Turkish Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference
The Turkish Catholic Bishops' Conference ( French : Conférence Episcopale de Turquie ) is the assembly body of Catholic and United Bishops in Turkey . She is a member of the Council of European Bishops 'Conferences (CCEE) and a guest member of the Southeast European Bishops' Conferences . The Turkish Catholic Bishops' Conference “ de jure ” does not exist for the Turkish state , so there are no mutual representatives.
Catholics in Turkey
The congregation of the United Syrian Catholic Church has around 1,200 members, who are led by a choir bishop . Although he is not a bishop himself, he is also a member of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Turkey as the representative of the Patriarch .
The Chaldean Catholic Church , which is the branch of the Syrian Orthodox Church of the East united with Rome , currently has around 1,000 members. After the archbishop's death, the community is led by the only Chaldean priest in Turkey who has the title of patriarchal vicar.
The Roman Catholic Church has around 15,000 members, and its bishop is the Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul , whose vicariate includes northern Turkey with Istanbul and Ankara .
Commissioner for Human Rights
At the request of the Turkish Bishops' Conference, Dr. Otmar Oehring ( Missionswerk "missio" in Aachen ) appointed as lawyer for the Catholic Churches in Turkey. In this function, he advocates the interests and rights of the European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE) and the European institutions.
Chairperson
- Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois , OFM Cap., Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul (1979–1989)
- Giuseppe Germano Bernardini , OFM Cap., Archbishop of Izmir (1989–1992)
- Hovhannes Tcholakian , Archbishop of Istanbul (1992–1995)
- Louis Pelâtre , AA, Vicar Apostolic of Istanbul (1995-2001)
- Ruggero Franceschini , OFM Cap., Archbishop of Izmir (2001–2007)
- Luigi Padovese , OFM Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Anatolia (2007-2010)
- Ruggero Franceschini, OFM Cap., Archbishop of Izmir (2010–2015)
- Lévon Boghos Zékian , Archbishop of Istanbul (since 2015)
See also
Web links
- The Austrian St. Georgs Congregation Istanbul
- Religious freedom in Turkey
- Letter from the Catholic Bishops of Turkey to all Catholics in the country
- Episcopal Conference of Turkey
- Luigi Padovese: "Christians in Turkey: Past and Present"
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the CCEE [1]
- ↑ Religious minorities in Turkey and Germany - using the example of the Catholic Church in Turkey (PDF; 66 kB)
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