Episcopal conference

Assembly of bishops of some nation or certain territory of the Latin Church

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Canon law of the Catholic Church

Ius vigens (current law)

* 1983 Code of Canon Law
* Omnium in mentem
* Magnum principium
* Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
* Ad tuendam fidem
* Ex corde Ecclesiae
* Indulgentiarum Doctrina
* Praedicate evangelium
* Veritatis gaudium
* Custom
* Matrimonial nullity trial reforms of Pope Francis
* Documents of the Second Vatican Council
* Christus Dominus
* Lumen gentium
* Optatam totius
* Orientalium ecclesiarum
* Presbyterorum ordinis
* Sacrosanctum concilium
* Precepts of the Church

Legal history

Jus antiquum (c. 33–1140)

* Ancient Church Orders
* Didache
* The Apostolic Constitutions
* Canons of the Apostles
* Collections of ancient canons
* Collectiones canonum Dionysianae
* Collectio canonum quadripartita
* Collectio canonum Quesnelliana
* Collectio canonum Wigorniensis
* Gelasian Decree
* Symmachian forgeries
* Pseudo-Isidorian Decretals
* Donation of Constantine
* Gregorian Reform
* Lay investiture controversy
* Dictatus papae
* Libertas ecclesiae
* Plenitudo potestatis

Jus novum (c. 1140–1563)

* Corpus Juris Canonici
* Decretum Gratiani
* Decretist
* Canon Episcopi
* Margaritae
* Jus commune
* Decretals of Gregory IX
* Decretalist
* Regulæ Juris
* Extravagantes
* Liber Septimus

Jus novissimum (c. 1563–1918)

* Council of Trent
* Benedictus Deus
* Tametsi
* Apostolicae Sedis moderationi

Jus codicis (1918-present)

* 1917 Code of Canon Law
* Ecclesiae Sanctae
* 1983 Code of Canon Law

Other

* Contractum trinius
* Papal judge-delegate
* Right of option

Eastern law

* Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches
* Eastern Canonical Reforms of Pius XII
* Nomocanon
* Eparchy
* Exarchate
* Ordinariate for Eastern Catholic faithful
* Protosyncellus

Liturgical law

Latin Church

* General Roman Calendar
* Ranking of liturgical days in the Roman Rite
* General Instruction of the Roman Missal
* Code of Rubrics
* Sacrosanctum Concilium
* Mysterii Paschalis
* Musicam sacram
* Scripturarum thesaurus
* Liturgiam authenticam
* Quattuor abhinc annos
* Ecclesia Dei
* Summorum Pontificum
* Magnum principium
* Traditionis custodes
* Red Mass
* Holy day of obligation

Sacramental law

* Communicatio in sacris
* Ex opere operato
* Omnium in mentem
* Validity and liceity

Sacraments

* Holy Orders
* Impediment (Catholic canon law)
* Abstemius
* Defect of birth
* Obligation of celibacy
* Nullity of Sacred Ordination
* Apostolicae curae
* Dimissorial letters
* Episcopal consecrators
* Approbation (Catholic canon law)
* Confession
* Penitential canons
* Paenitentiale Theodori
* Seal of the Confessional
* Internal and external forum
* Note on the importance of the internal forum and the inviolability of the Sacramental Seal
* Apostolic Penitentiary
* Canon penitentiary
* Complicit absolution
* Sacramentum Poenitentiae
* Eucharist
* Eucharistic discipline
* Canon 915
* Celebret
* Mass stipend

Sacramentals

* Indulgence
* Indulgentiarum doctrina

Sacred places

* Altars
* Major basilica
* Minor basilica
* Oratory (chapel)

Sacred times

* Feast days
* Fast days and abstinence
* Paenitemini
* Holy day of obligation

Matrimonial law

* Canonical form (Latin Church)
* Tametsi
* Ne Temere
* Banns of marriage
* Declaration of Nullity
* Dignitas connubii
* Matrimonial Nullity Trial Reforms of Pope Francis
* Vetitum
* Defender of the Bond
* Impediments to Marriage
* Affinity
* Clandestinity
* Impediment of crime
* Disparity of cult
* Ligamen
* Public propriety
* Matrimonial dispensation
* Ratum sed non consummatum
* Sanatio in radice
* Natural marriage
* Pauline privilege
* Petrine privilege

Supreme authority, particular churches, and canonical structures

Supreme authority of the Church

* Roman Pontiff
* Papal conclave
* College of Bishops

Supra-diocesan/eparchal structures

* College of Cardinals
* Conference of bishops
* Synod of Bishops

Particular churches

* Churches sui juris
* Latin Church
* Eastern Catholic Churches
* Local particular churches
* Appointment of bishops
* Abbacy nullius
* Apostolic vicariate
* Apostolic vicar
* Apostolic administration
* Apostolic administrator
* Diocese/Archdiocese
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* Cathedraticum
* In persona episcopi
* Diocesan Curia
* Moderator of the Curia
* Chancery
* Deanery
* Vicar forane
* Eparchy
* Eparchal curia
* Military ordinariate
* Mission sui juris
* Personal ordinariate
* Anglicanorum Coetibus

Juridic persons

* Parish
* Team of priests in solidum
* Collegiate church
* Parish register
* Lay trusteeism
* Roman Curia
* Dicastery
* Congregation
* Pontifical council
* Personal prelature
* Types of membership of Opus Dei
* Association of the Christian faithful
* Vicar general
* Quinquennial visit ad limina

Jurisprudence

* Canonical coronation
* Canonically crowned images
* Computation of time
* Custom
* Delegata potestas non potest delegari
* Derogation
* Dispensation
* Taxa Innocentiana
* Faculty
* Indult
* Impediment
* Donation
* Interpretation
* Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts
* Jurisdiction
* Peritus
* Obreption & subreption
* Obrogation
* Promulgation
* Resignation of the Roman Pontiff
* Sede vacante
* Simony
* Vacatio legis
* Validity and liceity
* Visitation
* Apostolic visitor

Philosophy, theology, and fundamental theory of Catholic canon law

* Theology
* Ecclesiology
* Treatise on Law
* Determinatio

Temporal goods (property)

* Benefice
* Cathedraticum
* Contract law
* Mass stipend
* Stole fee
* Temporalities

Law of persons

* Person (Catholic canon law)
* Formal act of defection from the Catholic Church
* Canonical age
* Emancipation
* Exemption
* Heresy

Clerics

* Secular clergy
* Regular clergy
* Obligation of celibacy
* Clerics and public office
* Incardination and excardination
* Laicization (dispensation)
* Canonical faculties

Office

* Canonical provision
* Canonical election
* Juridic and physical persons
* Jus patronatus
* Associations of the faithful
* Consecrated life

Canonical documents

* Acta Apostolicae Sedis
* Acta Sanctae Sedis
* Censor librorum
* Imprimatur
* Imprimi potest
* Notary
* Protonotary apostolic
* Apostolic constitution
* Canon
* Concordat
* Decree
* Decretal
* Encyclical
* Motu proprio
* Ordinance
* Papal brief
* Papal bull
* Penitential
* Positive law
* Rescript
* Parish register
* Ecclesiastical Latin

Penal law

* Canon 1324
* Canon 1397 §2
* Censure (Catholic canon law)
* De delictis gravioribus
* Complicit absolution
* Crimen sollicitationis
* Excommunication
* List of excommunicable offences in the Catholic Church
* List of people excommunicated by the Catholic Church
* List of cardinals excommunicated by the Catholic Church
* Interdict
* Laicization (penal)
* Latae sententiae and ferendae sententiae
* Lifetime of prayer and penance
* Canonical admonitions
* Ecclesiastical prison

Procedural law

Pars statica (tribunals & ministers/parties)

* Tribunals
* Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
* Tribunal of the Roman Rota
* Apostolic Penitentiary
* Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
* Ministers of Justice
* Judicial Vicar/Officialis
* Auditor
* Parties
* Defender of the Bond
* Procurator

Pars dynamica (trial procedure)

* Dignitas connubii (matrimonial causes)
* Appeal as from an abuse
* Presumption
* Penal procedure
* Vos estis lux mundi

Canonization

* Congregation for the Causes of Saints
* Maiorem hac dilectionem
* Advocatus Diaboli
* Oblatio vitae
* Positio
* Beatification and canonization process in 1914

Election of the Roman Pontiff

* Current law
* Universi Dominici gregis
* Papal renunciation
* Reforms of Pope Benedict XVI
* Historical
* Cum proxime
* Jus exclusivae
* Papal appointment
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Legal practice and scholarship

* List of legal abbreviations

Academic degrees

* Licentiate of Canon Law
* Doctor of Canon Law
* Doctor of both laws

Journals and Professional Societies

* Canon Law Society of America
* The Jurist

Faculties of canon law

* Catholic University of America School of Canon Law

Canonists

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Law of consecrated life

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* Diocesan right
* Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

Institute of consecrated life

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* Secular institute
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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 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.[1] More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council.[2] Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council[3] and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 motu proprio, Ecclesiae sanctae.[4][5]

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 liturgical norms for the Mass, a role affirmed in the Second Vatican Council's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy.[6] Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. In certain circumstances, as defined by canon law, the decisions of an episcopal conference are subject to ratification from the Holy See. Individual bishops do not relinquish their immediate authority for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference.[7]

## Theological and juridical status

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The operation, authority, and responsibilities of episcopal conferences are currently governed by the 1983 Code of Canon Law (see especially canons 447–459)[8][9] In addition, there are assemblies of bishops which include the bishops of different rites in a nation, both Eastern Catholic and Latin Catholic; these are described in canon 322 §2 of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches.

The nature of episcopal conferences, and their magisterial authority in particular, was subsequently clarified by Pope John Paul II in his 1998 motu proprio, 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 recognitio, that is, recognition of approval, of the Holy See, which they will not receive if the majority "is not substantial".[10]

In the 2013 apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis 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".[11] On September 9, 2017, Pope Francis modified canon law, 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, which formerly had primary responsibility for translations, was ordered to "help the Episcopal Conferences to fulfil their task."[12][13] 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.[14] In late February, 2018, the Council of Cardinals 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.[15]

## List of episcopal conferences

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Source:[16]

### Africa

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1. Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé
2. Episcopal Conference of Benin
3. Conference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of Niger
4. Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi
5. National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon
6. Central African Episcopal Conference
7. Episcopal Conference of Chad
8. Episcopal Conference of the Congo
9. Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
10. Episcopal Conference of the Côte d'Ivoire
11. Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea
12. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Ethiopia and Eritrea
13. Episcopal Conference of Gabon
14. Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone
15. Ghana Bishops' Conference
16. Episcopal Conference of Guinea
17. Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean[a]
18. Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops
19. Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference
20. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Liberia
21. Episcopal Conference of Madagascar
22. Episcopal Conference of Malawi
23. Episcopal Conference of Mali
24. Episcopal Conference of Mozambique
25. Namibian Catholic Bishops' Conference
26. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria
27. Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa[b]
28. Conference of Catholic Bishops of Rwanda
29. Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau
30. Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference (SACBC)[c]
31. Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference[d]
32. Tanzania Episcopal Conference
33. Episcopal Conference of Togo
34. Uganda Episcopal Conference
35. Zambia Episcopal Conference
36. Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference

### Asia

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Headquarters of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines in Manila

1. Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions[e]
2. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh
3. Bishops' Conference of Central Asia[f]
4. Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference
5. Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI)
6. Bishops' Conference of Indonesia (KWI)
7. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan
8. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea
9. Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia
10. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (CBCMSB)
11. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar
12. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan
13. Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
14. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand
15. Episcopal Conference of Turkey
16. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka
17. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam

### Europe

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Headquarters of the Lithuanian Bishops' Conference in Vilnius

1. Episcopal Conference of Albania
2. Austrian Bishops' Conference
3. Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus
4. Episcopal Conference of Belgium
5. Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union
6. Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
7. Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria
8. Croatian Bishops' Conference
9. Czech Bishops' Conference
10. Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
11. Bishops' Conference of France (CEF)
12. German Bishops' Conference
13. Holy Synod of Catholic Bishops of Greece
14. Catholic Bishops' Conference of Hungary
15. Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference[g]
16. Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI)
17. Latvian Bishops' Conference
18. Lithuanian Bishops' Conference [1]
19. Maltese Episcopal Conference
20. Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands
21. Polish Episcopal Conference
22. Portuguese Episcopal Conference
23. Romanian Episcopal Conference
24. Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation
25. International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius[h]
26. Scandinavian Bishops Conference[i]
27. Bishops' Conference of Scotland
28. Conference of Slovak Bishops
29. Slovenian Bishops' Conference
30. Spanish Episcopal Conference
31. Swiss Bishops Conference
32. Ukrainian Episcopal Conference

### Oceania

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1. Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
2. New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference
3. Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (C.E. PAC.)[j]
4. Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

### North America

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Headquarters of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, DC

1. Antilles Episcopal Conference
2. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB)
3. Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica
4. Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba
5. Conference of the Dominican Episcopate (CED)
6. Episcopal Conference of El Salvador
7. Episcopal Conference of Guatemala
8. Episcopal Conference of Haiti
9. Episcopal Conference of Honduras
10. Conference of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM)
11. Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua
12. Episcopal Conference of Panama
13. Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference (CEP)
14. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)[k]

### South America

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1. Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA)
2. Bolivian Episcopal Conference
3. National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB)
4. Episcopal Conference of Chile (CECh)
5. Episcopal Conference of Colombia
6. Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference
7. Paraguayan Episcopal Conference
8. Peruvian Episcopal Conference
9. Episcopal Conference of Uruguay
10. Venezuelan Episcopal Conference

Notes

1. ^ The Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean includes the bishops of Comoros, Mauritius, Réunion, Mayotte and Seychelles.
2. ^ The Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa includes the bishops of Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia.
3. ^ The Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference includes the bishops of South Africa, Botswana, and Eswatini.
4. ^ The Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference includes the bishops of Sudan and South Sudan.
5. ^ The Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions includes the bishops in Arab states of the Middle East, North Africa, East Africa and Cyprus.
6. ^ The Bishops' Conference of Central Asia includes the bishops of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
7. ^ The Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference includes the bishops of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
8. ^ Formerly the Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia (1918—1993) and the Bishops' Conference of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1997-2005[17][18][19]). Includes the bishops of Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia.
9. ^ The Scandinavian Bishops Conference includes the bishops of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
10. ^ The Episcopal Conference of the Pacific is made up of the bishops of American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.[20].
11. ^ The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops also includes the bishop of the US Virgin Islands, but does not include the bishops of Puerto Rico (who form a separate conference), nor of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and Guam who are part of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

### Other episcopal bodies

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In addition to the episcopal conferences as defined by the Holy See, there are a number of other regional groupings of bishops:[16]: 1101–06

#### Synods of eastern rite churches

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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

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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 (CBCI)

#### International Meetings of Episcopal Conferences

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* Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East
* Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
* 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 (FCBCO)
* Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE)
* Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE)
* Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM)
* Episcopal Secretariate of Central America and Panama

## See also

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* Catholicism portal

* Catholic Church hierarchy
* Collegiality in the Catholic Church
* Episcopal see
* Roman Curia
* Dicastery

## References

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1. ^ Histoire: Les origines de la CES: première expérience au monde d'une conférence épiscopale nationale (in French), Fribourg: Service de presse de la Conférence des évêques suisses, retrieved 6 March 2018
2. ^ McAleese, Mary (2012), Quo Vadis?: Collegiality in the Code of Canon Law (Kindle ed.), Blackrock, Ireland: The Columba Press, locations 2463-2466, ISBN 978-1-85607-786-6
3. ^ Christus Dominus: Decree Concerning the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the Church, 28 October 1965, §36–38, retrieved 7 March 2018
4. ^ Ecclesiae sanctae, 6 August 1966, retrieved 7 March 2018
5. ^ The Limits of the Papacy, p. 97, by Patrick Granfield, Crossroad, New York, 1987. ISBN 0-8245-0839-4
6. ^ Second Vatican Council, Sacrosanctum Concilium, paragraph 22.2, promulgated on 4 December 1963, accessed on 4 June 2025
7. ^ John Paul II (21 May 1998), Apostolos suos; On the Theological and Juridical Nature of Episcopal Conferences, Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, §19, retrieved 7 March 2018
8. ^ Code of Canon Law, 1983, §447-459, retrieved 5 March 2018
9. ^ John Paul II (21 May 1998), Apostolos suos; On the Theological and Juridical Nature of Episcopal Conferences, Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, §5, retrieved 5 March 2018
10. ^ John Paul II (21 May 1998), Apostolos suos; On the Theological and Juridical Nature of Episcopal Conferences, Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, §22, retrieved 25 June 2015
11. ^ Francis (2013), Evangelii Gaudium (PDF), Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, §32, retrieved 28 Feb 2018, "The Second Vatican Council stated that, like the ancient patriarchal Churches, episcopal conferences are in a position 'to contribute in many and fruitful ways to the concrete realization of the collegial spirit'. Yet this desire has not been fully realized, since a juridical status of episcopal conferences which would see them as subjects of specific attributions, including genuine doctrinal authority, has not yet been sufficiently elaborated."
12. ^ Francis (9 September 2017), Magnum Principium (Motu Proprio), Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, retrieved 13 March 2018
13. ^ Horowitz, Jason (9 Sep 2017), "Pope Francis Shifts Power From Rome With 'Hugely Important' Liturgical Reform", New York Times
14. ^ Wooden, Cindy (22 Oct 2017), In letter to Cardinal Sarah, pope clarifies new translation norms, Catholic News Service, archived from the original on October 22, 2017, retrieved 1 March 2018
15. ^ Briefing by the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, on the 23rd meeting of the Council of Cardinals with the Holy Father Francis, 28.02.2018, Vatican City: Holy See Press Office, 28 Feb 2018, retrieved 1 March 2018
16. ^ a b Annuario Pontificio per l'anno 2010 [Annuario Pontificio of 2010]. Vatican City: Libreria Editrice Vaticana. 2010.
17. ^ "UTEMELJENA BISKUPSKA KONFERENCIJA SR JUGOSLAVIJE" [Bishop's Conference of FR Yugoslavia Established]. Catholic Press Agency, Zagreb. 17 December 1997. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
18. ^ "Priopćenje za javnost". International Bishops' Conference of Sts. Cyril and St. Methodius. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
19. ^ "XIII. plenarno zasjedanje BK Srbije i Crne Gore" [13th Plenary Meeting of the Bishops' Conference of Serbia and Montenegro]. Catholic Press Agency, Zagreb. 21 January 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
20. ^ Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici (C.E. PAC.). GCatholic website. Retrieved 2011-02-13

## Further reading

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* Sullivan, Francis (2002), "The Teaching Authority of Episcopal Conferences" (PDF), Theological Studies, 63 (3): 472–493

## External links

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* List of all episcopal conferences by Giga-Catholic Information
* The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church by David M. Cheney

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* Social teaching
* Philosophers
* Philosophy of canon law
* See also:
* Science
* Evolution
* Separation of church and state
* Relations
* Politics

Saints|

* Holy Family
* Mary
* Joseph
* Patriarchs
* Prophets
* Archangels
* Martyrs
* Doctors of the Church
* Evangelists
* Confessors
* Disciples
* Virgins

Organisation
Hierarchy
Canon law
Laity
Precedence
By country|

| Holy See
(List of popes)|

* Pope Leo XIV
* Ecumenical councils
* College of Cardinals
* List
* Advisers
* Roman Curia
* Dicasteries
* Synod of Bishops
* Properties

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Vatican City|

* Index
* Outline
* Apostolic Palace
* Lateran Treaty
* Roman Rota
* St. Peter's Basilica
* Swiss Guard
* Vatican Museums

Polity (Holy orders)|

* Diocese
* Episcopal conference
* Eparchy
* Bishop
* Patriarch
* Major
* Primate
* Metropolitan
* Archbishop
* Diocesan
* Coadjutor
* Auxiliary
* Titular
* Emeritus
* Parish
* Priest
* Deacon

Consecrated life|

* Religious:
* Superior
* Abbot, Abbess
* General
* Provincial
* Prior, Prioress
* Grand master
* Brother
* Friar
* Monk
* Sister
* Nun
* Hermit
* Novice
* Master
* Oblate
* Postulant

Particular churches
sui iuris|

* Latin Church
* Eastern Catholic Churches
* Albanian
* Armenian
* Belarusian
* Bulgarian
* Chaldean
* Coptic
* Croatian and Serbian
* Eritrean
* Ethiopian
* Georgian
* Greek
* Hungarian
* Italo-Albanian
* Macedonian
* Maronite
* Melkite
* Romanian
* Russian
* Ruthenian
* Slovak
* Syriac
* Syro-Malabar
* Syro-Malankara
* Ukrainian

Catholic liturgy|

* Eastern Catholic liturgy
* Alexandrian
* Antiochian
* Armenian
* Byzantine
* East Syriac
* West Syriac
* Malankara
* Latin
* Ambrosian
* Braga
* Mozarabic
* Roman
* Paul VI
* Tridentine
* Anglican
* Zaire

Culture|

* Art
* Marian
* Artists
* Writers
* Church buildings
* Altarpieces
* Folk
* Library
* Museums
* Music
* Distinctions
* Role in civilisation
* See also:
* Criticism of the Catholic Church
* Anti-Catholicism

Media|

* Holy See Press Office
* Vatican Media
* Vatican News
* Vatican Television Center
* Vatican Radio
* Vatican Press [it]
* L'Osservatore Romano
* Acta Apostolicae Sedis
* Annuario Pontificio

Religious orders,
institutes, societies|

* Assumptionists
* Annonciades
* Augustinians
* Basilians
* Benedictines
* Bethlehemites
* Blue nuns
* Camaldoleses
* Camillians
* Carmelites
* Carthusians
* Cistercians
* Clarisses
* Conceptionists
* Crosiers
* Dominicans
* Franciscans
* Good Shepherd Sisters
* Hieronymites
* Jesuits
* Legionaries
* Mercedarians
* Minims
* Olivetans
* Oratorians
* Piarists
* Premonstratensians
* Redemptoristines
* Servites
* Theatines
* Trappists
* Trinitarians
* Visitandines

Associations
of the faithful|

* Confraternities
* Lay
* Marian
* Youth
* Workers
* Third orders
* Saint Dominic
* Lay Carmelites
* Discalced
* Saint Francis
* Secular
* Military orders
* Fimcap
* Catholic Action
* Charismatic Renewal
* Communion and Liberation
* Sant'Egidio
* Focolare
* International Alliance of Catholic Knights
* Scouting
* Legion of Mary
* Neocatechumenal Way
* Opus Dei
* Schoenstatt

Charities|

* Aid to the Church in Need
* Caritas
* Catholic Charities USA
* Home Missions
* Relief Services
* CIDSE
* Pax Christi
* Society of Saint Vincent de Paul

* See also:
* Health care
* Schools
* Universities

* Catholic Church portal
* Category

Authority control databases

National|

* Germany
* United States
* Israel

Other|

* Yale LUX

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