Conferenza Episcopale Italiana

The Italian Episcopal Conference is the episcopal conference of the Italian bishops of the Catholic Church and as such is the official assembly of all the bishops in Italy. The conference was founded in 1971 and carries out certain tasks as well as having authority assigned to setting the liturgical norms for the Mass. Episcopal conferences receive their authority under universal law or particular mandates. Its president is Angelo Bagnasco since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 7 March 2007.
Italy is the only country where the President of the Episcopal Conference is chosen by appointment, given the Pope's prerogative as Primate of Italy.
==List of Presidents of the Italian Episcopal Conference==
*Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster (1952–1953)
*Adeodato Cardinal Piazza (1953–1954)
*Maurilio Cardinal Fossati (1954–1958)
*Giuseppe Cardinal Siri (1959–1965)
*A temporary committee of cardinals with collective presidency: Giovanni Cardinal Colombo, Ermenegildo Cardinal Florit, Giovanni Cardinal Urbani (1965–1966)
*Giovanni Cardinal Urbani (1966–1969)
*Antonio Cardinal Poma (1969–1979)
*Anastasio Cardinal Ballestrero (1979–1985)
*Ugo Cardinal Poletti (1985–1991)
*Camillo Cardinal Ruini (1991–2007)
*Angelo Cardinal Bagnasco (2007–present)
===Secretaries-General of the Italian Episcopal Conference===
The official that deals with the day-to-day affairs of the Conference is the Secretary-General.
*Camillo Ruini (28 June 1986 – 7 March 1991)
*Dionigi Tettamanzi (14 March 1991 – 20 April 1995)
*Ennio Antonelli (26 May 1995 – 5 April 2001)
*Giuseppe Betori (5 April 2001–8 September 2008)
*Mariano Crociata (25 September 2008 - present)
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