Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia
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The Bishops' Conference of Yugoslavia was an episcopal conference
of the Catholic Church covering the territory of Yugoslavia
.
The first such bishops' conference was held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in November of 1918. The last conference was held in 1993 when the Croatian Bishops' Conference
was established.
Episcopal Conference
In the Roman Catholic Church, an Episcopal Conference, Conference of Bishops, or National Conference of Bishops is an official assembly of all the bishops of a given territory...
of the Catholic Church covering the territory of Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
.
The first such bishops' conference was held in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in November of 1918. The last conference was held in 1993 when the Croatian Bishops' Conference
Croatian Bishops' Conference
The Croatian Bishops' Conference is an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Croatia. It is currently composed of fourteen bishops from all Croatian dioceses plus the Croatian military ordinary....
was established.
Succcessors
- Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Croatian Bishops' ConferenceCroatian Bishops' ConferenceThe Croatian Bishops' Conference is an episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Croatia. It is currently composed of fourteen bishops from all Croatian dioceses plus the Croatian military ordinary....
- Slovenian Bishops' Conference
- International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius