Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.A.M.)

International Meeting of Bishops’ Conferences

Also known as: Latin American Episcopal Council (English) / Conselho Episcopal Latino-Americano (Português)

Members: Antilles Episcopal Conference (A.E.C.)
Conférence Episcopale de Haïti (C.E.H.)
Conferencia de Obispos Católicos de Cuba (C.O.C.C.)
Conferencia del Episcopado Dominicano (C.E.D.)
Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)
Conferencia Episcopal Argentina (C.E.A.)
Conferencia Episcopal de Chile (C.E.C.H.)
Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia
Conferencia Episcopal de Costa Rica (C.E.CO.R.)
Conferencia Episcopal de El Salvador (CEDES)
Conferencia Episcopal de Guatemala (CEG)
Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras (C.E.H.)
Conferencia Episcopal de Nicaragua (C.E.N.)
Conferencia Episcopal de Panamá (C.E.P.)
Conferencia Episcopal del Uruguay (C.E.U.)
Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana
Conferencia Episcopal Paraguaya (C.E.P.)
Conferencia Episcopal Peruana
Conferencia Episcopal Puertorriqueña (C.E.P.)
Conferencia Episcopal Venezolana (C.E.V.)
Conferencia Epsicopal Boliviana (C.E.B.)
Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil (C.N.B.B.)

Countries: Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Argentina , Aruba , Bahamas , Barbados , Belize , Bermuda , Bolivia , Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba , Brazil , British Virgin Islands , Cayman Islands , Chile , Colombia , Costa Rica , Cuba , Curaçao , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Ecuador , El Salvador , French Guiana , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Guatemala , Guyana , Haiti , Honduras , Jamaica , Martinique , Mexico , Montserrat , Nicaragua , Panama , Paraguay , Peru , Puerto Rico , Saint Barthélemy , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Martin , Saint Vincent and Grenadines , Sint Maarten , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Turks and Caicos Islands , U.S. Virgin Islands , Uruguay , Venezuela

Address: Av. Boyacá N. 196D-75, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia

Phone: (1)484.58.04

Websites:

Present Officials

President (2023.05.17 – ...):	Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (64) Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil) President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil
First Vice-President (2023.05.17 – ...):	Archbishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala (67) Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela)
Second Vice-President (2023.05.17 – ...):	Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, O.S.A. (68) Metropolitan Archbishop of Panamá (Panama)
General Secretary (2023.05.17 – ...):	Bishop Lizardo Estrada Herrera, O.S.A. (51) Titular Bishop of Ausuccura Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru)

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (76) (2019.05.15 – 2023.05.17)
President: Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez (82) (2015.05.13 – 2019.05.15)
President: Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes (75) (later Cardinal) (2011.05.19 – 2015.05.13)
President: Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis (87) (2007.07.12 – 2011.05.19)
President: Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch. (91) (2003 – 2007.07.12)
President: Bishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82) (later Cardinal) (1999 – 2003)
President: Archbishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (82) (later Cardinal) (1995 – 1999)
President: Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (88) (1991 – 1995)
President: Bishop Darío Castrillón Hoyos (later Cardinal) (1987 – 1991)
President: Archbishop Antonio Quarracino (later Cardinal) (1983 – 1987)
President: Archbishop Alfonso López Trujillo (later Cardinal) (1979 – 1983)
President: Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (1975 – 1979)
President: Bishop Eduardo Francisco Pironio (later Cardinal, Blessed) (1972 – 1975)
President: Archbishop Avelar Brandão Vilela (later Cardinal) (1966 – 1972)
President: Bishop Manuel Larraín Errázuriz (1965 – 1966)
President: Archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1963 – 1965)
President: Archbishop Miguel Darío Miranda Gómez (later Cardinal) (1958 – 1963)
First Vice-President: Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer (75) (2019.05.15 – 2023.05.17)
First Vice-President: Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. (77) (2015.05.13 – 2019.05.15)
First Vice-President: Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez (82) (2011.05.19 – 2015.05.13)
First Vice-President: Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo (80) (later Cardinal) (2007.07.12 – 2011.05.19)
First Vice-President: Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes (75) (later Cardinal) (2003 – 2007.07.12)
First Vice-President: Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa, I.Sch. (91) (1999 – 2003)
First Vice-President: Archbishop Luciano Pedro Mendes de Almeida, S.J. (1995 – 1999)
First Vice-President: Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1991 – 1993)
First Vice-President: Archbishop Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez (88) (later Cardinal) (1987 – 1991)
First Vice-President: Bishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Avalos (later Archbishop) (1983 – 1987)
First Vice-President: Archbishop Luciano José Cabral Duarte (1979 – 1983)
First Vice-President: Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. (1976 – 1979)
First Vice-President: Archbishop Aloísio Lorscheider, O.F.M. (later Cardinal) (1972 – 1975)
First Vice-President: Archbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. (1970 – 1972)
First Vice-President: Archbishop Pablo Muñoz Vega, S.J. (later Cardinal) (1965 – 1969)
First Vice-President: Bishop Manuel Larraín Errázuriz (1958 – 1963)
Second Vice-President: Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano (75) (2019.05.15 – 2023.05.17)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop José Belisário da Silva, O.F.M. (79) (2015.05.13 – 2019.05.15)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Dimas Lara Barbosa (68) (2011.05.19 – 2015.05.13)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. (75) (2007.07.12 – 2011.05.19)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha (2003 – 2007.07.12)
Second Vice-President: Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo (1999 – 2003)
Second Vice-President: Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino (1995 – 1999)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela (1991 – 1995)
Second Vice-President: Cardinal José Freire Falcão (1987 – 1991)
Second Vice-President: Bishop Clemente José Carlos de Gouvea Isnard, O.S.B. (1983 – 1987)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Román Arrieta Villalobos (1979 – 1983)
Second Vice-President: Bishop Luis Manresa Formosa, S.J. (1972 – 1979)
Second Vice-President: Bishop Luis Eduardo Henríquez Jiménez (later Archbishop) (1970 – 1972)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath, C.S.C. (1966 – 1970)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Avelar Brandão Vilela (later Cardinal) (1965 – 1966)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós (1963 – 1965)
Second Vice-President: Archbishop Hélder Pessoa Câmara (1958 – 1963)
General Secretary: Archbishop Jorge Eduardo Lozano (70) (2020.11.06 – 2023.05.17)
General Secretary: Bishop Juan Carlos Cárdenas Toro (56) (2019.05.15 – 2020.11.06)
General Secretary: Bishop Juan Espinoza Jiménez (59) (2015.05.15 – 2019.05.15)
General Secretary: Bishop Santiago Jaime Silva Retamales (69) (2011.05.19 – 2015.05.15)
General Secretary: Bishop José Francisco González González (58) (2009.06 – 2011.05.19)
General Secretary: Archbishop Victor Valentin Sánchez Espinosa (74) (2007.07.12 – 2009.06)
General Secretary: Bishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. (75) (later Archbishop) (2004 – 2007.07.12)
General Secretary: Archbishop Ramón Benito de La Rosa y Carpio (85) (2003 – 2004)
General Secretary: Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes (75) (later Cardinal) (2000 – 2003)
General Secretary: Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel (84) (later Cardinal) (1999 – 2000)
General Secretary: Bishop Jorge Enrique Jiménez Carvajal, C.I.M. (82) (later Cardinal) (1995 – 1999)
General Secretary: Bishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis (87) (later Cardinal) (1991 – 1995)
General Secretary: Bishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (82) (later Cardinal) (1987 – 1991)
General Secretary: Bishop Darío Castrillón Hoyos (later Cardinal) (1983 – 1987)
General Secretary: Bishop Antonio Quarracino (later Cardinal) (1979 – 1983)
General Secretary: Archbishop Alfonso López Trujillo (later Cardinal) (1972 – 1979)
General Secretary: Bishop Eduardo Francisco Pironio (later Cardinal, Blessed) (1968 – 1972)
General Secretary: Msgr. Julián Mendoza Guerrero (later Bishop) (1958 – 1967)

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