Similar Bodies
In addition to the episcopal conferences as defined by the Holy See, there are a number of other regional groupings of bishops:
- Synods of Bishops of the Patriarchal and Major Archiepiscopal Churches and Assemblies of Hierarchs of Churches Sui Iuris
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- Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
- Synod of the Chaldean Church
- Synod of the Catholic Coptic Church
- Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church
- Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church
- Synod of the Romanian Church
- Synod of the Syrian Catholic Church
- Synod of the Syro-Malabarese Church
- Synod of the Syro-Malankarese Church
- Council of the Ethiopian Church
- Council of the Ruthenian Church, U.S.A.
- Council of the Slovakian Church
- Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchy of Egypt
- Assembly of the Catholic Bishops of Iraq
- Assembly of the Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon
- Assembly of the Catholic Hierarchs of Syria
- Assembly of the Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land
- Iranian Episcopal Conference
- International Reunions of Episcopal Conferences
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- Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East
- Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar
- Regional Episcopal Conference of Francophone West Africa
- Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa
- Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Region of Central Africa
- Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa
- Inter-Regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa
- Association of the Episcopal Conferences of Western Africa
- Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences
- Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania
- Council of European Bishops' Conferences (CCEE)
- Commission of the Bishops' Conferences of the European Community (COMECE)
- Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM)
- Episcopal Secretariate of Central America and Panama
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