An Ecclesiastical conference is a meetings of

Roman Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2025. It is among the world's oldest and largest international institut ...

clerics for the purpose of discussing, in general, matters pertaining to their state of life in particular, questions of moral theology and liturgy. They were prescribed in England by the Council of Exeter in 1131 and the

Council A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio ...

of London in 1237.

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