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German Bishops' Conference (Wikipedia)

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This Wikipedia article records that German bishops first met jointly at Wurzburg in 1848, that the Fulda Bishops' Conference took lasting form in 1867 meeting each autumn beside the tomb of Saint Boniface, and that the body adopted its present name and statutes in 1966.

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Bishops%27_Conference
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encyclopedia
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3
A crowd sourced encyclopedia article used here for a straightforward institutional founding chronology (Wurzburg 1848, Fulda 1867, renamed 1966), not for any contested claim, hence the lowest tier rather than exclusion.
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  • Sources, 6 claims: 6 well-attested.
  • Organizations, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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