Conference of Slovak Bishops

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Bishops' Conference of France
Conférence des évêques de France
AbbreviationKBS
Formation1993;31 years ago (1993)
Type Episcopal conference
PurposeTo support the ministry of bishops
Headquarters Bratislava, Slovakia
Coordinates 48°50′57″N2°18′41″E / 48.8493°N 2.31136°E / 48.8493; 2.31136
Region served
Slovakia
President
Archbishop Bernard Bober
Main organ
Conference
Website kbs.sk (in Slovak)

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. [1] [2]

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Function

Seat of the Conference on the Kapitulska street in the Bratislava old town Kapitulska 11.jpg
Seat of the Conference on the Kapitulská street in the Bratislava old town

The bishops gather together to clarify the form and manner of the apostolic activities in Slovakia. They gather and act in accordance with various Church laws which take into account local circumstances (cf. c. 447 and 449, § 1 CIC).

The conference is based on the law itself have legal personality (cf. c. 449, § 2 CIC).

The conference includes all diocesan bishops of the Slovak Republic and according to their rights on a par with the position, and coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular bishops who are in that territory or outside it perform a specific task entrusted to them the Apostolic See or the Episcopal Conference of the common good of the country (cf. c. 450, § 1 CIC).

Emeritus Bishops are not members of the Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, but may be invited as consultors of several plenary sessions and to be members of some episcopal commissions. The sessions and committees include: Plenary Session, the Permanent Council General Secretariat, Council for Economic Affairs and the Committee and the Conference Board provided for a defined purpose (cf. c. 451, CIC), according to the Statute of the Slovak Bishops' Conference adopted on 21 6th 2000, Art. 1 to 4.

The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia

President: Metropolitan Archbishop Bernard Bober

Western Ecclesiastical province

Eastern Ecclesiastical province

Military ordinariate

Prešov Ecclesiastical province (Greek Catholic)

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References

  1. ↑ Gazda, Imrich. "Zvolenský, Bober či Judák / Kto bude novým predsedom KBS a ako vyzerá jeho voľba". svetkrestanstva.postoj.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  2. ↑ "www.grkatpo.sk - Grďż˝ckokatolďż˝cke arcibiskupstvo Preďż˝ov - Rada hierarchov". www.grkatpo.sk. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
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