Episcopal Conference of Turkiye

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Conférence Episcopale de Turquie (français) / Türkiye Katolik Ruhani Reisler Kurulu (Türkmen)

Country: Turkiye

Address: Satirci Sokak 2, Harbiye, 34367 Istanbul, Turkiye

Phone: (0212)219.00.89

Website:

1976.02.01: Established as Episcopal Conference of Turkiye (English) / Conférence Episcopale de Turquie (français) / Türkiye Katolik Ruhani Reisler Kurulu (Türkmen)

President (2021.07.13 – ...):	Archbishop Martin Kmetec, O.F.M. Conv. (69) Metropolitan Archbishop of Izmir (Turkiye)
Vice-President (2024.06.06 – ...):	Archbishop Sabri Anar (60) Archbishop of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans (Turkiye)
General Secretary (2018.09.20 – ...):	Fr. Lucian Abalintoaiei, O.F.M. Conv. (45)

President: Bishop Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez, O.F.M. (2018 – 2020.12.23)
President: Archbishop Lévon Boghos Zékiyan (82) (2015.04 – 2018)
President: Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. (2010.09 – 2015.04)
President: Bishop Luigi Padovese, O.F.M. Cap. (2007.10 – 2010.06.03)
President: Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, O.F.M. Cap. (2001 – 2007.10)
President: Bishop Louis-Armel Pelâtre, A.A. (85) (1995 – 2001)
President: Archbishop Hovhannes Tcholakian (1992 – 1995)
President: Archbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini, O.F.M. Cap. (1989 – 1992)
President: Bishop Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois, O.F.M. Cap. (1979 – 1989)
Vice-President: Bishop Paolo Bizzeti, S.J. (78) (? – 2024.06.06)

Last updated on 2026.04.19