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The
International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference
or simply
International Bishops' Conference
(IBC) is the
synod
of bishops of
Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches
(UU) member churches.
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The International Old Catholic Bishops' Conference was founded in 1889 by the bishops of the
Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands
, the
Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany
, and the
Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland
. It is analogous to but not a
metropolia
.
It is similar to the
Lambeth Conference
of the
Anglican Communion
. Like the Lambeth Conference, it is not a legislative body.
According to the UU, the responsibilities of the IBC include:
- maintaining community between member churches of the UU
- "tak[ing] a stand in controversial questions of faith and related ethical behaviours as well as in church order"
- making formal authoritative UU statements about faith and principles
- regulating ecumenical "relationships with other churches and religious communities"
- accepting churches into the UU
- accepting bishops into the IBC
The archbishop of the
Old Catholic Archdiocese of Utrecht
is
ex officio
president of the IBC.
The bishops of UU member churches meet yearly.
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