Czech Bishops' Conference

Medal of the Czech Bishops' Conference, 2012

The Czech Bishops' Conference ( Czech : Česká biskupská konference ) was founded by the Holy See and is the assembly of bishops in the Czech Republic . It is the bishops' conference of the Roman Catholic Church in the Czech Republic and the Greek Catholic Church in the Czech Republic .

Working basis

The task of the Czech Bishops' Conference is the pastoral cohesion of Catholic Christians in the Czech Republic. It is supposed to promote unity and to this end uses pastoral programs. These should be adapted to the existing time and the current circumstances.

The Bishops' Conference is subject to the provisions of the Codex Iuris Canonici (CIC) and has its headquarters in Prague . She is a member of the Council of the European Bishops 'Conferences (CCEE) and the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE).

Members

Archbishop Jan Graubner, chairman of the Czech Bishops' Conference

Roman Catholic:

• Jan Baxant , Bishop of Leitmeritz
• Vojtěch Cikrle , Bishop of Brno
• Dominik Cardinal Duka OP , Archbishop of Prague
• Petr Esterka , auxiliary bishop emeritus in Brno
• Jan Graubner , Archbishop of Olomouc
• Karel Herbst , auxiliary bishop in Prague
• Josef Hrdlička , auxiliary bishop emeritus in Olomouc
• Josef Kajnek , auxiliary bishop in Königgrätz
• František Lobkowicz , Bishop of Ostrava-Troppau
• Václav Malý , auxiliary bishop in Prague
• Vlastimil Kročil , Bishop of Budweis
• Pavel Posád , auxiliary bishop in Budweis
• František Radkovský , Bishop Emeritus of Pilsen
• Tomáš Holub , Bishop of Pilsen
• Jan Vokál , Bishop of Königgrätz

Greek Catholic:

• Ladislav Hučko , Apostolic Exarch of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church

organization

The Czech Bishops' Conference has a praesidium, a "permanent council", a general secretariat, several commissions and councils for special areas of responsibility. Their leaders are appointed by the conference; they can appoint additional members and set up committees.

The Bureau

• President of the Bishops' Conference: Jan Graubner , Archbishop of Olomouc
• Vice-President: Jan Vokál , Bishop of Königgrätz
• Secretary General: Stanislav Přibyl

The Permanent Council

The permanent council consists of the presidium and at least one additional bishop, currently František Radkovský and František Lobkowicz .

Commissions

• For doctrine and principles of belief
• For church services and order of worship
• For the priests and priest training
• For Catholic education, university education, schools and catechesis
• For business and law
• For the religious community

Councils

• Social communication
• Lay activity
• family
• youth
• Welfare and mission
• Care issues
• Romas , migrants and minorities
• For Czech citizens abroad
• Ecumenism
• Justice and peace
• Cultural and historical monuments
• Technology and
• Bioethics

Chair since 1990

• František Cardinal Tomášek , Archbishop of Prague (1990–1991)
• František Tondra , Bishop of Spiš (1991–1992)
• Miloslav Cardinal Vlk , Archbishop of Prague (1992-2000)
• Jan Graubner , Archbishop of Olomouc (2000–2011)
• Dominik Cardinal Duka OP, Archbishop of Prague (since 2011)

Web links

• Předseda a Stálá rada. Czech Bishops' Conference, accessed on September 21, 2017 (cz). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New Secretary General of the CBK