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International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference

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Abbreviation
  
IBC

Headquarters
  
Utrecht, Netherlands

Founded at
  
Utrecht, Netherlands

Region
  
Europe

Formation
  
September 24, 1889; 127 years ago (1889-09-24)

President
  
Archbishop Joris Vercammen

The International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference or International Bishops' Conference (IBC) is the synod of bishops of Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches (UU) member churches. It is analogous to but not a metropolia. It is similar to the Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion. Like the Lambeth Conference, it is not a legislative body.

The IBC was founded in 1889 by the bishops of the Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands, the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany, and the Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland.

According to the UU, the responsibilities of the IBC include:

  • maintain community between member churches of the UU
  • "taking a stand in controversial questions of faith and related ethical behaviours as well as in church order"
  • make formal authoritative UU statements about faith and principles
  • regulate ecumenical "relationships with other churches and religious communities"
  • accept churches into the UU
  • accept bishops into the IBC

    • The archbishop of Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht is ex officio the president of the IBC.

    The bishops of UU member churches meet yearly.

    References

    International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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