Slovenian Bishops' Conference (SBC; , ) is the supreme authority of the
Roman Catholic Church
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in
Slovenia
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, which combines all the
bishop
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s of Slovenian
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
Republic of Slovenia
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.
A
Conference of Bishops
An episcopal conference, often also called a bishops’ conference or conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The fir ...
of a nation or territory in mutual unity, a hierarchical relationship with the Roman
Pope
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, and in accordance with the
1983 Code of Canon Law
The 1983 ''Code of Canon Law'' (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title ''Codex Iuris Canonici''), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of Ecclesiastical Law, ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church". It is the sec ...
( kann. 447–459), statutes and other legal norms exercise a pastoral office in this territory well-believers. Bishops' Conference is usually up to the successful implementation of the ministry and pastoral tasks in the area of all the dioceses of the same nation, but also for wider or narrower range than the national territory.
History
Slovenian Bishops' Conference has been set up on February 20, 1993. This follows the Slovenian Bishops together with the other bishops of the former Yugoslavia related to the Yugoslav Bishops' Conference, which was within the 20th June 1983 set up provincial Slovenian Bishops' Conference.
Slovenian bishops at its meeting on July 25, 1992, prepared a draft statute of an independent Slovenian Bishops' Conference.
Pope
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John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005.
In his you ...
(1978-2005), after obtaining a favorable opinion of the Congregation for Bishops and the Office for Relations with States at the National Registry of the
Holy See
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, on February 19, 1993, in accordance with the norms of canon law and the provisions of the statutes approved independent Slovenian Bishops' Conference on February 20, 1993, the Vatican Congregation for Bishops issued a decree on its establishment. The
Catholic Church
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in
Slovenia
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has thus gained greater legal strength and independence.
SBC statute governing the nature and purposes of the Bishops' Conference, Plenary Session, provides for a permanent council of bishops, secretarial duties and other services and commission at the discretion of the conference provide a more efficient operation.
Members
Members of the Bishops' Conference, all the local bishops in geographical or ecclesiastical-administrative areas. Apart from them as well as assistant bishops, auxiliary bishops and bishops of the title before them the
Holy See
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or the Bishops' Conference has entrusted the task specified in this territory. Others address the bishops and the Apostolic Nuncio not its members. Slovenian Bishops' Conference consists with 11 members:Slovenian Bishops' Conference Katoliska-cerkev.si.
Ordinaries
** Msgr. Stanislav Zore OFM, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana
** Msgr. Alojzij Cvikl SJ, Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor
** Msgr. Andrej Saje, Bishop of Novo Mesto and President of the SBC
** Msgr. Jurij Bizjak, Ph.D., Bishop of Koper
** Msgr.
Peter Štumpf
Bishop Peter Štumpf, Salesians of Don Bosco, S.D.B. (born 28 June 1962) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who serves as the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota, Diocese of Murska Sobota since 28 November 2009. Previo ...
, SDB, Ph.D., Bishop of Murska Sobota and vice-president of the SBC
** Msgr. Maksimilijan Matjaž, Th. D., Bishop of Celje
Auxiliary bishop
** Msgr. Anton Jamnik, Ph.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana
** Msgr. Franc Šuštar, Ph.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana
Retired bishops
** Msgr. Andrej Glavan, retired Bishop of Novo Mesto
** Msgr. Franc Kramberger, Ph.D., retired Archbishop of Maribor
** Msgr. Stanislav Lipovšek, Ph.D., retired Bishop of Celje
** Msgr. Cardinal
Franc Rode
Franc Rode (or Rodé; born 23 September 1934) is a Slovenian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, having served as prefect from 2004 t ...
, CM, Ph.D., retired Archbishop of Ljubljana
** Msgr.
Anton Stres
Anton Stres, C.M. (born 15 December 1942), was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana and the metropolitan bishop of Ljubljana as well as the president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference from January 2010 until July 20 ...
, CM, Ph.D., retired Archbishop of Ljubljana
** Msgr.
Marjan Turnšek
Marjan Turnšek (born 25 July 1955) is a Slovenian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota, Diocese of Murska Sobota from 7 April 2006 until 28 November 2009, coadjutor arc ...
, Ph.D., retired Archbishop of Maribor
The plenary sessions of the Conference of Bishops have a clause statutes SBC decisive vote all members of the conference. Retired bishops may be invited to attend the plenary sessions of the conference, but not decisive voice.
Each conference shall elect a chairman and his deputy (Vice President) and General Secretary. SBC under the Statute, the President can only Bishop Ordinary who is elected to this function. The President leads the plenary sessions and the permanent council of bishops SBC. The Statute also provides for the vice-president (the task of the President when he is lawfully arrested) and the General Secretary. The Secretary General is a member of the conference, but it is always present at meetings.
Presidents
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Alojzij Šuštar
Alojzij Šuštar (14 November 1920 – 29 June 2007) was the Archbishop of Ljubljana from 1980 until 1997. He remained Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana after his retirement. He was born in Grmada, Trebnje, Grmada ...
(1993–1997)
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Franc Rode
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Anton Stres
Anton Stres, C.M. (born 15 December 1942), was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana and the metropolitan bishop of Ljubljana as well as the president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference from January 2010 until July 20 ...
* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/094.htm
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