Czech Bishops' Conference

The medal of the conference

The Czech Bishops' Conference (CBC) is the standing conference of the Catholic bishops of the Czech Republic. Based in Prague, the CBC represents the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, both in Bohemian and Moravian provinces of the Roman Catholic Church since 1996, Greek Catholic and Apostolic Exarchate, until vicariate. It was founded in early 1993, the date of independence for the Czech Republic, as the successor to the Czechoslovak Bishops' Conference. Members of the Bishops' Conference according to canon 447 CIC: in conjunction perform pastoral duties in favor of the Christians in their territory, to achieve the greater good which the Church gives to people according to law, especially apostolic actions suitably adapted to the time and place. The Episcopal Church of the conference is a legal entity run by the Apostolic See, its character and activities are governed by the 1983 Code of Canon Law, specifically canons 447-459.

Episcopal conferences in various European countries constitute the Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CBC). Members of the Czech Bishops' Conference are diocesan bishops of Latin Rite and Byzantine Rite, and position them on an equal footing auxiliary bishops and other titular Bishops who throughout the territory or outside for the whole nation to perform specific tasks under a mandate from the Holy See or the Czech Bishops' Conference. The members of the Episcopal Conference of Bishops are not those of the former hidden church environment who did not accept the official Church Episcopal condition for public exposure or not it actually officially commissioned (see hidden Bishops of the Church) - the most famous of the still . Jan Konzal

Presidents

• Miloslav Vlk, Cardinal Archbishop of Prague (1993-2000)
• Jan Graubner, Archbishop of Olomouc (2000-2010 and again since 2020)
• Dominik Duka, Cardinal Archbishop of Prague (2010–2020)

The current vice-president is Archbishop Jan Vokál of Hradec Králové and the General Secretary is Monsignor Stanislav Přibyl.

Speaker

The CBC speaker function is traditionally filled by a person who is not a member. In this capacity, he succeeded Daniel Herman, Martin Horalek, Miloslav Fiala, Irene Sargánková. Sometimes mentioned as a spokesman for the employee of the press center CBK Gračko George, in whose purview the website management, translation and editing of foreign news.

Collective bodies

Czech Bishops' Conference has the following authorities:

• Permanent Council: five-member executive body; in 2010 it was composed of
  • Chairman Cardinal Dominik Duka
  • Vice Chairman Jan Graubner
  • General Secretary of the CBK Stanislav Přibyl
  • bishop Jan Vokál of Hradec Králové
  • František Václav Lobkowicz.
• General Secretariat
• Economic Council
• Commission established to the specific objectives: their mission is a mandate to prepare material for plenum CBC, Delegates-bishops, bishops authority to specific tasks, which can compile each delegate expert advice.

The February 2010 CBK had seven expert committees:

1. For the Doctrine of the Faith (3 members, Chairman Ladislav Hučko)
2. For the liturgy (3 members, Chairman Jan Vokál)
3. For the priesthood (4 members, the President Vojtech Cikrle)
4. For Catholic Education (4 members, Chairman Ladislav Hučko, each member is the chairman of one section)
5. Economics and law (4 members, Chairman Tomáš Holub)
6. Charity (3 members, Chairman Jan Graubner)
7. For matters of religious life (5 members, 3 bishops, President František Václav Lobkowicz)

The February 2010 provisions were bishops, delegates and experts advising for the following areas:

• Media (Bishop-delegate uncredited)
• Laymen (Francis Radkovský)
• Family (Vojtech Cikrle)
• Youth (Pavel Posád)
• Charity and mission (John Graubner)
• Health (Karel Herbst)
• Spiritual service in the army (Vojtech Cikrle)
• Ministry in prisons (Josef Kajnek)
• Roma, minorities and migrants (Ladislav Hucko)
• Expatriates (Peter Esterka)
• Ecumenism (Francis Radkovský)
• Iustitia et Pax (Justice and Peace) (Vaclav Maly)
• Culture and heritage (Josef Hrdlicka)
• Information technology (Francis Radkovský)
• Bioethics (Vojtech Cikrle)
• Cooperation with the Commission of the Bishops Conference of the EU (COMECE) (Jan Vokál)
• Pastoral occupation (Joseph Kajnek)

The head of the Bishops' Conference Secretariat Secretary General, member of the CBC. He shall be responsible to the Secretary, Executive Secretary, press center and professional sections. In February 2010, the Secretariat had specialized sections: Translation, economic, legal, religious education, catechesis, youth and pastoral-evangelistic.

Established legal entity

CBC is the administrator of other legal entities:

• National Center for Family
• St. Egidio Community
• Work of Mary (Focolare Movement) - male part
• Work of Mary (Focolare Movement) - female part
• The St. Vincent de Paul in the Czech Republic
• Mothers Prayers - a movement of Christian Mothers
• Caritas Czech Republic
• Czech Catholic Biblical Work
• Beatitudes community in the Czech Republic
• Fatima apostolate in the Czech Republic

Former members

• Antonín Liška (from inception to the year 2003)
• Jaroslav Škarvada (from inception to the year 2010)
• Josef Koukl (from inception to the year 2010)
• Karel Otčenášek (from inception to the year 2011)
• Jiří Paďour, OFM Cap (from 1996 to the year 2015)

Roman Catholic bishops

• Cardinal Miloslav Vlk (member since inception, in 1993-2000 chairman)
• Jan Graubner (member since inception, in the years 2000-2010 chairman)
• Dominik Duka (member since 1998, chairman since 2010)
• František Radkovský (from emergence)
• Vojtěch Cikrle (from emergence)
• Josef Hrdlička (from emergence)
• Josef Kajnek (from emergence)
• František Lobkowicz (from creation) (Vice)
• Václav Malý (since 1997)
• Petr Esterka (since 1999)
• Karel Herbst (2002)
• Pavel Posád (since 2004)
• Jan Baxant (since 2008)
• Jan Vokál (since 2011)
• Vlastimil Kročil (since 2015)
• Tomáš Holub (since 2016)
• Pavel Konzbul (since 2016)

Greek-Catholic bishops

• Ladislav Hučko (since 2003)
• Ján Eugen Kočiš (2004-2019)

See also

• Catholic Church in the Czech Republic

External links

• http://www.cirkev.cz/cirkev-v-cr/ceska-biskupska-konference/