| Conferencia Episcopal Boliviana | |
| Abbreviation | CEB |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1958 |
| Type | Episcopal conference |
| Purpose | To support the ministry of bishops |
| Headquarters | La Paz |
Region served | Bolivia |
| Membership | Active and retired Catholic bishops of Bolivia |
President | Aurelio Pesoa Ribera |
| Website | ceb.bo |
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The episcopate of the country is theBolivian Episcopal Conference (Spanish:Conferencia Episcopal Boliviana,CEB). Its highest authority is the plenary assembly of bishops, acting through the Permanent Council of Bishops, which coordinates the activities ofCatholic Church and implement the decisions of the Plenary Assembly and the Secretary General who is the organ of information and coordination of activities national character of the CEB. The Episcopal Conference is then composed of 17 committees (or departments) study of themes and specific issues that concern thecatechesis, the liturgy, the Bible, the clergy, consecrated life, the laity, the social ministry, social communication, education, etc.
The CEB is a member of the Latin American Episcopal Conference.
List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference:
1958-1968:Abel Antezana Isidoro y Rojas, archbishop ofLa Paz
1968-1979:José Clemente Maurer, archbishop ofSucre
1979-1980:José Armando Gutiérrez Granier, Archbishop ofCochabamba
1980-1985:Luis Aníbal Rodríguez Pardo, archbishop ofSanta Cruz de la Sierra
1985-1991:Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Bishop ofOruro
1991-1997:Luis Flavio Edmundo Abastoflor Montero, bishop ofPotosí and Archbishop ofLa Paz
1997-2013Julio Terrazas Sandoval, archbishop ofSanta Cruz de la Sierra
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