Latin American Episcopal Conference
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Latin American Episcopal Conference — The Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (English: Latin American Episcopal Conference ), also known as CELAM, is a conference of the Roman Catholic bishops of Latin America, created in 1955 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Based in Bogotá (Colombia),… … Wikipedia
Episcopal Conference — In the Roman Catholic Church, an Episcopal Conference, Conference of Bishops, or National Conference of Bishops is an official assembly of all the bishops of a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities, but… … Wikipedia
Conference of Latin American Bishops — The Conference of Latin American Bishops was a bishops conference held in 1968 in Medellín, Colombia. In this conference the bishops agreed that the church should take a preferential option for the poor. The bishops decided to form Christian base … Wikipedia
Episcopal polity — is a form of church governance which is hierarchical in structure with the chief authority over a local Christian church resting in a bishop (Greek: episcopos ). This episcopal structure is found most often in the various churches of Orthodox,… … Wikipedia
LATIN AMERICA — Colonial Period Jews were prohibited from entering Spanish America throughout the colonial period. Although a few Jews who could not be regarded as new christians managed to enter illegally, the history of Jews in Spanish colonial America is… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Episcopal Church in the United States of America — ▪ autonomous church, United States also called The Episcopal Church or Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America autonomous church in the United States. Part of the Anglican Communion (Anglicanism), it was formally… … Universalium
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops — Abbreviation USCCB Formation 1966 Type … Wikipedia
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Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church — in New York City. The Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (also known as Mother Zion ) is the oldest African American church in New York City, as well as New York State. It is a New York City Designated Historic Site as of 1993. Mother … Wikipedia
