The local assembly of episcopate is the Central African Episcopal Conference (French: Conférence Episcopal Centrafricaine), established in 1970. The CAEC is a member of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of the Region of Central Africa and Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM).
List of Presidents of the Bishops' Conference:
1970-1997: Joachim N'Dayen, Archbishop of Bangui
1997-2005: Paulin Pomodimo, Bishop of Bossangoa and Archbishop of Bangui
2005-2008: François-Xavier Yombandje, Bishop of Bossangoa
2008-2009: Paulin Pomodimo, Archbishop of Bangui
2009-2010: Armando Umberto Gianni, Bishop of Bouar
from 2010: Édouard Mathos, Bishop of Bambari