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Council Of Catholic Patriarch Of The East
The Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the Orient (CPCO) is an institution of the Catholic Church which includes the patriarchs of the various Eastern Catholic Churches of the Middle East and the Latin patriarch of Jerusalem.
It has its headquarters in Bkerke near Beirut in Lebanon, the Maronite Patriarchate.
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Members
All Catholic Patriarchs of the East in practice are members of the Council. In his absence, a patriarch can be represented by a bishop of his church.
Presidency and precedence
The Council presidency rotates.
The order of precedence is as follows:
- Patriarch of Alexandria ( Coptic Catholic Church )
- Patriarch of Antioch ( Maronite Church , Melkite Catholic Church , Syriac Catholic Church )
- Patriarch of Babylon ( Chaldean Catholic Church )
- Patriarch of Cilicia ( Armenian Catholic Church )
- Patriarch of Jerusalem ( Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem )
History
- 19 - 24 August 1991 I Annual Conference in Bikfaya Lebanon
- 1992 Second Annual Seminar Patriarchal Coptic Egypt
- 1993 Third Annual Conference in Latin diocese of Amman in Jordan
- 19 - 24 September 1994 Fourth Annual Conference at the patriarchal residence in Lebanon Melkite Raboueh
- 4 - 11 September 1995 Fifth Annual Conference on the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate Bzoummar near Beirut
- 13 - 18 October 1996 Sixth Annual Conference at the patriarchal residence in Syriac Monastery of Our Lady of Deliverance in Lebanon Charfeh
- 19 - 25 October 1997 Seventh Annual Conference in Alexandria, Egypt
- 11 - 16 October 1998 Eighth Annual Meeting in Amman
- 3 - 6 November 1999 Ninth Annual Maronite Patriarchate in Bkerke: Pastoral Letter of Catholic Patriarchs of the East on the ecumenical movement See also
Internal Links
- Eastern Catholic Churches
- Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
- Council of Churches of the Middle East
- Meet the Primates of the Oriental Orthodox Churches of the Middle East
- Congress of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of the Middle East (1999)
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