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The Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (; CCEE) is a conference of the presidents of the 33
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. The president is Archbishop
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. The vice-presidents are Cardinal
Jean-Claude Hollerich Jean-Claude Hollerich (born 9 August 1958) is a Luxembourgish Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Luxembourg since 2011. He was the president of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Union (COMECE) from March 20 ...
, Archbishop of
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, and Archbishop
László Német Ladislav Nemet SVD (, ; born 7 September 1956) is a Hungarian-Serbian prelate of the Catholic Church who has worked in Serbia as Archbishop of Belgrade since November 2022 and before that as the Bishop of Zrenjanin from 2008 to 2022. He is a ...
, Archbishop of
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of CCEE is Father Martin Michalíček. The offices of the Secretariat are located in St. Gallen, Switzerland.


Presidents

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Conferences

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Episcopal Conference of Albania The Albanian Bishops' Conference (KISH) (; ) is an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Albania. The conference is organized by Archbishop Angelo Massafra, Archbishop and Metropolitan of Shkodrë-Pult conducted. It is a member of the Co ...
# Episcopal Conference of Austria #
Episcopal Conference of Belarus Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus is the collective body for national church matters and the administration of the Catholic Church in Belarus. It was established and approved on February 11, 1999. The first chairman was Cardinal Kazimierz ...
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Episcopal Conference of Belgium The Belgian Bishops' Conference or the Episcopal Conference of Belgium (; ; ) is the permanent organ of the Roman Catholic bishops in Belgium. It is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences. It includes the bishops, auxiliary bish ...
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Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina The Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina () is the permanent assembly of Catholic bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina founded in 1994 by the Holy See. The president of the Conference is elected among the bishops for a term of five years. ...
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Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria Episcopal conference of Bulgaria (Latin: Conferentia episcoporum Bulgariæ) is an ecclesiastical institution, consisting of bishops of the Catholic dioceses in the country. It is bi-ritual because it includes in its composition dioceses in Latin ...
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Episcopal Conference of Croatia The Croatian Bishops' Conference (; ) (HBK) is an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Croatia. The Conference was founded on May 15, 1993 after Croatia regained its independence after the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, which ...
# Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic # Episcopal Conference of England and Wales # Episcopal Conference of Ireland #
Episcopal Conference of Germany The German Bishops' Conference () is the episcopal conference of the bishops of the Roman Catholic dioceses in Germany. Members include diocesan bishops, coadjutors, auxiliary bishops, and diocesan administrators. History The first meeting of th ...
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# Episcopal Conference of Malta # Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands #
Episcopal Conference of Poland The Polish Episcopal Conference or Polish Bishops' Conference ( or KEP) is the central organ of the Catholic Church in Poland. It is composed of 3 cardinals, 24 archbishops and 118 bishops. 21st century In 2018, KEP completed a survey on cleric ...
# Episcopal Conference of Portugal # Episcopal Conference of Romania # Episcopal Conference of Scandinavia # Episcopal Conference of Scotland #
Episcopal Conference of Slovakia The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia (Konferencia biskupov Slovenska) (KBS), was established on 23 March 1993, and is composed of the Catholic bishops in active service (both Latin and Byzantine rite) in the Slovak Republic. Function The bisho ...
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Episcopal Conference of Slovenia Slovenian Bishops' Conference (SBC; , ) is the supreme authority of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia, which combines all the bishops of Slovenian dioceses and archdioceses: Archdiocese of Ljubljana, Archdiocese of Maribor, Diocese of Koper ...
# Episcopal Conference of Spain # Swiss Bishop's Conference # Episcopal Conference of Ukraine #
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Episcopal Conference of Turkey Episcopal Conference of Turkey is the committee meeting of the Catholic bishops in Turkey of the various ritual churches. It is a member of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), and a guest member of the Southeast European Bishops ...
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International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius 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 bish ...
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General Secretaries

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See also

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Catholic Church in Europe The Catholic Church in Europe is part of the worldwide Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See in Rome, including represented Eastern Catholic Catholic missions, missions. Demographically, Catholics are the largest religious group in ...
* List of Catholic dioceses in Europe


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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Council Of The Bishops' Conferences Of Europe Europe Council Catholic Church in Europe International organizations based in Europe Organisations based in St. Gallen (city)