The Belgian Bishops' Conference or the Episcopal Conference of Belgium (; ; ) is the permanent organ of the Roman Catholic bishops in Belgium. It is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences. It includes the bishops, auxiliary bishops and retired bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Belgium.
Bureau The chairman is the archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, Luc Terlinden. The Secretary-General is Bruno Spriet.
Members of the Belgian Bishops' Conference Bishops Luc Terlinden, archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels Johan Bonny, bishop of Antwerp Lodewijk Aerts, bishop of Bruges Jean-Pierre Delville, bishop of Liège Frederic Rossignol, bishop of Tournai Patrick Hoogmartens, bishop of Hasselt Fabien Lejeusne, bishop of Namur
Auxiliary bishops Jean Kockerols, auxiliary bishop of Mechelen-Brussel Koenraad Vanhoutte, auxiliary bishop of Mechelen-Brussel
Emeriti André-Joseph Léonard, archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel Jozef De Kesel, archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel Albert Houssiau, bishop emeritus of Liège Arthur Luysterman, bishop emeritus of Ghent Lucas Van Looy, bishop emeritus of Ghent Lode Van Hecke, bishop emeritus of Ghent Paul Van den Berghe, bishop emeritus of Antwerp Jan De Bie, auxiliary bishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel Rémy Vancottem, bishop emeritus of Namur Jean-Luc Hudsyn, auxiliary bishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel Pierre Warin, bishop emeritus of Namur Guy Harpigny, bishop emeritus of Tournai
Operation
Within the Belgian Bishops' Conference, there are four standing committees and three Episcopal bishops committee. Each of them stands in front of a bishop to be elected as members of two or three bishops, as other members of the clergy and experts can be included. Furthermore, the bishops' conference has a coordination committee. In his work on the commissions and committees are prepared to be further discussed and inter-diocesan projects. This committee is chaired by the chairman of the Bishops' Conference.
Commissions and committees
Commission on Faith and Church Commission on Evangelism Commission for the Diocese Commission "Gaudium et Spes" Committee for Media Committee for administrative, legal and financial issues Committee for Contacts with the public institutions and local governments
References
External links bisschoppenconferentie on Kerknet Le conference des évêques on Cathobel