page_title: Episcopal conference
section_title: Asia
hierarchical_section_title: Episcopal conference / List of episcopal conferences / National episcopal conferences: / Asia
caption_attribution_description: The headquarters of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines located in 470 Gen Luna St., Intramuros, Manila.
context_page_description: An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council. Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 motu proprio, Ecclesiae sanctae.
  Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, often national ones, with all the bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference, although they may also include neighboring countries. Certain authority and tasks are assigned to episcopal conferences, particularly with regard to setting the liturgical norms for the Mass. Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. In certain circumstances, as defined by canon law, the decisions of an episcopal conference are subject to ratification from the Holy See.
context_section_description: Conference of the Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh
  Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference
  Conference of Catholic Bishops of India (CCBI)
  Bishops' Conference of Indonesia (KWI)
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan
  Conference of Catholic Bishops of Kazakhstan
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea
  Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (CBCMSB)
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand
  Episcopal Conference of Turkey
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka
  Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam
caption: Headquarters of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines in Manila
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