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Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe

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Abbreviation
  
CCEE

Membership
  
39 Catholic bishops

Region served
  
Europe

Formation
  
1971; 46 years ago (1971)

Purpose
  
Collaboration between the European episcopal conferences

Headquarters
  
St. Gallen, Switzerland

The Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (Latin: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae) (CCEE) is a conference of the presidents of the 33 Roman Catholic episcopal conferences of Europe, the Archbishop of Luxembourg, the Archbishop of Monaco, Maronite Catholic Archeparch of Cyprus, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Chişinău, the Ruthenian Catholic Eparch of Mukacheve, and the Apostolic Administrator of Estonia.

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The president is Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa. The vice-presidents are Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, and Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznań. The general secretary of CCEE is Father Duarte da Cunha.

The of the CCEE Secretariat is located in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Presidents

  • 1971 (1971)–1979 (1979): Roger Etchegaray, Archbishop of Marseille
  • 1979 (1979)–1986 (1986): Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster
  • 1986 (1986)–1993 (1993): Carlo Maria Martini, Archbishop of Milan
  • 1993 (1993)–2001 (2001): Miloslav Vlk, Archbishop of Prague
  • 2001 (2001)–2006 (2006): Amédée Grab, Bishop of Chur
  • 2006 (2006)–2016 (2016): Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest
  • 2016 (2016): Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa

    • General Secretaries

  • 1971 (1971)–1977 (1977): Fr. Alojzij Šuštar
  • 1977 (1977)–1995 (1995): Fr. Ivo Fürer
  • 1995 (1995)–2008 (2008): Fr. Aldo Giordano
  • 2008 (2008): Fr. Duarte da Cunha

    • References

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