Episcopal Conference of Brazil
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The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Portuguese: Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil, CNBB) is a group of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil formed under the Code of Canon Law.[1]
All diocesan bishops in Brazil belong to CNBB along with coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular Bishops who exercise in the same territory a special charge, entrusted by the Apostolic See or by the Conference of Bishops.[2]
The CNBB was founded on October 14, 1952, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headquarters moved to Brasília in 1977.
Organization
[edit]The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has the following groups:
- General Assembly
- Regional Councils
- Permanent Council
- Episcopal Commissions
- Presidency CNBB
- Economic and Fiscal Councils
- CONSEP
- Bound Bodies
- General Secretariat
- National Advisors
Presidents
[edit]- Cardinal Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, 1952–1958
- Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara, 1958–1964
- Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, 1964–1971
- Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, 1971–1979
- Ivo Lorscheiter, 1979–1987
- Luciano Mendes de Almeida, 1987–1995
- Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves OP, 1995–1998
- Jayme Henrique Chemello, 1998–2003
- Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, 2003–2007
- Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, 2007–2011
- Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, 2011–2015
- Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, 2015–2019
- Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, 2019–2023
- Cardinal Jaime Spengler O.F.M, 2023–present
