• Latvian Bishops' Conference (Latvian: Latvijas Bīskapu konference) is the national Roman Catholic Bishops' Conference in Latvia. It is headquartered in...
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  • An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory....
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    Lutheran Church of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Evaņģēliski luteriskā baznīca, or LELB) is a Lutheran Protestant church in Latvia. Latvia's Lutheran heritage...
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    Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales (CBCEW) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in England and Wales. The Catholic Bishops' Conference...
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    Jānis Pujats (category Latvian cardinals)
    Lithuanian, German and Latin, in addition to his native Latvian. He was the only member of the Synod of Bishops to address the assembly exclusively Latin at the...
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  • The Czechoslovak Bishops' Conference (Czech: Československá biskupská konference), known after 1990 as the Bishops' Conference of Czechoslovakia, was...
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    The Czech Bishops' Conference (CBC) (Czech: Česká biskupská konference) is the standing episcopal conference of the Catholic bishops of the Czech Republic...
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  • The Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (Latin: Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae; CCEE) is a conference of the presidents of the...
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    Conference (Italian: Conferenza Episcopale Italiana) or CEI is the episcopal conference of the Italian bishops of the Catholic Church. The conference...
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  • for the position of bishops, while other denominations have dispensed with this office, seeing it as a symbol of power. Bishops have also exercised political...
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    of Riga Latvian independence movement (1940–1991) Latvian diplomatic service (1940–1991) List of presidents of Latvia Prime Minister of Latvia Livonia...
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    Jānis Bulis (category 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Latvia)
    Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Rēzekne-Aglona in Latvia. Jānis Bulis was born on 17 August 1950 in Briģi Parish, Ludza Municipality, Latvia. After his...
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  • Annual Conference West Zimbabwe Annual Conference Malawi Provisional Annual Conference bishops are elected for life Côte d'Ivoire Episcopal Area – Bishop Benjamin...
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    The president of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Valsts prezidents lit. 'State President of Latvia') is head of state and commander-in-chief of the National...
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    Croatia on January 13, 1992. Croatian bishops made a proposal for the establishment of the Croatian Bishops' Conference. On May 15, 1993, the Holy See issued...
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    The Catholic BishopsConference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (CBCMSB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the nations of Malaysia...
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    bishops, priests (or pastors) and deacons within the historical episcopate with apostolic succession (only bishops ordaining clergy or other bishops,...
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  • Catholic bishops in Belgium. It is a member of the Council of European Bishops' Conferences. It includes the bishops, auxiliary bishops and retired bishops of...
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    Catechism of the Catholic Church (category Articles with Latvian-language sources (lv))
    Italian, Latin, Latvian, Malagasy, Portuguese, and Spanish) (as of 29 May 2021[update]) United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; English – Second...
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  • Council and its executive committee, the Conference of Bishops, and the Cabinet of Executives. The Presiding Bishop of the ELCA is elected to a six-year term...
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    a member of the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE) and of the Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community. It also...
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  • Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández as secretary. Bishop Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, also participated. The Eastern Catholic Churches...
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    The Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Latvian: Latviešu evangeliski luteriska Baznica Amerika; LELBA) is a Lutheran denomination, formed...
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    bishops, 1,235 priests, and 40 deacons spread out across 957 churches (parishes, quasi-parishes, mission stations, and assembly centres). The bishops...
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    church. Bishops are considered to derive their authority from an unbroken, personal apostolic succession from the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Bishops with...
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    Zbigņevs Stankevičs (category CS1 Latvian-language sources (lv))
    Stankevičs". Diena (in Latvian). 21 August 2010. Retrieved 8 May 2018. "Zbigņevs Stankevičs pārņēma Rīgas arhidiecēzes vadību". D-Fakti (in Latvian). 23 August 2010...
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    The Paris Peace Conference was a set of formal and informal diplomatic meetings in 1919 and 1920 after the end of World War I, in which the victorious...
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  • to 7.15 million members. At the 2022 World Conference meeting, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Latvia was accepted as a full member. It had already...
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    The Paris Peace Conference gathered over 30 nations at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, to shape the future after World War I. The Russian SFSR was not...
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    Tālava (category Articles containing Latvian-language text)
    Tālava, the choir of the Moscow Latvian Culture Society] - Latvian Embassy in Russia, official website, Embassy of Latvia, Moscow 57°30′N 25°27′E / 57...
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