Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Italy and Malta
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The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of Italy and Malta (Italian: Conferenza episcopale ortodossa d'Italia e Malta, CEOIM) consists of all the active Orthodox bishops serving Italy, Malta, and San Marino, and representing multiple jurisdictions. It is not, properly speaking, a synod. It is one of several such bodies around the world which operate in the so-called "diaspora."
The assembly began when delegates from the 14 autocephalous Eastern Orthodox churches met at the Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Switzerland, on June 6–12, 2009.[1] At that time, the conference decided to sanction the establishment of episcopal assemblies in 12 regions of the so-called Eastern Orthodox diaspora which are beyond the boundaries of the autocephalous churches. Such assemblies have the authority to propose future administrative structures for the Church in their respective regions.
Jurisdictions
The current jurisdictions in the region include the following, ordered according to diptych:[2]
- Ecumenical Patriarchate
- Sacred Orthodox Archdiocese of Italy and Exarchate of Southern Europe
- Ukrainian Orthodox Church - Diocese of Great Britain and Western Europe
- Antiochian Patriarchate - Archdiocese of France, Western, and Southern Europe
- Moscow Patriarchate
- Serbian Patriarchate - Eparchy of Switzerland (Vicariate of Italy)
- Bulgarian Patriarchate - Eparchy of Central and Western Europe
- Romanian Patriarchate - Eparchy of Italy
- Georgian Patriarchate - Eparchy of Western Europe
- Macedonian Orthodox Church - Diocese of Europe
