About the Society
The Society for the Law of the Eastern Churches was established according to Austrian Law on September 28, 1969. The organizational center of the Society is the Department for Legal Philosophy (formerly the Institute for Canon Law) of the Viennese Faculty of Law. The purpose of the Society is the promotion of better international and inter-confessional scholarly collaboration among specialists of the Law of the Eastern Churches and of the Civil Law on Churches insofar as it concerns the Eastern Churches.
The Society is administered by the Board which is composed of:
President: Metropolitan Grigorios (Papathomas) of Peristeri
President Emerita: Professor Astrid Kaptijn
Vice-President: Rev. Monsignor Chorbishop John Faris
Councilor: Rev. Professor Mihai Constantinescu
Councilor: Rev. Professor Pablo Gefaell
Councilor: Rev. Professor Cherian Thunduparampil
Councilor: Dr. Lewis Patsavos
Councilor: Professor Nikolaos Maghioros
Secretary General: Fr. Bartholomew Mercado
Secretariat
Secretary General: Fr. Bartholomew Mercado
Vice-Secretary: Fr. Dobromir Dimitrov
Treasurer: Dr. David Heith-Stade
Auditors:
Hon. Prof. Dr. Brigitte Schinkele
Professor Richard Potz
Seat of the Society
Institut für Rechtsphilosophie
Schenkenstraße 8-10
4. Stock, Stiege 2
1010 Wien, Austria