International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference

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episcopal conference governing body religious organization

The International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference is the central episcopal assembly that provides leadership, coordination, and doctrinal guidance for the member churches of the Old Catholic Union of Utrecht.

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Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	episcopal conference ⓘ governing body ⓘ religious organization ⓘ
authorityType	collegial episcopal authority ⓘ
composedOf	bishops of the member churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ
confessionalFamily	Catholic ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Anglican Communion ⓘ World Council of Churches ⓘ
ecclesiasticalLevel	international ⓘ
function	to coordinate common policies of the Old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ to maintain communion among Old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ to provide doctrinal orientation for the Old Catholic churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ to represent the Union of Utrecht in ecumenical relations ⓘ
governs	common discipline of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ common doctrine of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	member churches of the Union of Utrecht in matters of common concern ⓘ
languageUsed	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ German ⓘ
meets	at regular intervals ⓘ
name	International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference self-link ⓘ
orientation	episcopal ⓘ
partOf	Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
primaryResponsibility	articulating common Old Catholic positions on theology and ethics ⓘ safeguarding communion within the Union of Utrecht ⓘ
relatedTo	Old Catholic Church of Austria ⓘ Old Catholic Church of Austria ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church of Germany Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church of Switzerland Old Catholic Church of the Czech Republic ⓘ Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands Polish National Catholic Church (historically) ⓘ
religiousTradition	Old Catholicism ⓘ
role	Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ surface form: central episcopal assembly of the Union of Utrecht coordination body for member churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ doctrinal guidance body for member churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ leadership body for member churches of the Union of Utrecht ⓘ
shortName	IBC ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht → governingBody → International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference ⓘ

International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference → name → International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference self-link ⓘ

IBC → standsFor → International Old Catholic Bishops’ Conference ⓘ