The International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius is the

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that includes

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Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

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and

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together in a cross-border conference. Permanent members are the Catholic bishops and archbishops from the four countries. Two bishops are authorized (Apostolic Exarchate) for jurisdictional districts of the Byzantine rite. , the Chairman of the Conference is the bishop of Zrenjanin László Német. The conference is a member of the

Council of European Bishops' Conferences The Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe ( la, Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae;,CCEE) is a conference of the presidents of the 33 Roman Catholic episcopal conferences of Europe, the Archbishop of Luxembourg, the Archbishop ...

Chairmen

Stanislav Hočevar Stanislav Hočevar ( sr-cyr, Станислав Хочевар; born 12 November 1945) is the retired Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate. He was the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Belgrade in Serbia between 2001 and 2022. He was also the president ...

(2004–2011) * Zef Gashi (2011–2016) * László Német (2016–present)

Members

: * Archbishop

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade The Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade ( la, Archidioecesis Belogradensis; sh, Beogradska nadbiskupija; hu, Belgrádi főegyházmegye) is an archdiocese located in the city of Belgrade in Serbia. History In order to regulate status of local Cath ...

* Bishop

Slavko Večerin Bishop Alojzije Slavko Večerin ( sr-cyr, Славко Вечерин; 6 June 1957 – 26 August 2022) was a Serbian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Subotica in Serbia from 8 September 2020 until his de ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica The Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica ( la, Dioecesis Suboticana, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Subotička biskupija, Суботичка бискупија, hu, Szabadkai Egyházmegye) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Serbia. It is subject to the ...

**Bishop emeritus

János Pénzes János Pénzes (; born 10 August 1943 in Bajmok, Kingdom of Hungary) was the Hungarian-born Roman Catholic Emeritus Bishop of Subotica between 1989 and 2020. On June 29, 1968, Pénzes was ordained a priest. On April 25, 1989, Pope John Paul II ...

* Bishop László Német -

Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin The Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin (Latin: ''Dioecesis Zrenjanensis'', sr, Zrenjaninska biskupija, script=Latn / , hu, Nagybecskereki egyházmegye, hr, Zrenjaninska biskupija, german: Bistum Zrenjanin) is an ecclesiastical territory or d ...

* Bishop

Fabijan Svalina Bishop Fabijan Svalina ( sr-cyr, Фабијан Свалина; born 7 November 1971) is a Roman Catholic prelate who is currently serving as a Coadjutor Bishop of the newly reestablished Diocese of Srijem in Serbia since 7 October 2021. Educat ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem The Diocese of Srijem (Latin: ''Dioecesis Sirmiensis'') is Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Serbia. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Đakovo-Osijek. The epi ...

* ° Bishop emeritus Đuro Gašparović * Bishop

Đura Džudžar Đura Džudžar (born April 22, 1954) is Serbian eparchial bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur since 2018. He was previously titular bishop of Acrassus (2001-2018), auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo (2 ...

Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur The Eparchy of San Nicola di Ruski Krstur ( sr, Крстурска гркокатоличка епархија) is a Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia ecclesiastical territory or eparchy of the Catholic Church in Serbia. It was founde ...

: * Bishop

Dodë Gjergji Dodë Gjergji (born 16 January 1963) is a Kosovan prelate of the Catholic Church. Since 2006, he serves as Apostolic Administrator of Prizern. In 2018, when the apostolic administration was elevated to the status of the diocese, he became the f ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren and Prishtina is an ecclesiastical territory or Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Kosovo. It is centred in the city of Prizren. It was erected as an Apostolic Administration in 2000, after being split fr ...

(elevated from an Apostolic Administration in 2018)

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: * Archbishop

Rrok Gjonlleshaj Rrok Gjonlleshaj ( cnr, Рок Ђонлешај, Rok Đonlešaj; born 10 February 1961) is a Montenegrin Albanian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of Bar from 2016. He briefly served as the apostolic administrator of the ...

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar ( cnr, Барска надбискупија, Barska nadbiskupija; sq, Kryepeshkopata Katolike Romake e Tivarit; la, Archidioecesis Antibarensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Montenegro.

**Archbishop emeritus Zef Gashi * Bishop elect

Ivan Štironja Ivan Štironja (born 10 May 1960) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of Poreč-Pula since 2023. He previously briefly served as the bishop of Kotor in Montenegro, from 2021 to 2023. Originally from the villag ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor The Diocese of Kotor ( cnr, Которска бискупија, Kotorska biskupija; hr, Kotorska biskupija; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Bay of Kotor and Municipality of Budva area in ...

** Bishop emeritus

Ilija Janjić Ilija Janjić (born 20 September 1944) is a Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Kotor in Montenegro since 11 March 1996 until his retirement on 28 September 2019. Life Bishop Janjić was born into a Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic ...

: * Bishop

Kiro Stojanov Kiro Stojanov ( mk, Киро Стојанов; born 9 April 1959 in the village of Radovo, Bosilovo Municipality) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Skopje and the Eparchial Bishop of the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ass ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje The Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje (Lat:''Dioecesis Scopiensis''), is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in North Macedonia. From the 4th century to 1656, when it was renamed to Archdiocese of Skopje, it was known as the ...

and the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Strumica-Skopje

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External links

* http://www.ceicem.org/ * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/028.htm {{Episcopal Conferences in Europe

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