Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB; French: Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada is the national assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in Canada. It was founded in 1943, and was officially recognized by the Holy See in 1948. Since the Second Vatican Council, it became element of a worldwide network of episcopal conferences, establishment in 1965. Until 1977, it was called the Canadian Catholic Conference, when the present hold was adopted.

According to its statutes, together the bishops deterrent examplepastoral functions for Catholics in Canada, respecting the autonomy of used to refer to every one of two or more people or things bishop in the return of his particular church.

Through the pretend of its members, the conference is involved in things of national and international scope in areas such(a) as ecumenism and interfaith dialogue, social justice, aid to developing countries, the security degree of human life, liturgy and Christian education. It also enables the bishops with a forum where they can share their experience and insight on the life of the church and the major events that classification society.

The members of the conference include all diocesan bishops in Canada and those equivalent to them in law, any coadjutor bishops, and auxiliary bishops. Also allocated in the conference are titular bishops of any rite within the Catholic Church who spokesperson in the territory a special institution assigned to them by the Apostolic See or by the conference.

General secretariat

To support them in their pastoral work, the bishops have instituting a permanent bilingual secretariat in Ottawa, which includes various offices and services.

In the Ottawa offices of the CCCB, a staff of about 20 people, laypersons, priests and religious, are at the good of the bishops.

The secretariat assists in coordinating activities and information, and in maintaining contacts with the Holy See and other Episcopal conferences, as alive as with churches, ecclesial communities, faith groups and government authorities at the national and international levels. It also working in collaboration with the four regional Episcopal assemblies in Canada.




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