CBF General Secretariat
The General Secretary is appointed by and responsible to the Executive Committee. His/her name is communicated to the Holy See. He/she is the Chief Executive Officer of the Catholic Biblical Federation and directly responsible for the running of the General Secretariat.
He/she acts as Secretary of the Executive Committee and the Administrative Board in a non-voting capacity. He/she recommends to the Executive Committee candidates to be appointed as officers to execute the work of the Federation. He/she convenes regular meetings of regional and subregional coordinators. He/she attends regional and subregional meetings and performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Executive Committee. He/she is a full-time officer (cf. Constitution , Art. X.1).
During the General Secretary´s visits, members have the opportunity to discuss and evaluate their work and endeavours. The General Secretary establishes close relations between members and attempts to better coordinate their efforts and share their experiences. He/she organizes the meetings of the Subregional Coordinators, the Executive Committee and the Plenary Assembly.
CBF GENERAL SECRETARY
Fr. Jan J. Stefanów, svd is General Secretary since January 2014. He did his licentiate in Biblical Theology in the Gregorian University with a thesis on the theology of creation in Ben Sirach 16:24-17:14 (1998). Fr. Stefanów was director of the SVD biblical center in Quito and professor of Biblical Studies in the Quito section of the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas of Colombia from 2000 to 2003. From 2003 on, he was the Biblical coordinator of the SVD Polish Province; from 2006 to 2010, he was professor of Biblical Studies and Missiology in the Seminary in Bydgoszcz (Poland) and from 2006 to 2013 professor in the Seminary in Pieniężno. Fr. Stefanów has served as SVD Biblical Area Zonal Coordinator for Europe from 2009 to 2013. He has been active in the CBF since 2000. He participated in the CBF Plenary Assemblies in Lebanon (2002), in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) (2008) and in Ariccia (2011), as well as in the Dei Verbum Congress in Rome in 2005. He has been a member of the CBF Administrative Board and one of the Board members of the Dei Verbum Foundation from 2012 to 2013.
