Slovenian Bishops' Conference (SBC; sl, Slovenska škofovska konferenca, ) is the supreme authority of the

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Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

, which combines all the

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s of Slovenian

diocese In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...

s and archdioceses:

Archdiocese of Ljubljana The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ljubljana ( sl, Nadškofija Ljubljana, la, Archidioecesis Labacensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Slovenia.Archdiocese of Maribor The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maribor ( la, Archidioecesis Mariborensis, sl, Nadškofija Maribor) is an archdiocese located in the city of Maribor in Slovenia. History * 1859 : Maribor (then Marburg) became the see of the Diocese of Lava ...

Diocese of Koper ) , cocathedral = Co-Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Nova Gorica() , area_km2 = 4,386 , parishes = 100 , population = 266,403 , population_as_of = 2013 , catholics = 181,230 , catholics_percent= 68 , pope ...

Diocese of Novo Mesto The Roman Catholic Diocese of Novo Mesto ( la, Dioecesis Novae Urbis; sl, Škofija Novo mesto) is a diocese in the city of Novo Mesto in the Ecclesiastical province of Ljubljana in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of ...

Diocese of Celje The Roman Catholic Diocese of Celje ( la, Dioecesis Celeiensis; sl, Škofija Celje) is a diocese located in the city of Celje in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established as Diocese of Celje from t ...

, and the

Diocese of Murska Sobota The Roman Catholic Diocese of Murska Sobota ( la, Dioecesis Sobotensis; sl, Škofija Murska Sobota) is a diocese located in the city of Murska Sobota in the Ecclesiastical province of Maribor in Slovenia. History * April 7, 2006: Established ...

. SBC territory coincides with the borders of the

Republic of Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, ...

. A

Conference of Bishops An episcopal conference, sometimes called a 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 ...

of a nation or territory in mutual unity, a hierarchical relationship with the Roman

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, and in accordance with the 1983 Code of Canon Law ( kann. 447–459), statutes and other legal norms exercise a pastoral office in this territory well-believers. Bishops' Conference is usually up to the successful implementation of the ministry and pastoral tasks in the area of all the dioceses of the same nation, but also for wider or narrower range than the national territory.

History

Slovenian Bishops' Conference has been set up on February 20, 1993. This follows the Slovenian Bishops together with the other bishops of the former Yugoslavia related to the Yugoslav Bishops' Conference, which was within the 20th June 1983 set up provincial Slovenian Bishops' Conference. Člani SŠK leta 2016

Slovenian bishops at its meeting on July 25, 1992 prepared a draft statute of an independent Slovenian Bishops' Conference.

John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

(1978-2005), after obtaining a favorable opinion of the Congregation for Bishops and the Office for Relations with States at the National Registry of the

Holy See The Holy See ( lat, Sancta Sedes, ; it, Santa Sede ), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the Pope in his role as the bishop of Rome. It includes the apostolic episcopal see of the Diocese of R ...

, on February 19, 1993 in accordance with the norms of canon law and the provisions of the statutes approved independent Slovenian Bishops' Conference on February 20, 1993, the Vatican Congregation for Bishops issued a decree on its establishment. The

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has thus gained greater legal strength and independence. SBC statute governing the nature and purposes of the Bishops' Conference, Plenary Session, provides for a permanent council of bishops, secretarial duties and other services and commission at the discretion of the conference provide a more efficient operation.

Members

Members of the Bishops' Conference, all the local bishops in geographical or ecclesiastical-administrative areas. Apart from them as well as assistant bishops, auxiliary bishops and bishops of the title before them the

or the Bishops' Conference has entrusted the task specified in this territory. Others address the bishops and the Apostolic Nuncio not its members. Slovenian Bishops' Conference consists with 11 members:Slovenian Bishops' Conference
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Ordinaries

** Msgr. Stanislav Zore OFM, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ljubljana ** Msgr. Alojzij Cvikl SJ, Metropolitan Archbishop of Maribor ** Msgr. Andrej Saje, Bishop of Novo Mesto and President of the SBC ** Msgr. Jurij Bizjak, Ph. D., Bishop of Koper ** Msgr. Peter Štumpf, SDB, Ph. D., Bishop of Murska Sobota and Vice-President of the SBC ** Msgr.

Maksimilijan Matjaž Maksimilijan Matjaž (born 23 August 1963) is a Slovenian prelate of the Catholic Church, serving as the third bishop of the Diocese of Celje since 5 March 2021. Early life and education Maksimilijan Matjaž was born into a Catholic family in ...

, Th. D., Bishop of Celje

Auxiliary bishop

** Msgr. Anton Jamnik, Ph. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana ** Msgr. Franc Šuštar, Ph. D., Auxiliary Bishop of Ljubljana

Retired bishops

** Msgr. Andrej Glavan, retired Bishop of Novo Mesto ** Msgr. Franc Kramberger, Ph. D., retired Archbishop of Maribor ** Msgr. Stanislav Lipovšek, Ph. D., retired Bishop of Celje ** Msgr. Cardinal

Franc Rode Franc Rode (or Rodé; born 23/09/1934) is a Slovenian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, having served as prefect from 2004 ...

, CM, Ph. D., retired Archbishop of Ljubljana ** Msgr.

Anton Stres Anton Stres, C.M. (born 15 December 1942), was the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ljubljana and the metropolitan bishop of Ljubljana as well as the president of the Slovenian Bishops' Conference from January 2010 until July ...

, CM, Ph. D., retired Archbishop of Ljubljana ** Msgr. Marjan Turnšek, Ph. D., retired Archbishop of Maribor The plenary sessions of the Conference of Bishops have a clause statutes SBC decisive vote all members of the conference. Retired bishops may be invited to attend the plenary sessions of the conference, but not decisive voice. Each conference shall elect a chairman and his deputy (Vice President) and General Secretary. SBC under the Statute, the President can only Bishop Ordinary who is elected to this function. The President leads the plenary sessions and the permanent council of bishops SBC. The Statute also provides for the vice-president (the task of the President when he is lawfully arrested) and the General Secretary. The Secretary General is a member of the conference, but it is always present at meetings.

Presidents

* Andrej Saje (since 2022) * Stane Zore (2017–2022) * Andrej Glavan (2013–2017) *

(2010–2013) *

Alojz Uran Alojz Uran or Alojzij Uran (22 January 1945 – 11 April 2020) was a Slovenian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, from 4 December 2004 till 28 November 2009, when he resigned due ...

(2007–2010) * Franc Kramberger (2004–2007) *

(1997–2004) * Alojzij Šuštar (1993–1997)

Notes

External links

* http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/094.htm {{Authority control

Bishops' Conference An episcopal conference, sometimes called a 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 ...

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