Vatican publishes list of participants in October gathering.
The Vatican has published a list of participants of October’s synod on the family—253 men and women representing the Universal Church to discuss and reflect on the theme “Pastoral challenges to the family in the context of evangelization.”
Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle of Manila, one of the three delegate presidents of the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, meeting Oct. 5-19, spoke with Vatican Radio. He underscored that this assembly is the first part of a two-phase process and its purpose is to offer a place for discussion and reflection rather than decision making.
“This first gathering, according to the Holy Father will set the status quaestionis. With the help of experts and observers we want to see the situation of the family in different parts of the world. Attending the preparatory meetings one thing I realized is the diversity of the situations and pastoral challenges and it’s exciting to see how the one Gospel, the one Truth that we hold on to can be expressed pastorally in diverse ways.”
Presenting the list of participants to the press at the Vatican Tuesday, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, said the Extraordinary General Assembly of 2014 and the Ordinary General Assembly of 2015 represent “a new working methodology” for the Synod of Bishops “rendering the process more dynamic and participatory, with speeches and testimonials, always with a view to continuity towards the second stage, after which the Synod document will be published.”
Participants from all five continents include 114 presidents of Episcopal Conferences, 13 heads of the ‘sui iuris’ Eastern Catholic Churches, 25 heads of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia, nine members of the Ordinary Council of the Secretariat, the secretary general, the under-secretary, three nominees from the Union of Superior Generals, and 26 pontifical nominees. Other participants include eight fraternal delegates, 38 auditors, including 13 married couples, and 16 experts.
A. LIST OF SYNOD FATHERS ACCORDING TO ORDER OF PARTICIPATION
I. President
FRANCESCO, Supreme Pontiff
II. Secretary GENERAL
– Cardinal Lorenzo BALDISSERI
III. DELEGATE presidents
Cardinals André VINGT-TROIS, archbishop of Paris, France, Luis Antonio G. TAGLE, archbishop of Manila, Philippines, Raymundo Damasceno ASSIS, archbishop of Aparecida, president of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil.
IV. RELATOR GENERAL
Cardinal Péter Erdő, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Hungary, president of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.)
V. SPECIAL SECRETARY
– Archbishop Bruno FORTE of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
VI. COMMISSION FOR THE MESSAGE
President
– Cardinal Gianfranco RAVASI, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, Vatican City
Vice president
– Archbishop Victor Manuel FERNÁNDEZ, rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina
VII. THE ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES
Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church
His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac SIDRAK, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Head of the Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church
Synod of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church
His Beatitude Grégoire III LAHAM, B.S., Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church
Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
His Beatitude Ignace Youssif III YOUNAN, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, Head of the Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
Synod of the Maronite Catholic Church
His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros RAÏ, O.M.M., Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Head of the Synod of the Maronite Catholic Church
Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church
His Beatitude Louis Raphaël I SAKO, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Head of the Synod of the Chaldean Catholic Church
Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
His Beatitude Nerses Bedros XIX TARMOUNI, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, Head of the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church
His Beatitude Sviatoslav SHEVCHUK, major archbishop of Kyiv-Halyč, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Catholic Ukrainian Church
Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church
His Beatitude Cardinal George ALENCHERRY, major archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, resident of the Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church
Synod of the Syro-Malankars
His Beatitude, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis THOTTUNKAL, major archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars, president of the Synod of the Syro-Malankar Church, president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (C.B.C.I.)
Synod of the Romanian Church
His Beatitude, Cardinal Lucian Mureşan, major archbishop of Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia of the Romanians, Head of the Synod of the Romanian Church
Council of the Ethiopian Church
– Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M. of Addis Abeba, president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church, president of the Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia and Eritrea
Council of the Ruthenian Catholic Church, U.S.A.Archbishop William Charles SKURLA, metropolitan of Pittsburgh of the Byzantines, president of the Council of the Ruthenian Catholic Church
Council of the Council of the Slovak Church
Archbishop Jan BABJAK, S.J., metropolitan of Prešov for Catholics of Byzantine rite, president of the Council of the Slovak Church
VIII. PRESIDENTS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES
AFRICA
ANGOLA and SÃO TOMÉ
Archbishop Gabriel MBILINGI, C.S.SP., of Lubango, Angola, president of the Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)
BENIN
Bishop Eugéne Cyrille HOUNDÉKON of Abomey, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA AND SWAZILAND
Archbishop Stephen BRISLIN of Cape Town, Kaapstad, South Africa
BURKINA FASO AND NIGER
Archbishop Paul Yembuado OUÉDRAOGO of Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso
BURUNDI
Bishop Gervais BANSHIMIYUBUSA of Ngozi
CAMEROON
Archbishop Samuel KLEDA of Douala
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Archbishop Dieudonné NZAPALAINGA, C.S.SP., of Bangui
CHAD
Bishop Jean-Claude BOUCHARD, O.M.I., of Pala
CONGO (Republic of)
Bishop Louis PORTELLA MBUYU of Kinkala
CONGO (Rep. Democrática del)
Bishop Nicolas DJOMO LOLA of Tshumbe
COTE D’IVOIRE
Archbishop Alexis TOUABLI YOULO of Agboville
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Bishop Juan MATOGO OYANA, C.M.F., of Bata, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA
Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M., of Addis Abeba, president of the Council of the Ethiopian Church
GABON
Bishop Mathieu MADEGA LEBOUAKEHAN of Mouila
GAMBIA AND SIERRA LEONE
Bishop Patrick Daniel KOROMA of Kenema
GHANA
Bishop Joseph OSEI-BONSU of Konongo-Mampong
GUINEA
Bishop Emmanuel FÉLÉMOU of Kankan
INDIAN OCEAN (C.E.D.O.I.)
Bishop Maurice PIAT, C.S.SP., of Port-Louis, Seychelles
KENYA
Cardinal John NJUE, archbishop of Nairobi
LESOTHO
Archbishop Gerard Tlali LEROTHOLI, O.M.I., of Maseru
LIBERIA
Bishop Anthony Fallah BORWAH of Gbarnga, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
MADAGASCAR
Archbishop Desire TSARAHAZANA of Toamasina
MALAWI
Bishop Joseph Mukasa ZUZA of Mzuzu
MALI
Bishop Jean-Baptiste TIAMA of Sikasso
MOZAMBIQUE
Bishop Lúcio Andrice MUANDULA of Xai-Xai
NAMIBIA
Archbishop Liborius Ndumbukuti NASHENDA, O.M.I., of Windhoek
NIGERIA
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau KAIGAMA of Jos
NORTH AFRICA (C.E.R.N.A.)
Archbishop Vincent LANDEL, S.C.I. of Béth., of Rabat, Morocco
RWANDA
Bishop Smaragde MBONYINTEGE of Kabgayi
SENEGAL, MAURITANIA, CAPO VERDE AND GUINEA-BISSAU
Bishop Benjamin NDIAYE of Kaolack, Senegal
SUDAN
Cardinal Gabriel ZUBEIR WAKO, archbishop of Khartoum
TANZANIA
Bishop Tarcisius NGALALEKUMTWA of Iringa
TOGO
Bishop Benoit Comlan M. ALOWONOU of Kpalime
UGANDA
Archbishop John Baptist ODAMA of Gulu
ZAMBIA
Archbishop Ignatius CHAMA of Kasama, apostolic administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of Mpika
ZIMBABWE
Bishop Michael Dixon BHASERA of Masvingo
AMERICA
ANTILLES
Archbishop Patrick Christopher PINDER of Nassau, Trinidad and Tobago
ARGENTINA
Archbishop José María ARANCEDO of Santa Fe da la Vera Cruz
BOLIVIA
Archbishop Oscar Omar APARICIO CÉSPEDES, Military Ordinary of Bolivia
BRAZIL
Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno ASSIS, archbishop of Aparecida
CANADA
Archbishop Paul-André DUROCHER Gatineau
CHILE
Cardinal Ricardo EZZATI ANDRELLO, S.D.B., archbishop of Santiago de Chile
COLOMBIA
Archbishop Luis Augusto CASTRO QUIROGA, I.M.C., Tunja
COSTA RICA
Bishop Oscar Gerardo FERNÁNDEZ GUILLÉN of Puntarenas
CUBA
Archbishop Dionisio Guillermo GARCÍA IBÁÑEZ, of Santiago de Cuba
ECUADOR
Archbishop Fausto Gabriel TRÁVEZ TRÁVEZ, O.F.M., of Quito
EL SALVADOR
Archbishop Jose Luis ESCOBAR ALAS of San Salvador
GUATEMALA
Bishop Rodolfo VALENZUELA NÚÑEZ of Vera Paz
HAITI
Cardinal Chibly LANGLOIS, bishop of Les Cayes
HONDURAS
Cardinal Oscar A. RODRÍGUEZ MARADIAGA, S.D.B., archbishop of Tegucigalpa
MEXICO
Cardinal Francisco ROBLES ORTEGA, archbishop of Guadalajara
NICARAGUA
Bishop Sócrates René SÁNDIGO JIRÓN, of Juigalpa
PANAMA
Archbishop José Domingo ULLOA MENDIETA, O.S.A., of Panamá
PARAGUAY
Bishop Catalino Claudio GIMÉNEZ MEDINA, of the Schoenstatt Fathers, bishop of Caacupe
PERU
Archbishop Salvador PIÑEIRO GARCÍA-CALDERÓN of Ayacucho
PUERTO RICO
Archbishop Roberto Octavio GONZÁLEZ NIEVES, O.F.M., of San Juan de Puerto Rico
REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
Bishop Gregorio Nicanor PEÑA RODRÍGUEZ of Nuestra Senora de la Altagracia en Higüey
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Archbishop Joseph Edward KURTZ of Louisville
URUGUAY
Bishop Rodolfo Pedro WIRZ KRAEMER of Maldonado-Punta del Este
VENEZUELA
Archbishop Diego R. PADRÓN SÁNCHEZ of Cumaná
ASIA
ARAB STATES
His Beatitude Fouad TWAL, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins
BANGLADESH
Archbishop Patrick D’ROZARIO, C.S.C., of Dhaka
CHINA
Archbishop John HUNG SHAN-CHUAN, S.V.D., of Taipei
EAST TIMOR
Bishop Basílio DO NASCIMENTO of Baucau
INDIA (C.C.B.I.)
Cardinal Oswald GRACIAS, Archbishop of Bombay, president of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.)
INDONESIA
Archbishop Ignatius SUHARYO HARDJOATMODJO of Jakarta
IRAN
Archbishop Thomas MERAM of Urmyā (Rezayeh)of the Chaldeans, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
JAPAN
Archbishop Peter Takeo OKADA of Tokyo
KAZAKHSTAN
Archbishop Tomash PETA of Mary Most Holy in Astana
KOREA
Bishop Peter KANG U-IL of Cheju
LAOS and CAMBODIA
Bishop Louis-Marie Ling MANGKHANEKHOUN, Apostolic Vicar of Paksé (Laos)
MALAYSIA – SINGAPUR – BRUNEI
Archbishop John HA TIONG HOCK of Kuching, Malaysia
MYANMAR
Bishop Felix LIAN KHEN THANG of Kalay
PAKISTAN
Archbishop Joseph COUTTS of Karachi
PHILIPPINES
Archbishop Socrates B. VILLEGAS of Lingayen-Dagupan
SRI LANKA
Cardinal Albert Malcom Ranjith PATABENDIGE DON of Colombo
THAILAND
Archbishop Louis CHAMNIERN SANTISUKNIRAN of Thare and Nonseng
VIETNAM
Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Ðoc, archbishop coadjutor of Thành-Phô Hô Chí Minh
EUROPA
ALBANIA
Archbishop Angelo MASSAFRA, O.F.M., of Shkodrë-Pult
AUSTRIA
Cardinal Christoph SCHÖNBORN, O.P., archbishop of Vienna
BELGIUM
Archbishop André LÉONARD of Mechelen-Brussels
BELORUS
Archbishop Tadeusz KONDRUSIEWICZ of Minsk-Mohilev, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Bishop Franjo KOMARICA of Banja Luka
BULGARIA
Bishop Christo PROYKOV, apostolic exarch of Sofia for Catholics of Byzantine Rite resident in Bulgaria
CROATIA
Cardinal Josip Bozanić, archbishop of Zagreb, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
CZECH REPUBLIC
Archbishop Jan GRAUBNER of Olomouc, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Archbishop Paolo PEZZI, F.S.C.B., of Mother of God at Moscow
FRANCE
Archbishop Georges PONTIER of Marseilles
GERMANY
Cardinal Reinhard MARX, archbishop of Munich and Freising
GREAT BRITAIN:
ENGLAND AND WALES
Cardinal Vincent Gerard NICHOLS, archbishop of Westminster, England
SCOTLAND
Archbishop Philip TARTAGLIA of Glasgow
GREECE
Bishop Franghískos PAPAMANÓLIS, O.F.M. Cap., emeritus of Syros and Milos and of Santorini
HUNGARY
Cardinal Péter Erdő, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, president of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.)
INTERNATIONAL BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE OF SAINTS CYRIL AND METHODIUS
Archbishop Zef GASHI, S.D.B., of Bar, Serbia
IRELAND
Archbishop Diarmuid MARTIN of Dublin, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
ITALY
Cardinal Angelo BAGNASCO, archbishop of Genoa
LATVIA
Archbishop Zbigņev Stankevičs of Riga, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
LITHUANIA
Bishop Rimantas NORVILA of Vilkaviškis, deputy president of the Episcopal Conference
MALTA
Bishop Mario GRECH of Gozo
NETHERLANDS
Cardinal Willem Jacobus EIJK, archbishop of Utrecht
POLAND
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, archbishop of Poznań
PORTUGAL
Msgr. Manuel José MACÁRIO DO Nascimento CLEMENTE, Patriarch of Lisbon
ROMANIA
Archbishop Ioan ROBU of Bucharest
SCANDINAVIA
Bishop Anders ARBORELIUS, O.C.D., of Stockholm, Sweden
SLOVAKIA
Archbishop Stanislav ZVOLENSKÝ of Bratislava
SLOVENIA
Bishop Andrej GLAVAN of Novo Mesto
SPAIN
Archbishop Ricardo BLÁZQUEZ PÉREZ of Valladolid
SWITZERLAND
Bishop Markus BÜCHEL of Sankt Gallen
TURKEY
Archbishop Ruggero FRANCESCHINI, O.F.M. CAP., of Izmir
UKRAINE
Archbishop Mieczysław MOKRZYCKI of Lviv of the Latins
OCEANIA
AUSTRALIA
Archbishop Denis James HART of Melbourne
NEW ZEALAND
Archbishop John Atcherley DEW of Wellington, president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O)
PACIFIC
Bishop Soane Patita Paini MAFI of Tonga, Fiji
PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS
Bishop Arnold OROWAE of Wabag, Papua New Guinea
IX. NOMINEES FROM THE UNION OF SUPERIOR GENERALS
Rev. Fr. Adolfo NICOLÁS PACHÓN, S.J., prepositor general of the Society of Jesus
Rev. Fr. Mauro JÖHRI, O.F.M. Cap., minister general of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
Rev. Fr. Mario ALDEGANI, C.S.I., father general of the Congregation of St. Joseph (Josephites of Murialdo)
X. HEADS OF THE DICASTERIES OF THE ROMAN CURIA
Cardinal Pietro PAROLIN, Secretary of State
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig MÜLLER, prefect of the Congregration for the Doctrine of the Faith
Cardinal Leonardo SANDRI, prefect of the Congregration for the Oriental Churches
Cardinal Angelo AMATO, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregration for the Causes of Saints
Cardinal Marc OUELLET, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregration for Bishops
Cardinal Fernando FILONI, prefect of the Congregration for the Evangelisation of Peoples
Cardinal Beniamino STELLA, prefect of the Congregration for the Clergy
Cardinal João Braz de AVIZ, prefect of the Congregration for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life
Cardinal Zenon GROCHOLEWSKI, prefect of the Congregration for Catholic Education
Cardinal Mauro PIACENZA, major penitentiary
Cardinal Raymond Leo BURKE, prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, prefect of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Cardinal Kurt KOCH, prefect of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Archbishop Vincenzo PAGLIA, bishop emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, prefect of the Pontifical Council “Justice and Peace”
Cardinal Robert SARAH, prefect of the Pontifical Council “Cor Unum”
Cardinal Antonio Maria VEGLIÒ, president of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant Peoples
Archbishop Zygmunt ZIMOWSKI, bishop emeritus of Radom, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers
Cardinal Francesco COCCOPALMERIO, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.Cardinal Jean-Louis TAURAN, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
Cardinal Gianfranco RAVASI, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Archbishop Claudio Maria CELLI, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Archbishop Salvatore FISICHELLA, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelisation
Cardinal Domenico CALCAGNO, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
Cardinal Giuseppe VERSALDI, president of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
XI. MEMBERS OF THE ORDINARY COUNCIL
Cardinal Timothy Michael DOLAN, archbishop of New York, U.S.A.
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