Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe

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Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe
Consilium Conferentiarium Episcoporum Europae
AbbreviationCCEE
Formation1971;53 years ago (1971)
PurposeCollaboration between the European episcopal conferences
Headquarters St. Gallen, Switzerland
Coordinates 47°25′22″N9°22′25″E / 47.42285°N 9.37356°E / 47.42285; 9.37356
Region served
Europe
Membership
39 Catholic bishops
President
Archbishop Gintaras Grušas
Main organ
Conference
Website www.ccee.eu

The Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (Latin : Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae; CCEE) is a conference of the presidents of the 33 Roman Catholic episcopal conferences of Europe, the Archbishop of Luxembourg, the Archbishop of Monaco, Maronite Catholic Archeparch of Cyprus, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chişinău, the Ruthenian Catholic Eparch of Mukacheve, and the Apostolic Administrator of Estonia. [1]

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The president is Archbishop Gintaras Grušas, Archbishop of Vilnius. The vice-presidents are Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxembourg, and Archbishop László Német, Archbishop of Belgrade. The general secretary of CCEE is Father Martin Michalíček.

The offices of the CCEE Secretariat are located in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Presidents

Conferences

  1. Episcopal Conference of Albania
  2. Episcopal Conference of Austria
  3. Episcopal Conference of Belarus
  4. Episcopal Conference of Belgium
  5. Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  6. Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria
  7. Episcopal Conference of Croatia
  8. Episcopal Conference of the Czech Republic
  9. Episcopal Conference of England and Wales
  10. Episcopal Conference of Ireland
  11. Episcopal Conference of Germany
  12. Episcopal Conference of Greece
  13. Episcopal Conference of Hungary
  14. Episcopal Conference of France
  15. Episcopal Conference of Italy
  16. Episcopal Conference of Malta
  17. Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands
  18. Episcopal Conference of Poland
  19. Episcopal Conference of Portugal
  20. Episcopal Conference of Romania
  21. Episcopal Conference of Scandinavia
  22. Episcopal Conference of Scotland
  23. Episcopal Conference of Slovakia
  24. Episcopal Conference of Slovenia
  25. Episcopal Conference of Spain
  26. Swiss Bishop's Conference
  27. Episcopal Conference of Ukraine
  28. Episcopal Conference of Latvia
  29. Episcopal Conference of Lithuania
  30. Episcopal Conference of Russia
  31. Episcopal Conference of Turkey [3]
  32. International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, and North Macedonia)

General Secretaries

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References

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