Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.)

History

• 1980.03.03: Established as Commissio Episcopatuum Communitatis Europææ (COM.E.C.E.) (latine) / Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Community (English) / Commission des Episcopats de la Commanauté Européenne (français) / Kommission der Bischofskonferenzen der Europäischen Gemeinschaft (Deutsch) / Komisja Episkopatów Wspólnoty Europejskiej (polski) / Vijeće biskupskih konferencija Europske Unije (Hrvatski) / Commissie van Bisschoppen van de Europese Gemeenschap (Nederlands)

Present Officials

President (2023.03.22 – ...):	Bishop Mariano Crociata (70) Bishop of Latina–Terracina–Sezze–Priverno (Italy)
Vice-President (2023.03.22 – ...):	Archbishop Antoine Hérouard (66) Metropolitan Archbishop of Dijon (France) Delegate for the Shrine of Lourdes of Tarbes et Lourdes (France)
Vice-President (2023.03.22 – ...):	Bishop Nuno Brás da Silva Martins (59) Bishop of Funchal (Portugal)
Vice-President (2023.03.22 – ...):	Bishop Rimantas Norvila (65) Bishop of Vilkaviškis (Lithuania) Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania
Vice-President (2023.03.22 – ...):	Bishop Czeslaw Kozon (71) Bishop of København (Denmark) President of Scandinavian Episcopal Conference
General Secretary (2019.09.01 – ...):	Fr. Manuel Enrique Barrios Prieto (61)

Past Officials

• President:  Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, S.J. (64) (2018.03.08 – 2023.03.22)
• President:  Cardinal Reinhard Marx (69) (2012.03.22 – 2018.03.08)
• President:  Bishop Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B. (87) (2006.03 – 2012)
• President:  Bishop Josef Homeyer (1993 – 2006.03)
• President:  Archbishop Charles-Amarin Brand (1990 – 1993)
• President:  Archbishop Jean Hengen (1983 – 1990)
• President:  Bishop Franz Hengsbach (later Cardinal) (1980 – 1983)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Mariano Crociata (70) (2018.03.08 – 2023.03.22)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Jan Vokál (64) (2018.03.08 – 2023.03.22)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Franz-Josef Overbeck (58) (2018.03.08 – 2023.03.22)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Noël Treanor (72) (later Archbishop) (2018.03.08 – 2022.11.26)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Czeslaw Kozon (71) (2016.03.04 – 2018.03.08)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Rimantas Norvila (65) (2016.03.04 – 2018.03.08)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Gianni Ambrosio (79) (2012.03.22 – 2018.03.08)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Jean Kockerols (64) (2012.03.22 – 2018.03.08)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Virgil Bercea (65) (2012.03.22 – 2015)
• Vice-President:  Cardinal Reinhard Marx (69) (2009.03 – 2012.03.22)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Piotr Jarecki (67) (2006.03 – 2012.11)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Diarmuid Martin (77) (2006.03 – 2009.03)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Hippolyte Louis Jean Simon (2003.04 – 2006.03)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Adrianus Herman van Luyn, S.D.B. (87) (1999 – 2006.03)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Attilio Nicora (later Cardinal) (1999 – 2003)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Fernand Franck (88) (1993 – 1999)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Elías Yanes Alvarez (1993 – 1999)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Joseph Duffy (89) (1990 – 1993)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Luc Alfons De Hovre, S.J. (1990 – 1993)
• Vice-President:  Archbishop Charles-Amarin Brand (1986 – 1990)
• Vice-President:  Bishop José da Cruz Policarpo (later Cardinal) (1986 – 1990)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Franz Hengsbach (later Cardinal) (1983 – 1986)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Dante Bernini (1983 – 1986)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Jean Hengen (later Archbishop) (1980 – 1983)
• Vice-President:  Bishop Cahal Brendan Daly (later Cardinal) (1980 – 1983)
• General Secretary:  Fr. Olivier Poquillon, O.P. (2016.03.04 – 2019.09.01)
• General Secretary:  Fr. Patrick H. Daly (2012.11.23 – 2016.03.04)
• General Secretary:  Fr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz (2008.03 – 2012.11)
• General Secretary:  Msgr. Noël Treanor (72) (later Archbishop) (1993.03.31 – 2008.02.22)
• General Secretary:  Fr. Paul Schaeffer (1989 – 1993)
• General Secretary:  Fr. Paul Huot-Pleuroux (1980.03.03 – 1989)

Last updated on 2023.03.23

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