The Code of Canon defines a Episcopal Council of a Diocese as: A group of priests who represent the presbyterium and who are to be, as it were, the Bishop’s senate. The Council’s role is to assist the Bishop, in accordance with the law, in the governance of the diocese, so that the pastoral welfare of that portion of the people of God entrusted to the Bishop may be effectively promoted (Canon495). The Council’s role is to assist the Bishop in a consultative capacity.
