Episcopal Conference of Brazil
The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (Portuguese: Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil, CNBB) is a group of the Catholic Bishops of Brazil formed under the Code of Canon Law.[1]
All diocesan bishops in Brazil belong to CNBB along with coadjutor bishops, auxiliary bishops and other titular Bishops who exercise in the same territory a special charge, entrusted by the Apostolic See or by the Conference of Bishops.[2]
The CNBB was founded on October 14, 1952, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The headquarters moved to Brasília in 1977.
Organization
The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has the following groups:
- General Assembly
- Regional Councils
- Permanent Council
- Episcopal Commissions
- Presidency CNBB
- Economic and Fiscal Councils
- CONSEP
- Bound Bodies
- General Secretariat
- National Advisors
Presidents
- Cardinal Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, 1952–1958
- Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara, 1958–1964
- Cardinal Agnelo Rossi, 1964–1971
- Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, 1971–1979
- Ivo Lorscheiter, 1979–1987
- Luciano Mendes de Almeida, 1987–1995
- Cardinal Lucas Moreira Neves OP, 1995–1998
- Jayme Henrique Chemello, 1998–2003
- Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, 2003–2007
- Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, 2007–2011
- Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, 2011–2015
- Cardinal Sérgio da Rocha, 2015–2019
- Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, 2019–2023
- Cardinal Jaime Spengler O.F.M, 2023–present
