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The Belgian Bishops' Conference or the Episcopal Conference of Belgium (Dutch: Belgische Bisschoppenconferentie; French: Conférence épiscopale de Belgique; German: Belgische Bischofskonferenz) is the permanent organ of the Roman Catholic bishops in Belgium. It is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences. It includes the bishops, auxiliary bishops and retired bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Belgium.
The chairman is the archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, Luc Terlinden. The Secretary-General is Herman Cosijns.
Within the Belgian Bishops' Conference, there are four standing committees and three Episcopal bishops committee. Each of them stands in front of a bishop to be elected as members of two or three bishops, as other members of the clergy and experts can be included. Furthermore, the bishops' conference has a coordination committee. In his work on the commissions and committees are prepared to be further discussed and inter-diocesan projects. This committee is chaired by the chairman of the Bishops' Conference.
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