The International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius is the Catholic episcopal conference that includes Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia together in a cross-border conference. Permanent members are the Catholic

bishops A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

and archbishops from the four countries. Two bishops are authorized (Apostolic Exarchate) for jurisdictional districts of the

Byzantine rite The Byzantine Rite, also known as the Greek Rite or the Rite of Constantinople, identifies the wide range of cultural, liturgical, and canonical practices that developed in the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Christian Church of Constantinople. Th ...

. , the Chairman of the Conference is the bishop of Zrenjanin

László Német Ladislav Nemet ( sr-cyr, Ладислав Немет, hu, Német László; born September 7, 1956) is the Serbian Roman Catholic prelate who has been the Archbishop of Belgrade since November 2022. Before that, he was the Bishop of Zrenjanin betw ...

. The conference is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences.

Chairmen

* Stanislav Hočevar (2004–2011) *

Zef Gashi Zef Gashi ( Cyrillic: Зеф Гаши / ''Zef Gaši''; born 4 December 1938) is an ethnic Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in Montenegro. He was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar between 1998 and 2016. Zef Gas ...

(2011–2016) *

(2016–present)

Members

Serbia: * Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade * Bishop

Slavko Večerin Bishop Alojzije Slavko Večerin ( sr-cyr, Славко Вечерин; 6 June 1957 – 26 August 2022) was a Serbian Roman Catholic prelate who served as the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Subotica in Serbia from 8 September 2020 until his d ...

- Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica **Bishop emeritus

János Pénzes János Pénzes (; born 10 August 1943 in Bajmok, Kingdom of Hungary) was the Hungarian-born Roman Catholic Emeritus Bishop of Subotica between 1989 and 2020. On June 29, 1968, Pénzes was ordained a priest. On April 25, 1989, Pope John Paul II ...

* Bishop

- Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin * Bishop

Fabijan Svalina Bishop Fabijan Svalina ( sr-cyr, Фабијан Свалина; born 7 November 1971) is a Roman Catholic prelate who is currently serving as a Coadjutor Bishop of the newly reestablished Diocese of Srijem in Serbia since 7 October 2021. Educat ...

- Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem * ° Bishop emeritus

Đuro Gašparović Bishop Đuro Gašparović ( sr-cyr, Ђуро Гашпаровић; born 20 June 1951) is a Roman Catholic prelate who is currently serving as the first Diocesan Bishop of the newly reestablished Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem, Diocese of Srijem ...

* Bishop

Đura Džudžar Đura Džudžar (born April 22, 1954) is Serbian eparchial bishop of the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur since 2018. He was previously titular bishop of Acrassus (2001-2018), auxiliary bishop of the Ruthenian Eparchy of Mukachevo (2 ...

- Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur Kosovo: * Bishop Dodë Gjergji - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina (elevated from an Apostolic Administration in 2018) Montenegro: * Archbishop

Rrok Gjonlleshaj Rrok Gjonlleshaj ( cnr, Рок Ђонлешај, Rok Đonlešaj; born 10 February 1961) is a Montenegrin Albanian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Archbishop of Bar from 2016. He briefly served as the apostolic administrator of the ...

- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar **Archbishop emeritus

* Bishop elect

Ivan Štironja Ivan Štironja (born 10 May 1960) is a Croatian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of Poreč-Pula since 2023. He previously briefly served as the bishop of Kotor in Montenegro, from 2021 to 2023. Originally from the villag ...

- Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor ** Bishop emeritus

Ilija Janjić Ilija Janjić (born 20 September 1944) is a Catholic prelate who served as the Diocesan Bishop of Kotor in Montenegro since 11 March 1996 until his retirement on 28 September 2019. Life Bishop Janjić was born into a Bosnian Croat Roman Catholic ...

North Macedonia: * Bishop

Kiro Stojanov Kiro Stojanov ( mk, Киро Стојанов; born 9 April 1959 in the village of Radovo, Bosilovo Municipality) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Skopje and the Eparchial Bishop of the Macedonian Catholic Eparchy of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ass ...

- Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje and the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Strumica-Skopje

Annotations

References

External links

* http://www.ceicem.org/ * http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/028.htm {{Episcopal Conferences in Europe International Catholic Church in Serbia Catholic Church in Kosovo Catholic Church in Montenegro Catholic Church in North Macedonia Greek Catholic Church of Croatia and Serbia Macedonian Greek Catholic Church