Episcopal Conference of Colombia
The Episcopal Conference of Colombia is an administrative institution and permanence of the Catholic Church, composed of all the bishops of the dioceses of Colombia in a college, in communion with the Roman Pontiff and under his authority to exercise set of certain pastoral functions of the episcopate on the faithful of their territory under the rule of law and statutes, in order to promote the life of the Church, to strengthen its mission of evangelization and respond more effectively to the greater good that the Church should seek to men.
Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia | |
Abbreviation | CEC |
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Formation | 14 September 1908 |
Type | Episcopal conference |
Legal status | Civil nonprofit |
Region served | Colombia |
Membership | Active and retired Catholic bishops of the Colombia |
Official language | Spanish |
President | Luis José Rueda Aparicio |
Main organ | Conference |
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