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Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Conferentia Episcoporum Bosniae et Hercegovinae

Abbreviation	BKBIH
Formation	December 8, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-12-08)
Type	NGO
Purpose	To support the ministry of bishops
Headquarters	Sarajevo
Location	Kaptol 32, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Region served	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Membership	Active and retired Catholic bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Official language	Croatian
President	Tomo Vukšić
General Secretary	Msgr. Ivo Tomašević
Main organ	Conference
Affiliations	Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe
Website	http://www.bkbih.ba/

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The Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Croatian: Biskupska Konferencija Bosne i Hercegovine) is the permanent assembly of Catholic bishops in Bosnia and Herzegovina founded in 1994 by the Holy See.

The president of the Conference is elected among the bishops for a term of five years. Tomo Vukšić, Archbishop of Vrhbosna, is the incumbent president of the Conference.

The Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE).

Current membership

The membership of the BKBIH consists of all active and retired Latin Church Catholic and Eastern Catholic bishops of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Portrait	Name	Title	Notes
	Tomo Vukšić	Metropolitan Archbishop of Vrhbosna	President of the Conference, President of the Permanent Council, President of Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Cardinal Vinko Puljić	Archbishop emeritus of Vrhbosna
	Petar Palić	Bishop of Mostar-Duvno	Member of the Permanent Council, President of the Council for Dialogue among Religions and Cultures, Council for Clergy
	Željko Majić	Bishop of Banja Luka
	Marko Semren	Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka	Member of the Permanent Council, President of the Office for Youth
	Franjo Komarica	Bishop Emeritus of Banja Luka
	Ratko Perić	Bishop emeritus of Mostar-Duvno
	Pero Sudar	Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vrhbosna
	Milan Stipić	Eparch of Križevci	According to the statute of the Conference, eparch of Križevci is not a permanent member of the Conference, but can be called on the Council of the Conference.

Organizational structure

The Conference is composed of the Assembly, the Permanent Council and the General Secretariat, as demanded by 1983 Code of Canon Law.

It consists also of councils, committees, offices and organizations that carry out the work and decisions of the Assembly.

Councils

• Council for Dialogue among Religions and Cultures
• Council for Clergy
• Council for Consecrated Life
• Council for Laity
• Pedagogical Council for Catholic Schools in Europe
• Council for Diocesan Seminaries
• Council for Minor Seminaries
• Council for Family
• Council for Catechesis and New Evangelization
• Council for Liturgy
• Council for Communications
• Council for the Pastoral Care of the Croatian Diaspora (joint council of Episcopal Conferences of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)
• Council for Dialogue among Religions and Cultures
• Supervisory Board for Caritas

Committees

• Committee for Doctrine of the Faith
• Committee Iustitia et Pax
• Committee for Pontifical Croatian College of St. Jerome (joint Committee of Episcopal Conferences of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Offices

• Catechetical Office
• Office for Youth
• Supervisory Board for the Common Treasury

Organizations

• Caritas
• Catholic News Agency

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina

References

1. Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina (8 December 1994). "Dekret osnutka". bkbih.ba (in Croatian). Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
2. Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina (25 December 1995). "Statut Biskupske konferencije Bosne i Hercegovine". bkbih.ba (in Croatian). Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
3. Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. "Tijela BK BiH". bkbih.ba (in Croatian). Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

External links

• http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/007.htm
• http://www.ktabkbih.net/

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