International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius is the Catholic episcopal conference that includes Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia together in a cross-border conference.

Permanent members are the Catholic bishops and archbishops from the four countries. Two bishops are authorized (Apostolic Exarchate) for jurisdictional districts of the Byzantine rite.

As of 2016^[update], the Chairman of the Conference is the bishop of Zrenjanin László Német.

The conference is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences.

Chairmen

• Stanislav Hočevar (2004–2011)
• Zef Gashi (2011–2016)
• László Német (2016–present)

Members

Serbia:

• Archbishop Stanislav Hočevar - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade
• Bishop Ferenc Fazekas - Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica
  • Bishop emeritus János Pénzes
• Bishop László Német - Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin
• Bishop Fabijan Svalina - Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem
• ° Bishop emeritus Đuro Gašparović
• Bishop Đura Džudžar - Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur

Kosovo:

• Bishop Dodë Gjergji - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina (elevated from an Apostolic Administration in 2018)

Montenegro:

• Archbishop Rrok Gjonlleshaj - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar
  • Archbishop emeritus Zef Gashi
• Vacant - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor
  • Bishop emeritus Ilija Janjić

North Macedonia:

• Bishop Kiro Stojanov - Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje and the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Strumica-Skopje

References

External links

• http://www.ceicem.org/
• http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/028.htm

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