The conference is the public policy voice of the state's Catholic bishops.

Catholic bishops in the south had forbidden working for the new government.

At age 32, he was the youngest Catholic bishop in the world.

Europe has about 1,000 Catholic bishops, a third of the worldwide total, but how many might take part was not made clear.

He was possibly the youngest Catholic bishop in the world at the time.

Well, no one better than a Catholic bishop to do the maneuvering.

He thus became the first Catholic bishop ever to be indicted of sexual abuse.

Catholic bishops and theologians followed the lead of the council.

"Catholic bishops want to still have a discrete voice," he said.

Out of the 156 catholic bishops, only 6 are from lower castes.