Episcopal Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina 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. Vinko Puljić, 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.
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 |
Vinko Puljić | Archbishop of Vrhbosna | President of the Council for Dialogue among Religions and Cultures; President of the Conference | |
Tomo Vukšić | Coadjutor Archbishop of Vrhbosna | ||
Franjo Komarica | Bishop of Banja Luka | ||
Petar Palić | Bishop of Mostar-Duvno | ||
Marko Semren | Auxiliary Bishop of Banja Luka | ||
Ratko Perić | Bishop emeritus of Mostar-Duvno | ||
Pero Sudar | Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Vrhbosna | ||
Vacant | 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 Assembley, 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 Assembley.
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
- 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
Offices
- Catechetical Office
- Office for Youth
- Supervisory Board for the Common Treasury
Organizations
- Caritas
- Catholic News Agency