Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe explained
Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe |
Native Name: | Consilium Conferentiarium Episcoporum Europae |
Native Name Lang: | la |
Abbreviation: | CCEE |
Purpose: | Collaboration between the European episcopal conferences |
Headquarters: | St. Gallen, Switzerland |
Region Served: | Europe |
Coords: | 47.4229°N 9.3736°W |
Membership: | 39 Catholic bishops |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Archbishop Gintaras Grušas |
Main Organ: | Conference |
The Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (Latin: 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 of Monaco, Maronite Catholic Archeparch of Cyprus, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chişinău, the Ruthenian Catholic Eparch of Mukacheve, and the Apostolic Administrator of Estonia.[1]
The president is Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, Archbishop of Vilnius. The vice-presidents are Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, and Archbishop László Német, Archbishop of Belgrade. The general secretary of CCEE is Father Martin Michalíček.
The offices of the Secretariat are located in St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Presidents
Conferences
- Episcopal Conference of Albania
- Episcopal Conference of Austria
- Episcopal Conference of Belarus
- Episcopal Conference of Belgium
- Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria
- Episcopal Conference of Croatia
- Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic
- Episcopal Conference of England and Wales
- Episcopal Conference of Ireland
- Episcopal Conference of Germany
- Episcopal Conference of Greece
- Episcopal Conference of Hungary
- Episcopal Conference of France
- Episcopal Conference of Italy
- Episcopal Conference of Malta
- Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands
- Episcopal Conference of Poland
- Episcopal Conference of Portugal
- Episcopal Conference of Romania
- Episcopal Conference of Scandinavia
- Episcopal Conference of Scotland
- Episcopal Conference of Slovakia
- Episcopal Conference of Slovenia
- Episcopal Conference of Spain
- Swiss Bishop's Conference
- Episcopal Conference of Ukraine
- Episcopal Conference of Latvia
- Episcopal Conference of Lithuania
- Episcopal Conference of Russia
- Episcopal Conference of Turkey[3]
- International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia)
General Secretaries
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Presentation. ccee.eu. St. Gallen. Consilium Conferentiarium Episcoporum Europae. 2 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160107200954/http://www.ccee.eu/ccee. 7 January 2016. live.
- Web site: The presidency. ccee.eu. St. Gallen. Consilium Conferentiarium Episcoporum Europae. 2 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160215234720/http://www.ccee.eu/ccee/the-presidency. 15 February 2016. live.
- Web site: Hanna. Alfred. Union Between Christians. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201219061338/https://www.unionbetweenchristians.com/2020/10/roman-catholic-church-europe-2020.html . 19 December 2020 .
- Web site: The secretariat. ccee.eu. St. Gallen. Consilium Conferentiarium Episcoporum Europae. 2 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160107193738/http://www.ccee.eu/ccee/the-secretariat. 7 January 2016. live.