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| The first meeting of the Ordinaries of the Sudan took place in Khartoum,
as early as 1929, on the occasion of the visit of Apostolic Delegate for
East Africa, residing in Mombasa Kenya); he was H.G. Arthur Hinskey, who
in 1935 as appointed Archbishop of Westminster, and in 1937 was created
Cardinal.
In the ‘50s, regular meetings of the Ordinaries were held once or twice a year, in different towns of the Sudan. In December 1974 the local hierarchy was established and a Sudan Episcopal Conference was formed. In 1976 it was finally named Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SCBC), and a General Secretariat was set up in Khartoum. The revised Statutes were approved by the Holy See in 1989. In 1997, a Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Regional Conference (SCBRC), with offices in Nairobi, was started to coordinate the church programmes in the areas which cannot be reached from Khartoum. The Plenary Assembly of the SCBC is the supreme authority in the Conference, it is convened by the President according to the Constitutions. The Administrative Board of the SCBC is composed of the President and two elected members, and acts according to the Constitutions. Episcopal Commissions of the SCBC. “Each Episcopal Commission consists of a Chairman appointed by the Plenary from among the members, a member of experts in the matter entrusted to the commission, and at least one member from each diocese”. Office Holders. Every three years the Catholic Bishops change
the Office holders in the Bishops’ Conference.
1 – President of the SCBC
2 – Vice President SCBC
3- Commission for Pastoral Liturgical Catechetical Matters (PALICA)
4 – Commission Aid and Development (SUDANAID)
5 – Commission for Seminaries
6 – Commission for Means of Social Communications
7 – Commission for Religious
8 – Commission for the Laity
9 – Secretary General :
10 – Secretary General of the Sudan Catholic Bishops’ Regional Conference
(SCBRC)
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