Conférence des évêques de France
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| Abbreviation | KBS |
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| Formation | 1993; 31 years ago (1993) |
| Type | Episcopal conference |
| Purpose | To support the ministry of bishops |
| Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Coordinates | 48°50′57″N 2°18′41″E / 48.8493°N 2.31136°E / 48.8493; 2.31136 |
Region served | Slovakia |
President | Archbishop Bernard Bober |
Main organ | Conference |
| Website | kbs |
The Conference of Bishops of Slovakia (Konferencia biskupov Slovenska) (KBS), was established on 23 March 1993, and is composed of the Catholic bishops in active service (both Latin and Byzantine rite) in the Slovak Republic.[1][2]
The bishops gather together to clarify the form and manner of the apostolic activities in Slovakia. They gather and act in accordance with various Church laws which take into account local circumstances (cf. c. 447 and 449, § 1 CIC).
The conference is based on the law itself have legal personality (cf. c. 449, § 2 CIC).
The conference includes all diocesan bishops of the Slovak Republic and according to their rights on a par with the position, and coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular bishops who are in that territory or outside it perform a specific task entrusted to them the Apostolic See or the Episcopal Conference of the common good of the country (cf. c. 450, § 1 CIC).
Emeritus Bishops are not members of the Episcopal Conference of Slovakia, but may be invited as consultors of several plenary sessions and to be members of some episcopal commissions. The sessions and committees include: Plenary Session, the Permanent Council General Secretariat, Council for Economic Affairs and the Committee and the Conference Board provided for a defined purpose (cf. c. 451, CIC), according to the Statute of the Slovak Bishops' Conference adopted on 21 6th 2000, Art. 1 to 4.
President: Metropolitan Archbishop Bernard Bober
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