Archbishop Arsen Berberian was appointed the Primate; the headquarters were located in the town of Dilijan.

Finally, in 2005, the seat was moved to the newly built Saint Gregory of Narek Cathedral.

The Diocese was reorganized again on May 30, 1996 by Catholicos Karekin I to include the entire regions of Lori and Tavush (containing the major towns of Vanadzor, Spitak, Stepanavan, Tashir, Alaverdi, Tumanyan, Ijevan, Berd, Dilijan, and Noyemberyan).

At the time, Archbishop Sebouh Chouldjian (who was then an Archamandrite) from Malatya, Turkey, was appointed to serve as the Primate of the Diocese of Gougark by the Pontifical Encyclical of the Catholicos.

With the help and support of the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, organizations and individual benefactors from Armenia and the Diaspora, various preaching, church-building, reconstruction and social service programs have been completed.