Episcopal Conference definition

Episcopal Conference means a collegial entity, or association of Bishops of a given territorial region;
Episcopal Conference means the permanent assembly of the Roman Catholic Bishops of Ireland exercising certain pastoral offices for Christ’s faithful on the whole island of Ireland established in accordance with Can. 447 of the Code of Canon Law;

Examples of Episcopal Conference in a sentence

  • Caritas Italiana is the Pastoral Body created by the Italian Episcopal Conference in order to promote the charity commitment of the Italian ecclesiastical community, with particular attention to the poor.

  • The private health sector has faced specific challenges in procurement, which are addressed to some extent by initiatives such as Mission for Essential Medical Supplies: this is a company “limited by guarantee” (i.e., with members rather than shareholders), owned by the Christian Council of Tanzania and Tanzania Episcopal Conference, that acts as a supplementary supply chain system for faith-based health facilities.

  • The programmes and the content of the teaching of the Catholic religion, as well as the text-books and didactic material must be prepared and approved by the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • The parties shall request the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and the Episcopal Conference of Colombia to provide their assistance for the creation of the technical and logistical teams.

  • The parties agree to request the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala to appoint the President of the Assembly, considering for this office the conciliator, Monsignor ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇.

  • The Pastoral Letter of the Episcopal Conference of Cameroon of 1990 speaks clearly that the church also attributes the economic crisis to political mismanagement, which does not auger well for the politicians (▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ 1995, Akoko and Mbuagbo 2006).

  • The ways in which the teaching of the Catholic religion is conducted will be object of a particular agreement between the competent authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Episcopal Conference.

  • The Colombian Episcopal Conference and the World Council of Churches will carry out the oversight and the pastoral accompaniment.

  • The programmes and the content of the teaching of the Catholic religion, as well as the text-books and didactic ma- terial must be prepared and approved by the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • Its involvement in the peace process started in 1997, when, after contacts with the Ugandan Catholic Episcopal Conference, Pax Christi commissioned ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ as an independent consultant to carry out a study (Pax Christi Netherlands 1998) about the possibilities of it contributing to efforts to bring the conflict in northern Uganda to an end.