The Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina () is the permanent assembly of Catholic bishops in

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

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. Tomo Vukšić,

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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

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 ...

. 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 '' Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome'' (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