additional twelve parishes that would be at the bishop's disposal. Finally, on 17 July 1899 Pope Leo XIII confirmed the Decisia, by which 14 parishes were designated to the diocesan clergy, while others were left to the Franciscans. Buconjić postponed the Pope's decision as far as he could. He published the Decisia only in 1908. The Franciscans and Buconjić were unsatisfied with such a decision. At the beginning of this publication it was written: "We considered it adequate to present before the eyes of the priests of our dioceses, and especially to the young ones, the copies of the solemn Decisia in relation to the parishes established or those ought to be established. This Decisia must remain solid and constant to avoid any dissent or changeability of wishes". He asked the Pope for permission to trust certain dioceses to the Franciscans, as he lacked the diocesan priests. With time, however, the Deceisa remained neither solid nor constant, and "the dissent and changeability of wishes" were not avoided. The will of bishop Buconjić about the division of the parishes wasn't respected. Medjugorje Since 1981, there have been claims of Marian apparitions in the town of Medjugorje in the diocese. The diocese has not determined the apparitions to be either valid or invalid, but since 2019 Pope Francis has approved the town as a site of pilgrimages. See also List of Roman Catholic bishops of Mostar-Duvno Notes References Books Journals External links Official diocese site Roman Catholic dioceses in Bosnia and Herzegovina Roman Catholic Diocese Religious organizations established in 1881 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Sarajevo 1881 establishments in Austria-Hungary