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
Diocese of Blackburn The Diocese of Blackburn is a Church of England diocese, covering much of Lancashire including Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley, Lancaster, and Preston. The cathedral is Blackburn Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Blackburn.
Diocese of Brechin The pre-Reformation Diocese of Brechin or Diocese of Angus was one of the thirteen historical dioceses of Scotland. The diocese was believed to have been founded by Bishop Samson in 1153, and based at the cathedral in Brechin, Angus.
Diocese of Bristol The Diocese of Bristol is a Church of England diocese based in Bristol, also covering South Gloucestershire and parts of north Wiltshire to Swindon. The cathedral is Bristol Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Bristol.
Diocese of Canterbury The Diocese of Canterbury is a Church of England diocese covering eastern Kent, founded by St Augustine in 597. It is centred on (and named for) Canterbury Cathedral, and is the oldest see of the Church of England.
Diocese of Carlisle The Diocese of Carlisle was created in 1133 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Celtic descent in the area actually looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. The first bishop was Athelwold, formerly the king's confessor and now prior of the Augustinian priory at Nostell in Yorkshire.
Diocese of Copenhagen The Diocese of Copenhagen is a Roman Catholic exempt diocese named after its episcopal see, the Danish national capital Copenhagen. It covers all Denmark (as in neighbouring counties where none of the pre-Reformation bishoprics were re-established after Lutheranism became the new official state church in the 16th century) and two Danish overseas possessions, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Diocese of Cork and Ross (Roman Catholic) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross is one of the dioceses of the Roman Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Cashel. It was formed through the union on 19 April 1958 of the Dioceses of Cork and of Ross.
Diocese of Derby The Diocese of Derby is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, roughly covering the same area as the County of Derbyshire. Its diocesan bishop is the Bishop of Derby who has his seat at Derby Cathedral.
Diocese of Dunblane The pre-Reformation Diocese of Dunblane or Diocese of Strathearn was one of the thirteen historical dioceses of Scotland. Roughly, it embraced the territories covered by the old earldoms of Strathearn and Menteith.
Diocese of Dunedin The Diocese of Dunedin is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers largely the same area as the provinces of Otago and Southland in the South Island of New Zealand.
Diocese of Durham The Diocese of Durham is a Church of England diocese, based in Durham, and covering the historic County Durham (and therefore including the southern part of Tyne and Wear, the boroughs of Darlington, Hartlepool and the area of Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees). It was created in AD 1000 to replace the Diocese of Lindisfarne.
Diocese of Espoo The Diocese of Espoo (Finnish Espoon hiippakunta) is the newest of the nine dioceses of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The diocese came into existence in 2004 after the Diocese of Helsinki was split in two.
Diocese of Ferns The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ferns is an Irish diocese located in the South East of Ireland covering most of County Wexford and some of County Carlow and County Wicklow. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Dublin.
Diocese of Galway In the Roman Catholic Church, the diocese of Galway was erected on 26 April, 1831. It as united with the Diocese of Kilmacduagh on 5 June, 1883 to become the Diocese of Galway and KilmacduaghDiocese of Galway.
Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe The Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe (also called simply the Diocese in Europe) is geographically the largest diocese of the Church of England and arguably the largest diocese in the Anglican Communion, covering some one-sixth of the earth's landmass, including Morocco, Europe (excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland but including Iceland), Turkey, and the territory of the former Soviet Union. The cathedral is the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar and it is headed by the Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe.
Diocese of Gloucester The Diocese of Gloucester is a Church of England diocese based in Gloucester, covering the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire. The cathedral is Gloucester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Gloucester.
Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden The Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden is a Roman Catholic diocese in the north of the Netherlands. It encompasses the provinces of Groningen, Friesland and Drenthe, as well as the Noordoostpolder, a part of the province of Flevoland.
Diocese of Helsinki The Diocese of Helsinki (in Finnish Helsingin hiippakunta; in Swedish Helsingfors stift) is a Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, and the seat of the Bishop of Helsinki. Its cathedral is Helsinki Cathedral.
Diocese of Hereford The Diocese of Hereford is a Church of England diocese based in Hereford, covering Herefordshire, southern Shropshire and a few parishes within Worcestershire in England; and a few parishes within Powys and Monmouthshire in Wales.
Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle The Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle (Dioecesis Hagulstadensis et Novacastrensis) is a Roman Catholic Diocese in the United Kingdom. The diocese is one of the six suffragan sees in the ecclesiastical Province of Liverpool and covers much of North-East England.
Diocese of Huelva The Diocese of Huelva (Latin: Onubensis) is located in south-western Spain, and its borders coincide with those of the civil province of Huelva, part of the autonomous community of AndalucĂ­a. The diocese forms part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Sevilla, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sevilla.
Diocese of Huesca The Diocese of Huesca (Latin, Oscensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of AragĂłn. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
Diocese of Chanthaburi The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Chanthaburi (Dioecesis Chanthaburiensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลจันทบุรี) is located in eastern central Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Bangkok.
Diocese of Chelmsford The Diocese of Chelmsford is a Church of England Diocese based in Chelmsford, covering Essex and the five east London boroughs of Barking and Dagenham, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Waltham Forest. It is divided into three areas, each with its own area bishop.
Diocese of Chester The Diocese of Chester is a Church of England diocese based in Chester, covering the historic county of Cheshire (and therefore including the Wirral the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport and parts of the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside. The cathedral is Chester Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Chester.
Diocese of Christchurch The Diocese of Christchurch is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the Conway River and the Waitaki River in the South Island of New Zealand.
Diocese of Jaca The Diocese of Jaca (Latin, Jaccensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Huesca, part of the autonomous community of AragĂłn. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Pamplona, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Pamplona.
Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg The Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg (Latin Dioecesis Lausannensis, Genevensis et Friburgensis) is the name of a Roman Catholic diocese in Switzerland, immediately subject to the Holy See, comprising the Cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Vaud and Neuchâtel, with the exception of certain parishes of the right bank of the Rhône belonging to the Diocese of Sion (Sitten). It was created by the merger in 1821 of the Bishopric of Lausanne and the Bishopric of Geneva, both former prince-bishoprics.
Diocese of Lichfield The Diocese of Mercia was created by Bishop Diuma in around 656 and the see was settled in Lichfield in 669 by the then bishop, Ceadda (later Saint Chadd). At the Council of Chelsea, Bishop Higbert was raised to the rank of archbishop and given authority over the dioceses of Worcester, Leicester, Lincoln, Hereford, Elmham and Dunwich.
Diocese of Lleida The Diocese of Lleida or LĂ©rida (Latin, Ilerdensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Lleida, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tarragona.
Diocese of London, Ontario The Roman Catholic Diocese of London, Ontario was created out of the Diocese of Toronto, along with the Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario, by Pope Pius IX on February 21, 1856. Pierre-Adolphe Pinsoneault was named the first Bishop of London on May 18 of that year.
Diocese of Lucera–Troia The Roman Catholic diocese of Lucera-Troia has its episcopal see in Lucera (southern Italy). It is heir to several other neighbouring former sees, not only Troia which has a co-cathedral, but also Farentino, Tortiboli and Montecorvino, which had before been united with Volturaria.
Diocese of Macedonia The Diocese of Macedonia included the provinces of Macedonia Prima, Macedonia Salutaris, Thessalia, Epirus vetus, Epirus nova, Achaea, and Crete. It was organized after the Diocese of Moesia was split into the Diocese of Dacia and the Diocese of Macedonia.
Diocese of Makurdi The Diocese of Makurdi is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Province of Abuja, that is roughly contiguous with Benue State. The Diocese was founded as one of the eight missionary diocese created in Northern Nigeria at the start of the Decade of Evangelism.
Diocese of Maumere The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Maumere (Dioecesis Maumerensis) in Indonesia was created on December 14 2005 by splitting it from the Archdiocese of Ende, which is still the metropolitan of the diocese. Its first bishop is Vincentius Sensi.
Diocese of Møre Møre is a diocese in the Church of Norway which geographically consists of Møre og Romsdal county, Norway, and has its bishop residing, and cathedral located, in the county administrative center, Molde. The diocese was established in 1983, when Sunnmøre was transferred from Bjørgvin bishopric in the south, and Romsdal and Nordmøre from Nidaros bishopric in the north to form the new one.
Diocese of Meaux Diocese of Meaux comprises the entire department of Seine-et-Marne, suffragan of Sens until 1622, and subsequently of Paris. The Concordat of 1801 had given to the Diocese of Meaux the department of Marne, separated from it in 1821 and 1822 by the establishment of the archiepiscopal See of Reims and the episcopal See of Châlons.
Diocese of Menevia The Diocese of Menevia is a Latin-rite Catholic diocese based on Swansea, Wales. There are a number of 26, 867 Catholics in the diocese, including 36 diocesan priests, 27 religious priests, 7 non-priest men religious and 117 women religious.
Diocese of Mondoñedo-Ferrol Diocese of Ferrol-Mondoñedo (also known as "Dioecesis Mindoniensis-Ferrolensis") Is one of the five districts in which the Roman Catholic church divides Galicia in North-western Spain. The bishop who has two Cathedrals (i.
Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness The Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It covers Caithness and Sutherland (the old Diocese of Caithness), mainland Ross and Cromarty (the old Diocese of Ross), and mainland Inverness-shire, Nairnshire, Moray and Banffshire (the old Diocese of Moray).
Diocese of Nancy The Diocese of Nancy is a Roman Catholic diocese in France.Nancy - Catholic Encyclopedia article Official web site It is the suffragen of the Archdiocese of BesançonDiocese of Nancy (-Toul) from catholic-hierarchy.
Diocese of Nelson The Diocese of Nelson is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the top part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.
Diocese of Nottingham The Diocese of Nottingham is a Roman Catholic diocese which covers covers an area of 13,074 km², taking in the counties of Nottinghamshire (excluding the district of Bassetlaw), Leicestershire, Derbyshire (excluding the High Peak and Chesterfield districts) and North Lincolnshire. The see is in the City of Nottingham where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of St.
Diocese of Ossory (Roman Catholic) Ossory is a Roman Catholic Diocese in the ancient Province of Leinster, Ireland, bounded on the south by the Suir, on the east by the Barrow, on the west by Tipperary and County Offaly (formerly King's County), and on the north by County Laois (formerly Queen's County). The diocese was erected in A.
Diocese of Ourense Diocese of Ourense (also known as "Dioecesis Auriensis") Is one of the five districts in which the Roman Catholic church divides Galicia in North-western Spain. The bishop has "cathedra" (i.
Diocese of Querétaro The Diocese of Querétaro is the Catholic Church's diocese of the Mexican state of Querétaro. Erected on January 26, 1863, it covers an area of 15,326 square km (5,919 square miles), and contains a population of 1,730,034 - 95% of which are Catholic.
Diocese of Quilon The Diocese of Quilon or Kollam is a Catholic diocese in the state of Kerala in India. Erected on September 1, 1886, it covers an area of 1,950 square km (753 square miles), and contains a population of 4,879,553 - 235,922 (4.
Diocese of Quimper-et-Léon The Diocese of Quimper-et-Léon (up until 1853 Diocese of Quimper, also known as the Diocese of Cornouailles) was created at the Concordat of 1801, by the combination of the dioceses of Quimper, Saint-Pol-de-Léon and Tréguier in Brittany, France. It covers an area of 7,029 square km (2,714 square miles), and contains a population of 852,685 - 750,000 (88%) of which are Catholic (2004). It belongs to the Rennes. The current bishop is Clément Joseph Marie Raymond Guillon.
Diocese of Raphoe (Roman Catholic) The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Raphoe encompasses the bulk of County Donegal in the north west of Ireland. It contains 33 parishes and is the see of the bishop of Raphoe, whose residence is the Parochial House located near St.
Diocese of Regensburg The Diocese of Regensburg (Latin Dioecesis Ratisbonensis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church seated in Regensburg. Its district covers parts of northeastern Bavaria; it is subordinate to the archbishop of Munich and Freising.
Diocese of ReykjavĂ­k The Diocese of ReykjavĂ­k is a Roman Catholic diocese which covers the whole of the country of Iceland, which had about 5,600 Catholics in 2004. The Apostolic Prefecture of Iceland was created in 1923 and this was elevated to an Apostolic Administration in 1929, which in turn was elevated to the status of a diocese in 1968.
Diocese of Ripon and Leeds The Diocese of Ripon and Leeds is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers an area in western and northern Yorkshire as well as the south Teesdale area administered by County Durham which is tradionally part of Yorkshire.
Diocese of Rochester The Diocese of Rochester is ancient, having been established in 604, only the neighbouring Diocese of Canterbury is older in the Church of England. It is located in South-East England and forms part of the Province of Canterbury.
Diocese of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane The Diocese of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is centred on St Ninian's Cathedral in Perth, and covers Fife, Perth and Kinross, Clackmannanshire, and eastern and central Stirling (western Stirling is in the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway).
Diocese of Salisbury The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England. It covers Dorset and most of Wiltshire (excepting Swindon and a part of North Wiltshire), and is a constituent of the Province of Canterbury.
Diocese of Segorbe-CastellĂłn The Diocese of Segorbe-CastellĂłn (Latin, Segobiensis; Castellionensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of CastellĂłn, part of the autonomous community of Valencia. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Valencia, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Valencia.
Diocese of Sigtuna A Diocese of Sigtuna was founded in the middle of the 11th century, when the town of Sigtuna, north of Lake Mälaren and south of Uppsala in the Swedish province of Uppland, had been the centre of Royal power for some decades, and existed until the middle of the 12th century. It was eventually out-competed by the earlier pagan religious centre Gamla Uppsala (Old Uppsala), which was raised to the status of archbishopric in 1164 (see: Archdiocese of Uppsala).
Diocese of Sindhudurg The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Sindhudurg (Dioecesis Sindhudurgiensis) in India was created on July 5 2005, when it was split off from the Diocese of Poona. It was a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bombay until 25 November 2006, when Pope Benedict XVI transferred it to the newly established Metropolitan province of Goa and Damao.
Diocese of St David's The Diocese of St David's covers the traditional counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and a small part of western Glamorganshire. The see is in the City of St David's where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint David which was probably founded as a cathedral in the sixth century on the site of the monastery founded by David.
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich The Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich is a Church of England diocese based in St Edmundsbury, covering Suffolk (excluding Lowestoft). The cathedral is Bury St Edmunds Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
Diocese of Strängnäs The Diocese of Strängnäs is a part of The Lutheran Church of Sweden and has its seat in the Strängnäs Cathedral in Strängnäs in the south of Lake Mälaren. The Diocese is made up by the two provinces Närke and Södermanland (Except eastern Södermanland, part of the Stockholm County and the Diocese of Stockholm).
Diocese of Surat Thani The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Surat Thani (Dioecesis Suratthanensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลสุราษฎร์ธานี) in southern Thailand was founded in 1969, when it was split off from the Diocese of Ratchaburi. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Bangkok.
Diocese of Swansea and Brecon The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon was established as a Diocese of the Church in Wales in 1923 with Brecon Priory as the Cathedral. The Diocese has a border with five other Welsh Dioceses, as well as with the English Diocese of Hereford.
Diocese of the Falkland Islands The Diocese of the Falkland Islands was a diocese of the Church of England, headed by the bishop of the Falkland Islands. Until well into the twentieth century the Bishop of the Falkland Islands had episcopal authority over the whole of South America, until the Bishop’s seat shifted to Buenos Aires.
Diocese of Teruel and AlbarracĂ­n The Diocese of Teruel and AlbarracĂ­n (Latin, Turolensis, Albarracinensis) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Teruel, part of the autonomous community of AragĂłn. The diocese forms part of the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza, and is thus suffragan to the Archdiocese of Zaragoza.
Diocese of Tiraspol The Diocese of Tiraspol is a diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church which covers the exact territory of Transnistria. The newly built (1999) Christmas Church in the country's capital, Tiraspol, is the Mother Church of this diocese.
Diocese of Udon Thani The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Udon Thani (Dioecesis Udonthaniensis, Thai: สังฆมณฑลอุดรธานี) is located in the north-east of Thailand. It is a suffragan diocese of the archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng.
Diocese of Uromi The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Uromi (Dioecesis Uromiensis) in Nigeria was created on December 14 2005, when it was split off from the Archdiocese of Benin City. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Benin City.
Diocese of Viedma The Roman Catholic Diocese of Viedma (Dioecesis Viedmensis) is encompassed in the Ecclesiastical Province of BahĂ­a Blanca. As of 2006 the Bishop is His Very Reverend Excellency Monsignor Esteban MarĂ­a Laxague, Salesian of Don Bosco appointed by His Holiness Pope John Paul II on October 31, 2002.
Diocese of Waiapu The Diocese of Waiapu is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area around the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, including Tauranga, Taupo, Gisborne, Hastings and Napier.
Diocese of Waikato The Diocese of Waikato is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the Waikato to the area surrounding Mount Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand.
Diocese of Wakefield The Diocese of Wakefield is a Church of England diocese based in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, covering Wakefield, Barnsley, Kirklees and Calderdale. The cathedral is Wakefield Cathedral and the bishop is the Bishop of Wakefield.
Diocese of Wellington The Diocese of Wellington is one of seven dioceses of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the area between the bottom of the North Island of New Zealand up to the area of Mount Ruapehu.
Diocese of Yola The Diocese of Yola is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Nigeria, Province of Jos. The Diocese was founded as one of the eight missionary diocese created in Northern Nigeria at the start of the Decade of Evangelism.
Diocese of York The Diocese of York is an administrative division of the Church of England, part of the Province of York. It covers an area in Yorkshire - the City of York itself, the eastern part of North Yorkshire, and the East Riding.
Dioceses of Saint Thomas of Mylapur The Diocese of Saint Thomas of Mylapore, or in Portuguese São Tomé de Meliapore, in Latin Sancti Thomae de Meliapor), was a suffragan diocese to the primatial See of Goa in the East Indies. It derives its name from the site of its cathedral in which the Apostle St.
Diocles In Greek mythology, Diocles, or DĂ­oklĂŞs, was one of the first priests of Demeter and one of the first to learn the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries. He is said to have died in battle while defending his boyfriend (cfr.
Diocles (mathematician) Diocles was a Greek mathematician and geometer, who probably flourished sometime around the end of the second century and the beginning of the first century BC. He was probably the first to prove the focal property of a parabola.
Diocles of Carystus Diocles of Carystus (in Greek Διοκλης o Καρυστιος; lived 4th century BC), a very celebrated Greek physician, was born at Carystus in Euboea, lived not long after the time of Hippocrates, to whom Pliny says he was next in age and fame.
Dioclesian Dioclesian (or The Prophetess, or The History of Dioclesian) is a tragicomic semi-opera in five acts by Henry Purcell to a libretto by Thomas Betterton based on the play, The Prophetess, by John Fletcher and Philip Massinger, which in turn was based very loosely on the life of the Emperor Diocletian. It was premiered in late May of 1690 at Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden.
Diocletian's Palace Diocletian's Palace is a building in Split, Croatia that was built by the emperor Diocletian the 3rd century AD. At the time it was built, there was no such city of Split, and the original town was built around the palace.
Diode bridge A diode bridge or bridge rectifier (occasionally called a Graetz bridge) is an arrangement of four diodes connected in a bridge circuit as shown below, that provides the same polarity of output voltage for any polarity of the input voltage. When used in its most common application, for conversion of alternating current (AC) input into direct current (DC) output, it is known as a bridge rectifier.
Diode-transistor logic Diode-Transistor Logic (DTL) is a class of digital circuits built from bipolar junction transistors (BJT), diodes and resistors; it is the direct ancestor of transistor-transistor logic. It is called diode-transistor logic because the logic gating function (e.
Diodotus Tryphon Diodotus Tryphon was king of the Hellenistic Seleucid kingdom. As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death, but then in 142 deposed the child and himself seized power in Coele-Syria where Demetrius II Nicator was unpopular for his oppressive treatment of the Jews.
Diogenes of Cappadocia Diogenes was a person sent by Orophernes, usurper of Cappadocia, together with Timotheus, as ambassador to Rome in 157 BC, to carry to Rome a golden crown, and to renew the friendship and alliance with the Roman Republic. The principal object of the ambassadors, however, was to support the accusation which was brought against the deposed king Ariarathes V; and Diogenes and his coadjutor, Miltiades, succeeded in their plan, and lies and calum­nies gained the victory, as there was no one to undertake the defence of Ariarathes.
Diogenes of Sinope Diogenes "the Cynic", Greek philosopher, was born in Sinope (in modern day Sinop, Turkey) about 412 BC (according to other sources 399 BC), and died in 323 BC at Corinth. The most important source of information about him is from Diogenes Laërtius in his book The Lives of Eminent Philosophers.
Diogenidae Diogenidae is a family of hermit crabs, sometimes known as "left-handed hermit crabs" because in constrast to most other hermit crabs, it is the left chela (claw) that is enlarged instead of the right.
Diogo de Azambuja Diogo de Azambuja (1432-1518) Portuguese explorer of the African coast, lead an expedition into the Gold Coast with Bartolomeu Dias, in 1481. After his trip with Bartolomeu Dias he went crazy and died when he was 86 years old.
Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi Diogo I Nkumbi a Mpudi was King of Kongo from 1545-1561. King Diogo was the grandson of king Afonso I of Kongo and won the throne after overthrowing his uncle Pedro Nkanga a Mvemba and forcing him to take refuge in a church in SĂŁo Salvador.
Diogo Mainardi Diogo Briso Mainardi (born September 22, 1962) is an Italo-Brazilian writer, publicist and TV commentator, mainly known for his short, impactful, ironic articles in Brazil's best-selling, weekly newsmagazine, Veja.
Diogo Rodrigues Diogo Rodrigues (16th century) Portuguese explorer of the Indian Ocean, after whom the island of Rodrigues is named. Named the islands of RĂ©union, Mauritius, and Rodrigues the Mascarene or Mascarenhas Islands, after his countryman Pedro Mascarenhas.

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