An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the

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of the

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in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the

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. Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 ''

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'', '' Ecclesiae sanctae''. Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, often national ones, with all the bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference, although they may also include neighboring countries. Certain authority and tasks are assigned to episcopal conferences, particularly with regard to setting the

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norms for the

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. Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. In certain circumstances, as defined by

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, the decisions of an episcopal conference are subject to ratification from the

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. Individual

do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective

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s to the conference.

Theological and juridical status

The operation, authority, and responsibilities of episcopal conferences are currently governed by the 1983 Code of Canon Law (see especially canons 447–459) In addition, there are assemblies of bishops which include the bishops of different rites in a nation, both

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and Latin Catholic; these are described in canon 322 §2 of the

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. The nature of episcopal conferences, and their

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authority in particular, was subsequently clarified by

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in his 1998 ''

'', ''Apostolos suos'', which stated that the declarations of such conferences "constitute authentic magisterium" when approved unanimously by the conference; otherwise the conference must achieve a two-thirds majority and seek the , that is, recognition of approval, of the Holy See, which they will not receive if the majority "is not substantial". In the 2013 apostolic exhortation, '' Evangelii Gaudium'',

Pope Francis Pope Francis ( la, Franciscus; it, Francesco; es, link=, Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church. He has been the bishop of Rome and sovereign of the Vatican City State since 13 March 2013. ...

expressed his concern that the intent of the Second Vatican Council, which would give episcopal conferences "genuine doctrinal authority, has not yet been sufficiently elaborated." On September 9, 2017, Pope Francis modified

, granting episcopal conferences specific authority "to faithfully prepare … approve and publish the liturgical books for the regions for which they are responsible after the confirmation of the Apostolic See." The

Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments it, Dicastero per il Culto Divino e la Disciplina dei Sacramenti , type = Dicastery , seal = Coat of arms Holy See.svg , seal_size = 100px , seal_caption = Coat of arms of the Holy See , logo = , p ...

, which formerly had primary responsibility for translations, was ordered to "help the Episcopal Conferences to fulfil their task." On October 22, 2017, the Holy See released a letter that Pope Francis had sent to the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Cardinal Robert Sarah, clarifying that the Holy See and its departments would have only limited authority to confirm liturgical translations recognized by a local episcopal conference. In late February, 2018, the

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and Pope Francis undertook a consideration of the theological status of episcopal conferences, re-reading Pope John Paul II's ''Apostolos Suos'' in the light of Pope Francis's ''Evangelii Gaudium''.

List of episcopal conferences

National episcopal conferences

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Africa

Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé The Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé (Conferência Episcopal de Angola e São Tomé or CEAST) is the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Angola and São Tomé and Principe. It has its headquarters in Luanda. In its pastoral letters, CEAST ...

* Episcopal Conference of Benin * Conference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of Niger *

Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi The bishops are represented by the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi (French: Conférence des évêques catholiques du Burundi, CECAB). The CECAB is a member of the Association des Conférences Episcopal de l'Afrique Centrale (ACEAC) and ...

* National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon * Central African Episcopal Conference *

Episcopal Conference of Chad The local assembly of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of Chad (French language, French: Episcopal Conference du Tchad, CET). The ECC is a member of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Central African Region and Symposium of Episcopa ...

* Episcopal Conference of the Congo * Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Episcopal Conference of the Côte d'Ivoire The local assembly of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of the Côte d'Ivoire (French: Episcopal Conférence de Côte d'Ivoire, CECI). Founded in 1970, the Episcopal Conference has been officially recognized on February 16, 2007 by the Ivorian s ...

* Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea * Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia and Eritrea *

Episcopal Conference of Gabon The local assembly of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of Gabon (French: Episcopal Conférence du Gabon, CEG). The ECG is a member of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Region of Central Africa and Symposium of Episcopal Conference ...

Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone The Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone (ITCABIC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the Sierra Leone and Catholic Church in the Gambia, The Gambia. The current president is The Most ...

* Ghana Bishops' Conference * Episcopal Conference of Guinea * Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean *

Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) is the assembly of bishops of the Catholic Church in Kenya. Its statutes were approved by the Holy See on December 7, 1976. Structure The plenary sessions of the KCCB are attended by all the dioces ...

* Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Liberia * Episcopal Conference of Madagascar * Episcopal Conference of Malawi * Episcopal Conference of Mali *

Episcopal Conference of Mozambique The local assembly of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of Mozambique (Portuguese: Conferencia Episcopal de Moçambique, CEM). The ECM is a member of the Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) and Symposium of Episcopal ...

* Namibian Catholic Bishops' Conference * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria *

Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa The Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa (CERNA) (French: ''Conférence Episcopale Régionale du Nord de l'Afrique'' or ''Conférence des Evêques de la Région Nord de l’Afrique'') is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in ...

* Conference of Catholic Bishops of Rwanda *

Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau The Senegal has not an episcopal conference of their own, but Senegal is part of the episcopate of the Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau ( French: Conférence des Bishop's du Sénégal, de la Mauritanie, du ...

* Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC) * Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference * Tanzania Episcopal Conference *

Episcopal Conference of Togo {{expand language, topic=, langcode=it, otherarticle=Chiesa cattolica in Togo, date=November 2017 The local conference of bishops is the Episcopal Conference of Togo (French: Episcopal Conférence du Togo, CET). The CET is a member of the Regional ...

* Uganda Episcopal Conference * Zambia Episcopal Conference * Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference

Asia

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines HQ Manila

* Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh * Bishops' Conference of Central Asia (includes the bishops of

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental coun ...

Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Turkmenistan Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the s ...

and

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

) * Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference * Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI) * Bishops' Conference of Indonesia (KWI) * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea * Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia *

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (C.B.C.M.S.B.) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. The B.C.M.S.B reviews the position of the Church in Malaysia, Si ...

(CBCMSB) * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar *

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan The Pakistan Catholic Bishops' Conference (PCBC) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of Pakistan. Its objectives are to facilitate coordinated study and discussion of issues affecting the Church, and adoption of a common policy and e ...

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines; ceb, Hugpong sa mga Obispo nga Katoliko sa Pilipinas; bcl, Komperensya kan mga Obispo Katoliko kan Pilipinas; hil, Komperensya sang mga Obispo Katoliko sang Pilipinas; ilo, Kumperensya ti ...

* Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand * Episcopal Conference of Turkey * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam

Europe

Episcopal Conference of Albania The Albanian Bishops' Conference (KISH) ( sq, Konferenca Ipeshkvnore e Shqipërisë; la, Conferentia Episcopalis Albaniæ) is an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Albania. The conference is organized by Archbishop Angelo Massafra, A ...

* Austrian Bishops' Conference * Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus *

Episcopal Conference of Belgium The Belgian Bishops' Conference or the Episcopal Conference of Belgium ( nl, Belgische Bisschoppenconferentie; french: Conférence épiscopale de Belgique; german: Belgische Bischofskonferenz) is the permanent organ of the Roman Catholic bishops i ...

* Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina * Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria * Croatian Bishops' Conference *

Czech Bishops' Conference The Czech Bishops' Conference () is the standing conference of the Catholic bishops of the Czech Republic. Based in Prague, the CBC represents the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, both in Bohemian and Moravian provinces of the Roman Catholi ...

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. Overview The Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales is the permanent assembly of Catholic Bishops ...

* Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) * German Bishops' Conference * Holy Synod of Catholic Bishops of Greece * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Hungary *

Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference ( ga, Comhdháil Easpag Caitliceach Éireann) is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic bishops in Ireland. The conference meets a number of times a year in Maynooth which is the location of St Patri ...

Italian Episcopal Conference The Italian Episcopal Conference ( it, Conferenza Episcopale Italiana) or CEI is the episcopal conference of the Italian bishops of the Catholic Church, the official assembly of the bishops in Italy. The conference was founded in 1971 and carrie ...

(CEI) * Latvian Bishops' Conference * Lithuanian Bishops' Conferencebr>
* Maltese Episcopal Conference * Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands * Polish Episcopal Conference * Portuguese Episcopal Conference * Romanian Episcopal Conference * Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation *

International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius The International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius is the Catholic episcopal conference that includes Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia together in a cross-border conference. Permanent members are the Catholic bishops ...

(called "Bishops' Conference of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" between 1997 and 2005. Includes the bishops of

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hung ...

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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 Eur ...

, and

Macedonia Macedonia most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a traditional geographic reg ...

.) ** Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia (1918—1993) * Scandinavian Bishops Conference (includes the bishops of

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Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its ...

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

and Sweden) *

Bishops' Conference of Scotland The Bishops' Conference of Scotland (BCOS), under the trust of the Catholic National Endowment Trust, and based in Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, is an episcopal conference for archbishops and bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. ...

Conference of Slovak Bishops The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia (Konferencia biskupov Slovenska) (KBS), was established on 23 March 1993, and is composed of the Catholic Bishops Roman Catholic in the Slovak Republic. Slovak Greek Catholic (Byzantine Rite) are not members o ...

* Slovenian Bishops' Conference * Spanish Episcopal Conference *

Swiss Bishops Conference The Swiss Bishops' Conference (SBC; german: Schweizer Bischofskonferenz; french: Conférence des évêques suisses; it, Conferenza dei vescovi svizzeri; rm, Conferenza dals uvestgs svizzers) is the coordinating body of the Catholic dioceses in ...

* Ukrainian Episcopal Conference

Oceania

* Australian Catholic Bishops Conference * New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference * Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (C.E. PAC.) * Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

North America

Antilles Episcopal Conference The Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) is a Roman Catholic episcopal conference. Its members are bishops and archbishops from current and former British, Dutch, and French colonies and dependencies in the Caribbean (excluding Haiti), Central Am ...

Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB; french: Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada) is the national assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in Canada. It was founded in 1943, and was officially recognized by the H ...

(CCCB) * Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica * Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba * Conference of the Dominican Episcopate (CED) * Episcopal Conference of El Salvador * Episcopal Conference of Guatemala * Episcopal Conference of Haiti * Episcopal Conference of Honduras * Conference of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM) * Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua * Episcopal Conference of Panama * Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (CEP) *

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (US ...

(USCCB)The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops includes the bishop of the U.S. Territory of the Virgin Islands, but ''not'' the bishops of the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the three U.S. dependencies in the Pacific (U.S. Commonwealth of the

Northern Mariana Islands The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI; ch, Sankattan Siha Na Islas Mariånas; cal, Commonwealth Téél Falúw kka Efáng llól Marianas), is an unincorporated territory and commonwe ...

, U.S. Territory of

American Samoa American Samoa ( sm, Amerika Sāmoa, ; also ' or ') is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of the island country of Samoa. Its location is centered on . It is east of the Internation ...

, and U.S. Territory of

Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic ce ...

South America

Argentine Episcopal Conference The Argentine Episcopal Conference ( es, Conferencia Episcopal Argentina) is an episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic Church of Argentina that gathers the bishops of the country in order to discuss pastoral issues and in general all matters tha ...

(CEA) *

Bolivian Episcopal Conference The episcopate of the country is the Bolivian Episcopal Conference ( es, Conferencia Episcopal Boliviana, CEB). Its highest authority is the plenary assembly of bishops, acting through the Permanent Council of Bishops, which coordinates the activi ...

* National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) *

Episcopal Conference of Chile The Catholic Church in Chile is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Episcopal Conference of Chile. The Church is composed of 5 archdioceses, 18 dioceses, 2 territori ...

(CECh) * Episcopal Conference of Colombia *

Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collect ...

Paraguayan Episcopal Conference The Paraguayan Episcopal Conference (Spanish: Conferencia Episcopal Paraguaya, CEP) is an agency of the Catholic Church which gathers the bishops of Paraguay. History Since 1929 some bishops of the country are beginning to exercise a collegial tea ...

* Peruvian Episcopal Conference *

Episcopal Conference of Uruguay The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay ( es, Conferencia Episcopal del Uruguay, acronym CEU) is an episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic Church of Uruguay that gathers the bishops of the country in order to discuss pastoral issues and in general ...

* Venezuelan Episcopal Conference

Other episcopal bodies

In addition to the episcopal conferences as defined by the Holy See, there are a number of other regional groupings of bishops:

Synods of eastern rite churches

Synods of Bishops of the Patriarchal and Major Archiepiscopal Churches *Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church *Synod of the Chaldean Church *Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church *Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church *Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church *Synod of the Romanian Church *Synod of the Syrian Catholic Church *Synod of the Syro-Malabarese Church *Synod of the Syro-Malankarese Church *Council of the Ethiopian Church *Council of the Ruthenian Church, U.S.A. *Council of the Slovakian Church

Assemblies of bishops

National assemblies of Hierarchs of Churches Sui Iuris (including eastern Catholic as well as Latin ordinaries) *Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt *Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq *Assembly of the Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon *Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchs of Syria *Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land *Iranian Episcopal Conference *

Catholic Bishops' Conference of India The Catholic Bishops' Conference of India (CBCI) is the permanent association of the Catholic bishops of India. It was established in September 1944, in Chennai. The CBCI Secretariat was located in Bangalore until 1962, when it was shifted to t ...

(CBCI)

International Meetings of Episcopal Conferences

* Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East *

Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar The Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar or SECAM (French: Symposium des Conférences Épiscopales d'Afrique et de Madagascar) is an agency of the Catholic Church which includes the bishops of Africa and Madagascar. Histor ...

* Regional Episcopal Conference of Francophone West Africa *Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa * Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Region of Central Africa * Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa *Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa *Reunion of Episcopal Conferences of West Africa * Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences *

Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania A federation (also known as a federal state) is a political entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a central federal government ( federalism). In a federation, the self-governi ...

( FCBCO) * Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE) *

Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community The Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union, formerly the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community, ( la, Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europaeae; COMECE) is the association of Catholic Church e ...

(COMECE) * Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) *Episcopal Secretariate of Central America and Panama

References

External links

List of all episcopal conferences
by Giga-Catholic Information
The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church
by David M. Cheney {{Authority control Catholic canonical structures