Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council
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The Kerala Catholic Bishops' Council is a permanent association of the Catholic bishop
s in Kerala
. It is an association of three rites
of the Catholic Church - the Latin, the Syro Malabar
and the Syro Malankara
. The objectives of KCBC are to facilitate, co-ordinate, study and discuss questions affecting the Church
, and to adopt a common policy and effective action in all matters concerning the Church in Kerala.
Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) is a permanent association of the Catholic Bishops from three individual Churches namely Syro-Malabar, Latin and Syro-Malankara Churches, in Kerala, India. The Catholic hierarchy in Kerala jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful in Kerala. The purpose of the Council is to promote the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circumstances of time and place. This purpose is drawn from the universal law of the Church and applies to the episcopal conferences and Councils which are established all over the world for the same purpose.
This Council is the Regional Council for the State of Kerala, constituted under the “Catholic Bishops Conference of India” (C.B.C.I) in accordance with the articles of its statutes to cater for the special needs of the apostolate in the State. This Council shall in no way limit, prejudice or interfere with the distinctive character of the Individual Churches in respect of their liturgy, ecclesiastical discipline and spiritual patrimony, such matters being subject to the competent authority of the particular Church concerned.
The general purpose of the Council is to facilitate for its members the coordinated research, study and discussion of questions of common concern and of a regional and supra-ritual character affecting the Church in Kerala and the prosecution of a common policy and concerted pastoral action. In this way it is intended to witness to Christ more effectively in the service of the people of India in general and those of Kerala in particular.
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
s in Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
. It is an association of three rites
Catholic Liturgical Rites
The Catholic Church celebrates a number of different Liturgical Rites, a term that refers to a particular form of liturgy.They are not to be confused with the Rites in the sense of sui iuris particular Churches, of which there are 22 Eastern and one Western....
of the Catholic Church - the Latin, the Syro Malabar
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in India is an East Syrian Rite, Major Archiepiscopal Church in full communion with the Catholic Church. It is one of the 22 sui iuris Eastern Catholic Churches in the Catholic Church. It is the largest of the Saint Thomas Christian denominations with more than 3.6...
and the Syro Malankara
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church
The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy See...
. The objectives of KCBC are to facilitate, co-ordinate, study and discuss questions affecting the Church
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
, and to adopt a common policy and effective action in all matters concerning the Church in Kerala.
Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council (KCBC) is a permanent association of the Catholic Bishops from three individual Churches namely Syro-Malabar, Latin and Syro-Malankara Churches, in Kerala, India. The Catholic hierarchy in Kerala jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful in Kerala. The purpose of the Council is to promote the greater good which the Church offers humankind, especially through forms and programs of the apostolate fittingly adapted to the circumstances of time and place. This purpose is drawn from the universal law of the Church and applies to the episcopal conferences and Councils which are established all over the world for the same purpose.
This Council is the Regional Council for the State of Kerala, constituted under the “Catholic Bishops Conference of India” (C.B.C.I) in accordance with the articles of its statutes to cater for the special needs of the apostolate in the State. This Council shall in no way limit, prejudice or interfere with the distinctive character of the Individual Churches in respect of their liturgy, ecclesiastical discipline and spiritual patrimony, such matters being subject to the competent authority of the particular Church concerned.
The general purpose of the Council is to facilitate for its members the coordinated research, study and discussion of questions of common concern and of a regional and supra-ritual character affecting the Church in Kerala and the prosecution of a common policy and concerted pastoral action. In this way it is intended to witness to Christ more effectively in the service of the people of India in general and those of Kerala in particular.