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2 unusual facts about Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops


Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops

To assist them in their pastoral work, the bishops have established a permanent bilingual secretariat in Ottawa, which includes various offices and services.

CCCB

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is the episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada.


Revised Common Lectionary

The CCT membership includes the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops as well as many traditional liturgically-based American and Canadian Episcopal and Protestant Churches such as Lutheran, North American Anglican (Episcopal), Presbyterian, and more loosely Methodist.

Winnipeg Statement

The Winnipeg Statement is the Canadian Bishops' Statement on the Encyclical Humanae Vitae from a Plenary Assembly held at Saint Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba.


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Joseph-Aurèle Plourde

He attended the Second Vatican Council and helped to restructure the Canadian bishops' conference- the Canadian Catholic Conference, which was renamed the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1977 (he served as President of the Conference from 1969-1971).