Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina Conferentia Episcoporum Bosniae et Hercegovinae | |
Abbreviation: | BKBIH |
Type: | NGO |
Purpose: | To support the ministry of bishops |
Headquarters: | Sarajevo |
Location: | Kaptol 32, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Region Served: | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Membership: | Active and retired Catholic bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Language: | Croatian |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Tomo Vukšić |
Leader Title2: | General Secretary |
Leader Name2: | Msgr. Ivo Tomašević |
Main Organ: | Conference |
Affiliations: | Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe |
Website: | http://www.bkbih.ba/ |
The Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina (hr|Biskupska Konferencija Bosne i Hercegovine) is the permanent assembly of Catholic bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina founded in 1994 by the Holy See.[1]
The president of the Conference is elected among the bishops for a term of five years. Tomo Vukšić, Archbishop of Vrhbosna, is the incumbent president of the Conference.
The Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE).
The membership of the BKBIH consists of all active and retired Latin Church Catholic and Eastern Catholic bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
style=background:#ababab; | Portrait | style=background:#ababab; width="120px" | Name | style=background:#ababab; width="140px" | Title | style=background:#ababab; | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna | President of the Conference, President of the Permanent Council, President of Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina | ||||||
Petar Palić | Bishop of Mostar-Duvno | Member of the Permanent Council, President of the Council for Dialogue among Religions and Cultures, Council for Clergy | |||||
Željko Majić | Bishop of Banja Luka | ||||||
Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka | Member of the Permanent Council, President of the Office for Youth | ||||||
Franjo Komarica | Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka | ||||||
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vrhbosna | |||||||
Eparch of Križevci | According to the statute of the Conference, eparch of Križevci is not a permanent member of the Conference, but can be called on the Council of the Conference.[2] |
The Conference is composed of the Assembly, the Permanent Council and the General Secretariat, as demanded by 1983 Code of Canon Law.
It consists also of councils, committees, offices and organizations that carry out the work and decisions of the Assembly.[3]