Latvian Bishops' Conference
The Latvian Bishops 'Conference ( Latvian Latvijas Bīskapu Konference ) is the national Roman Catholic bishops' conference of bishops in Latvia and is the supreme organ of the Roman Catholic Church in Latvia . It is based in Riga and is a member of the Council of European Bishops 'Conferences (CCEE) and the Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE).
It was founded on November 15, 1997 as the coordination office of the Latvian bishops and held its first and constituent assembly on June 29, 1998, starting with a pontifical mass in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin in Aglona . Its first president was Jānis Cardinal Pujats , Archbishop of Riga . He was succeeded in 2011 by Jānis Bulis , Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona .
The statutes , the structure and the functioning of the Bishops' Conference are based on the documents of the Second Vatican Council and are laid down in the Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC) Art. 447 ff. Of 1983. Current members are:
- Jānis Bulis (President), Bishop of Rēzekne-Aglona
- Zbigņevs Stankevičs , Archbishop of Riga
- Edvards Pavlovskis , Bishop of Jelgava
- Viktors Stulpins , Bishop of Liepāja
Web links
- Homepage Bishops' Conference of Latvia (English)
- Entry on Latvian Bishops' Conference on gcatholic.org (English)
Members of the Council of European Bishops 'Conferences and of the Commission of Bishops' Conferences of the European Community :
Albanian Bishops' Conference | Belgian Bishops' Conference | Bishops' Conference for Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgarian Bishops' Conference | German Bishops' Conference | Bishops' Conference of England and Wales | French Bishops' Conference | Greek Bishops' Conference | Italian Episcopal Conference | Irish Bishops' Conference | Croatian Bishops' Conference | Latvian Bishops' Conference | Lithuanian Bishops' Conference | Archdiocese of Luxembourg | Maltese Bishops' Conference | Dutch Bishops' Conference | Nordic Bishops' Conference | Austrian Bishops' Conference | Polish Bishops' Conference | Portuguese Bishops' Conference | Romanian Bishops' Conference | Russian Bishops' Conference | Scottish Bishops' Conference | Swiss Bishops' Conference | Bishops' Conference for Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia | Slovak Bishops' Conference | Slovenian Bishops' Conference | Spanish Bishops' Conference | Czech Bishops' Conference | Turkish Bishops' Conference | Hungarian Bishops' Conference | Ukrainian Bishops' Conference | Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Catholic Church | Belarusian Bishops' Conference