Czech Bishops’ Conference

Czech Bishops’ Conference (CBC) is constant chorus of Catholic bishops of the Czech Republic. Based in Prague, and represents the Catholic Church in the Czech Republic, both Czech and Moravian province of the Roman Catholic Church and since 1996, Greek Catholic and Apostolic Exarchate, until vicariate. It was founded at the beginning of 1993, the date of independence for the Czech Republic, 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 the apostolic action of suitably adapted time and place. Episcopal Church of the conference is a legal entity run by the Apostolic See, her character and activities are governed by the Code of Canon Law, canons specifically, 447-459. Episcopal conferences in various European countries covers the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). Members of the Czech Bishops ‚Conference of the diocesan bishops of both the ceremony (the Latin and Byzantine), 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 active is John Konzal.