Episcopal Conference of Turkey

Episcopal Conference of Turkey is the committee meeting of the Catholic and Uniate bishops in Turkey. It is a member of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE), and a guest member of the Southeast European Bishops' Conferences. For the Turkish state, the Turkish Catholic Bishops' Conference is "de jure" non-existent, so there is no mutual representative.

Catholics in Turkey

The Catholics make up 33,500 of the 130,000 Christians in Turkey. The vast majority are members of the Oriental Orthodox Church, with smaller number beings members of the Eastern Orthodox Church and even fewer Evangelical Christians. The Roman Catholics or Latin-Rite Catholics are represented by Apostolic Vicars in Istanbul and Iskenderun and an Archbishop in Izmir. The Armenian Catholics have an Archbishop in Istanbul, the Syriac Catholics have an Patriarchal Exarch in Istanbul, the Chaldean Catholics have an Archbishop in Diyarbakir, and the Greek Catholics have an Apostolic Exarch in Istanbul.

Members of the Episcopal Conference

The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Turkey has seven members:

Members are:

Commissioner for Human Rights

At the request of the Turkish bishops' conference was Dr. Otmar Oehring (Mission "missionary" in Aachen) to advocate for the Catholic churches in Turkey, appeal. In this role he sits on the European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) and the European institutions for their interests and rights.

Chairmen
  • Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul (1979-1989)
  • Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Izmir (1989-1992)
  • Johannes Tcholakian, Archbishop of Istanbul (1992-1994)
  • Louis Pelâtre, AA, Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul (1994-2002)
  • Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Izmir (2002-2007)
  • Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap., Apostolic Vicar of Anatolia (2007-2010)
  • Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Izmir (since 2010)

See also
  • Roman Catholicism in Turkey

References
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