International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius

The International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius (Serbian: Међународна бискупска конференција св. Ћирила и Методија, romanized: Međunarodna biskupska konferencija sv. Ćirila i Metodija) is the Catholic episcopal conference that includes Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia together in a cross-border conference. Permanent members are the Catholic bishops and archbishops from the four countries. Beside the bishops of the Latin Church, it also includes bishops of the two Apostolic Exarchates for the Byzantine rite Catholics.

As of 2025^[update], the Chairman of the Conference is the Archbishop of Belgrade László Német, since 2016. The conference is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences.

Chairmen

• Stanislav Hočevar (2004–2011)
• Zef Gashi (2011–2016)
• László Német (2016–present)

Members

Serbia:

• Cardinal László Német - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belgrade
  • Archbishop emeritus Stanislav Hočevar
• Bishop Ferenc Fazekas - Roman Catholic Diocese of Subotica
  • Bishop emeritus János Pénzes
• Bishop Mirko Štefković - Roman Catholic Diocese of Zrenjanin
• Bishop Fabijan Svalina - Roman Catholic Diocese of Srijem
  • Bishop emeritus Đuro Gašparović
• Bishop Đura Džudžar - Greek Catholic Eparchy of Ruski Krstur

Kosovo:

• Bishop Dodë Gjergji - Roman Catholic Diocese of Prizren-Pristina

Montenegro:

• Archbishop Rrok Gjonlleshaj - Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar
  • Archbishop emeritus Zef Gashi
• Vacant - Roman Catholic Diocese of Kotor
  • Bishop emeritus Ilija Janjić

North Macedonia:

• Bishop Kiro Stojanov - Roman Catholic Diocese of Skopje and the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Strumica-Skopje

Caritas organisations

The social arm of the different organisations fall under the responsibility of the different bishops. Every country has its own national Caritas organisation; in some countries the individual dioceses run their own local Caritas organisation. The national organisations are:

• Serbia: Caritas Serbia
• Kosovo: Caritas Kosovo
• Montenegro: Caritas Montenegro
• North Macedonia: Caritas Macedonia

References

External links

• http://www.ceicem.org/
• http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/conference/028.htm