Episcopal Conference of Italy

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The Italian Episcopal Conference (Italian : Conferenza Episcopale Italiana) or CEI is the episcopal conference of the Italian bishops of the Catholic Church. The conference was founded in 1971 and carries out various tasks, including setting the national liturgical norms for the Mass. Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. Cardinal Matteo Zuppi was appointed its president by Pope Francis in 2022.

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In 1986, Pope John Paul II suppressed 101 Italian dioceses. As of 2024 there are 226 dioceses in all. As of 2024 Italy has a total of 41 dioceses united in persona episcopi, or “in the person of the bishop.” [1]

It is the only episcopal conference for which the pope appoints the president and secretary-general. In almost all other conferences the president is elected, while the secretary-general is elected in all others. [lower-alpha 1]

At the beginning of his papacy in 2013, Pope Francis considered having the CEI membership elect its own president and secretary-general, a proposal that was once considered and abandoned by Pope John Paul II. [2] In 2017, adopting a new procedure, the CEI members elected three candidates for president and submitted them to the pope, who was free to choose one of them or someone else. [3]

Pope Francis repeatedly urged the CEI bishops to organize a national synod as discussed at their conference in Florence in 2015, first through surrogates and then himself inviting them to undertake a synod, eventually telling them in January 2021 that it was their duty and the time had come. [4] The conference leadership submitted their synod proposal to him a month later. [5] A public domain version of the Bible in Italian is published by the CEI. [6] The conference established Italy's first national day of prayer for survivors of clerical sexual abuse on 18 November 2021. [7]

Leadership

Presidents

Secretaries-General

The official that deals with the day-to-day affairs of the Conference is the secretary-general.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The exceptions are Belgium, where the archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels is president ex officio, England and Wales where the archbishop of Westminster is president "ex officio", and the Latin church in Arab lands where the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem is always president. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Is Italy’s ‘in persona episcopi’ experiment for diocesan mergers ending?
  2. 1 2 Galeazzi, Giacomo (8 April 2013). "Pope: Italian bishops to elect their own president and secretary". Vatican Insider. Archived from the original on 31 January 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Italian bishops get a leader cut from Pope Francis's cloth". Crux. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Agasso, Domenico (31 January 2021). "Il Papa bacchetta la Cei: "Bisogna fare un sinodo"". La Stampa (in Italian).
  5. ↑ Gambassi, Giacomo (27 February 2021). "Sinodo per l'Italia, la proposta della Cei consegnata al Papa". Avvenire (in Italian). Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  6. ↑ BibleGateway.com, Version Information, accessed 28 December 2018
  7. ↑ Brockhaus, Hannah (18 November 2021). "Catholic Church in Italy holds 1st national day of prayer for abuse victims". Catholic News Agency.
  8. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 30.12.2013" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Rinunce e Nomine, 01.10.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Rinunce e nomine (continuazione), 05.07.2022" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 5 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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