WELCOME TO FCBCO
The Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania is the regional grouping that comprises the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands and the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific (CEPAC) – which includes Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna.
The bishops of the four conferences gather every four years for an assembly. The 2023 Assembly was held from 5th – 10th February 2023 in Fiji. Click here to read more about the assembly.
NEW: Synod of Bishops Members Announced
On July 7, 2023, the Synod Secretariat announced the additional non-bishop members of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, often known as the Synod of Synodality. Ten people from Oceania were named among the Synod’s members, along with five people who will serve as experts and/or facilitators during the two sessions in October 2023 and October 2024.
Click here to read a media release from the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania.
Oceania response to Enlarge the Space of Your Tent
On April 13, the Federation of Catholic Bishops Conferences of Oceania published the continental response to the Synod of Bishops Working Document for the Continental Stage, Enlarge the Space of Your Tent.
