MEMO/11/359
Brussels, 30 May 2011
Presidents of Commission, Council and Parliament discuss democratic rights and liberties with European faith leaders on 30 May 2011
Participants' list
ANGLICAN CHURCH:
The Right Reverend Christopher HILL
Bishop of Guildford
CHURCHES OF THE REFORMATION:
Hochwürdigsten Herrn Präses Nikolaus SCHNEIDER
Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland
Bishop Antje JACKELÉN
Church of Sweden
Bishop Dr. Gustav BÖLCSKEI
Presiding Bishop, Reformed Church of Hungary
Prof. Jean-François COLLANGE
Président, Union des Eglises Protestantes d'Alsace et de Lorraine
CONFERENCE OF EUROPEAN CHURCHES:
Son Eminence Métropolite EMMANUEL de France
Président de la Conférence des Églises européennes
ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES:
Shaykh Dr. Mustafa CERIĆ
Reis-Ulema Grand Mufti of Bosnia-Herzegovina
Imam Anas SCHAKFEH
Präsident der Islamischen Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich
Mrs. Malika HAMIDI
Vice-President of the European Muslim Network
Shaykh Ibrahim MOGRA
Assistant Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain
BUDDHIST COMMUNITIES
Mr. Frans GOETGHEBEUR
President of the European Buddhist Union
JEWISH LEADERS:
Chief Rabbi Pinchas GOLDSCHMIDT
Chief Rabbi of Moscow and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Conference of European Rabbis
Son Excellence Grand Rabbin Albert GUIGUI
Grand Rabbin de Bruxelles and Permanent Representative of the Conference of European Rabbis to the Institutions of the European Union
Chief Rabbi Giuseppe LARAS
Rabbino Capo, President of the Assembla Rabbinica Italiana
Rabbi Dr. Abraham LEVY
Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation
ORTHODOX CHURCHES:
His Eminence Metropolitan NIFON
Archbishop of Targoviste and Patriarchal Exarch for relations with the European Union
His Eminence Metropolitan ATHANASIOS of Achaia
Permanent Representative of the Church of Greece to the European Union
His Lordship Bishop PORFYRIOS of Neapolis
Permanent Representative of the Church of Cyprus to the European Union
Very Reverend Hegumen Philaret BULEKOV
Deputy Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH:
Seine Eminenz Kardinal Prof. Reinhard MARX
Erzbischof von München und Freising und Stellvertretender Vorsitzender der COMECE
His Excellency Cardinal Kazimierz NYCZ
Archbishop of Warsaw
His Excellency Monsignor Adrianus VAN LUYN
Bishop of Rotterdam, President of the Commission of the Bishops' Conference of the European Community (COMECE)
For further information on the event: please see IP/11/658
