Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

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The Bishops 'Conference of England and Wales ( English : Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales ) is a permanent assembly of the Catholic bishops of England and Wales . She is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences . In addition to it, there are two other Bishops' Conferences in the Roman Catholic Church in the United Kingdom : the Scottish Bishops' Conference and the Irish Bishops' Conference , which includes the Republic of Ireland in addition to Northern Ireland .

Statutes

The statutes name the following tasks of the Bishops' Conference:

Maintaining unity and proclaiming the gospel to Catholics in England and Wales
Conducting the assemblies, working in the secretariat and the commissions of the Bishops' Conference
Mutual help and support in the work of the diocesan bishops
Promoting the cohesion of bishops and presenting the “testimony of God” to Christians and those of other faiths in England and Wales
Cultivating cooperation with the churches of other nations and contacts with the bishops of the universal church

Working methods

The bishops meet twice a year to work on the upcoming decisions for the national levels and to discuss them. As a rule, they meet for the week-long conferences at Easter and in autumn. The bishops lead the individual committees and delegate the tasks to the individual departments within the committees. The administration of the Bishops' Conference is ensured through financial subsidies from the dioceses .

Organization and composition

Chairman: Vincent Nichols , Archbishop of Westminster
Secretary General: Christopher Thomas
Members: All Diocesan Bishops , Auxiliary Bishops and Bishops Emeritus of England and Wales, the Military Bishop , the Ordinary of the Staff Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham , the Eparch of London of the Ukrainian Catholic Church Byzantine Rite, the Eparch of Great Britain of the Syro-Malabar Church of Eastern Syriac Rite , the Prefect of the Apostolic Prefecture of the Falkland Islands and the Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar .

Commissions

Catholic education and training organization
Christian life and liturgy
Christian responsibility, social institutions and their work, as well as state responsibility
Dialogue for unity in faith and the Church
Evangelism and catechesis
International affairs and cooperation

Chairperson

William Cardinal Godfrey , Archbishop of Westminster (1958–1963)
John Carmel Cardinal Heenan , Archbishop of Westminster (1963–1975)
George Patrick Dwyer , Archbishop of Birmingham (1976–1979)
Basil Cardinal Hume , OSB, Archbishop of Westminster (1979–1999)
Cormac Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor , Archbishop of Westminster (2000–2009)
Vincent Gerard Nichols , Archbishop of Westminster (since 2009)

Web links

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (English)

Individual evidence

^ Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. cbcew.org.uk → The Church , accessed February 6, 2020.

[cbcew_cbcew-1] Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. cbcew.org.uk → The Church , accessed February 6, 2020.