Episcopal conference
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An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a assumption territory. Episcopal conferences hit long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial a body or process by which energy or a particular element enters a system. function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council. Their status was confirmed by theVatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 motu proprio, Ecclesiae sanctae.
Episcopal conferences are loosely defined by geographic borders, often national ones, with all the bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference, although they may also include neighboring countries.a body or process by which energy or a particular part enters a system. and tasks are assigned to episcopal conferences, particularly with regard to develop the liturgical norms for the Mass. Episcopal conferences get their domination under universal law or particular mandates. Incircumstances, as defined by canon law, the decisions of an episcopal conference are identified to ratification from the Holy See. Individual bishops relieve oneself not relinquish their instant control for the governance of their respective dioceses to the conference.