The Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae or CCEE) gathers the presidents of the 33 Roman

Roman Catholic (term)

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 Catholic bishops’ conferences

Episcopal Conference

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 of Europe

Europe

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 and the archbishops of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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 and of the Principality of Monaco

Monaco

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, as well as the Bishop of Chişinău

Chisinau

Chișinău is the capital and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial centre and is located in the middle of the country, on the river Bîc...

 (Moldavia). CCEE should not be confused with Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community

Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community

The Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europaeae or Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community is an organisation of Roman Catholic bishops in Europe to examine European Union policy and legislation from a Catholic perspective...

 (COMECE).

The president is Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom

Esztergom

Esztergom , is a city in northern Hungary, 46 km north-west of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom county, on the right bank of the river Danube, which forms the border with Slovakia there....

-Budapest

Budapest

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 and Primate of Hungary. The vice-presidents are Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco

Angelo Bagnasco

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, Archbishop of Genoa

Genoa

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, and Archbishop Józef Michalik, Archbishop of Przemyśl

Przemysl

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. The general secretary

General secretary

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 of CCEE is Father Duarte da Cunha. The headquarters of the Secretariat is in St. Gallen

St. Gallen

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(Switzerland).

External links

• http://www.ccee.ch/