German Bishops' Conference

organization
Organization episcopal_conference Q256684

Facts

11 properties

Identity

Official website
www.dbk.de

Status and dates

Inception
1848
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Location

Country
Germany[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 50.723°, 7.110°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Berlin[5]

People

Director / manager
Josef Frings, Julius Döpfner, Joseph Höffner, Karl Lehmann, Robert Zollitsch, Reinhard Marx, Georg Bätzing, Heiner Wilmer
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Office held by head of government
President of the German Bishops' Conference
Position held by head of the organization
President of the German Bishops' Conference
🏷️ Also known as
en German Bishops' Conference ar اتحاد الأساقفة الألمان cs Německá biskupská konference de Deutsche Bischofskonferenz de DBK de Bischofskonferenz von Deutschland es Conferencia episcopal Alemana es conferencia episcopal de Alemania fr Conférence épiscopale allemande fr Conférence des évêques allemande fr Conférence des évêques allemands fr Conférence des évêques d’Allemagne fr Conférence des évêques de l’Allemagne fr Conférence épiscopale d’Allemagne fr Conférence épiscopale de l’Allemagne fr DBK he ועידת הבישופים הגרמניים hu Német Püspöki Konferencia id Konferensi Waligereja Jerman ja ドイツ司教会議
🔖 Identifiers · 28
VIAF cluster ID
137808111
Library of Congress authority ID
n79135048
GND ID
1001564-4
BAnQ authority ID
0000313587
BIBSYS ID
90347770
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
118756391
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10356744
CiNii Research ID
1140282266754317440
FAST ID
538893
Freebase ID
/m/0h73zf
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GCatholic episcopal conference ID
031
IdRef ID
026524295
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
1001564-4
Libraries Australia ID
50213354
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04222649
NL CR AUT ID
ko2002152082
NUKAT ID
n99054564
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007259431705171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810695062905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX253935
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
22576
RERO ID (legacy)
A000055129
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058528042806706
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Summary

German Bishops' Conference is an episcopal conference[1].

Body

Founding

1848 marks the founding of German Bishops' Conference[25].

Leadership

Directors / managers include Georg Bätzing[26] and Heiner Wilmer[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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    Coordinate location → {'latitude': 50.72338888888889, 'longitude': 7.1096111111111
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