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Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic

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Conference of the Dominican Episcopate
Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano
AbbreviationCED
Formation1962
TypeEpiscopal conference
PurposeTo support the ministry of bishops
HeadquartersSanto Domingo
Region served
The Dominican Republic
Membership
Active and retired Catholic bishops of the Dominican Republic
President
Héctor Rafael Rodríguez Rodríguez
Websiteced.org.do

The Conference of the Dominican Episcopate (Spanish: Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano, CED) is the body of the Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic. The first Episcopal National Commission of the Dominican Republic was established in 1954. Its name was changed to the Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano on 22 September 1962, when the Holy See approved its statutes. The first plenary meeting of the CED met in 1963, and the episcopal commissions were created in 1966.

The main bodies which make up the conference are the Plenary Assembly, the Permanent Council, its Secretary General, 16 committee and a national ecclesiastical court.

The CED is a member of the Latin American Episcopal Conference.

List of presidents of the Bishops' Conference

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Publications

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The conference issued a pastoral letter on the relationship between humanity and the environment (Sobre la relación del hombre con la naturaleza) on 21 January 1987.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Pope Francis, Laudato si': On Care for our Common Home, paragraph 92, published 24 May 2015, accessed 25 July 2023
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