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Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences

Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences
AbbreviationFABC
Formation1970
Legal statusCivil nonprofit
Region served
Asia
Membership
Episcopal conferences of Asia
Main organ
Conference
Websitewww.fabc.org

The Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) is an association of episcopal conferences of Catholic Church in South, Southeast, East and Central Asia. The federation fosters solidarity and joint responsibility for the welfare of the Church and of society in the region.[1]

The conference includes sixteen (or nineteen) Bishops' Conferences from Bangladesh, East Timor, India (both the CBCI and the individual conferences of the Syro-Malabar, Syro-Malankara and Roman Rites), Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos–Cambodia, Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei, Myanmar, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (RoC), Thailand and Vietnam and collective Bishops' Conference of Central Asia. Associate members are from Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, Nepal, Novosibirsk (Russia).[2]

Founded in 1970, the FABC was due to mark its 50th anniversary in 2020, but the celebration was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the 50th anniversary of the FABC[3] was celebrated at Baan Phu Wan Pastoral Center, Archdiocese of Bangkok, Thailand, on October 12, 2022.

  1. ^ "Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences'". Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences'. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  2. ^ "members". Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences'. Archived from the original on 2014-07-12. Retrieved 2012-11-08.
  3. ^ "FABC 50th Anniversary". Roman Catholic Mission of Bangkok (LiCAS News). Retrieved 2022-10-16.

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