The Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( hr, Biskupska Konferencija Bosne i Hercegovine) is the permanent assembly of Catholic bishops in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

founded in 1994 by the

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. The president of the Conference is elected among the bishops for a term of five years.

Vinko Puljić Vinko Puljić (; born 8 September 1945) is a Bosnian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been a cardinal since 1994. He was the archbishop of Vrhbosna from 1991 to 2022. Early life and education The twelfth of thirteen children, Vinko Pulji� ...

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, is the incumbent president of the Conference. The Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE).

Current membership

The membership of the BKBIH consists of all active and retired

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Catholic and

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bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Organizational structure

The Conference is composed of the Assembly, the Permanent Council and the General Secretariat, as demanded by

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. It consists also of councils, committees, offices and organizations that carry out the work and decisions of the Assembly.

Councils

*Council for Dialogue among Religions and Cultures *Council for Clergy *Council for Consecrated Life *Council for Laity *Pedagogical Council for Catholic Schools in Europe *Council for Diocesan Seminaries *Council for Minor Seminaries *Council for Family *Council for Catechesis and New Evangelization *Council for Liturgy *Council for Communications *Council for the Pastoral Care of the Croatian Diaspora (joint council of Episcopal Conferences of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina) *Council for Dialogue among Religions and Cultures *Supervisory Board for Caritas

Committees

*Committee for Doctrine of the Faith *Committee ''Iustitia et Pax'' *Committee for ''

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'' (joint Committee of Episcopal Conferences of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Offices

*Catechetical Office *Office for Youth *Supervisory Board for the Common Treasury

Organizations

*Caritas *Catholic News Agency

References

External links

* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/007.htm * http://www.ktabkbih.net/ {{Authority control

Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina Christian organizations established in 1994