Portuguese Episcopal Conference

The Portuguese Episcopal Conference (Portuguese: Conferência Episcopal Portuguesa - CEP), founded in September 1, 2000, is the grouping of the bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in Portugal and is organised under the terms of Canon 447 of the Code of Canon Law promulgated on 25 January 1983. The Portuguese Episcopal Conference groups together all the dioceses based in territory under Portuguese sovereignty, and its civil legal status in the Portuguese legal system is recognized by article 8 of the 2004 Concordat.

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