International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius

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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 László Német - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade
- Archbishop emeritus Stanislav Hočevar
Bishop Ferenc Fazekas - Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica
- Bishop emeritus János Pénzes
Bishop Mirko Štefković - 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

Caritas organisations

The social arm of the different organisations fall under the responsibility of the different bishops. Every country has its own national Caritas organisation; in some countries the individual dioceses run their own local Caritas organisation. The national organisations are:

References

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