Conferencia General del Episcopado Latinoamericano (2nd : 1968 : Medellín) Records

Collection

Identifier: MED

Staff Only

Content Description

Fifty .pdf files comprising a digital copy of the typescript proceedings (15 volumes) of the 1968 Medellín council meeting of the Episcopal Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean (CELAM), and of the 189-page Medellín Conclusiones: La Iglesia en la Actual Transformación de America Latina a la Luz del Concilio published in 1990.

Dates

Creation: 1967 May 11-1990

Creator

Catholic Church. Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (Organization)
Conferencia General del Episcopado Latinoamericano, 2nd (1968) (Bogotá, Colombia; Medellín, Colombia) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Pursuant to an agreement with the Bishop’s Council, users may access the electronic files while onsite at the University of Notre Dame Archives, for research purposes. Requests require 72 hours advance notice.

Conditions Governing Use

CELAM holds and retains copyright; permission to publish must be granted in writing by the Secretary General of CELAM.

Biographical / Historical

Headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia, the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) is made up of bishops of the Catholic Church of Latin America and the Antilles. It has convened 5 general conferences. The second, inaugurated by the Pope in Bogotá, Colombia and held in Medellín, Colombia, in 1968 focused on the presence of the Church to transform Latin America following the Second Vatican Council.

Extent

2.32 Gigabytes

Language of Materials

Spanish; Castilian

Additional Description

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Files must be accessed using a University Archives-owned device from within the Archives' reading room.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The Latin American/North American Church Concerns, Kellogg Institute, University of Notre Dame received permission from the Bishop's Council to digitize the materials on behalf of the University of Notre Dame.