List of participants at the Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
The Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops will contain "a great part of the episcopate,"[1] with many participating bishops being elected by their peers.[2] The Synod fathers include[3][4][5][6]
List Of Synod Fathers according to role
| Role | Names |
|---|---|
| President | Francis, Supreme Pontiff |
| Delegate Presidents | Cardinals Wilfrid F. Napier[7]
|
| General Reporter | Cardinal Péter Erdő[7] |
| General Secretary | Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri[7] |
| Special Secretary | Archbishop Bruno Forte[7] |
From the Eastern Catholic Churches
Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church
ex officio: Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, Head of the Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church.
Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic
ex officio: Patriarch
ex electione: Archbishop George Bacouni, Archbishop of Akka, Acre, Ptolemais of the Greek-Melkites.
Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
ex officio: Patriarch
Synod of the Maronite Church
ex officio: Patriarch
ex electione: Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari, Titular Bishop of Tarsus of the Maronites, Auxiliary and Syncellus of Joubbé, Sarba and Jounieh of the Maronites, President of the Episcopal Commission for the Family and Life.
Bishop
Synod of the Chaldean Church
ex officio: Patriarch
Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
ex officio: Patriarch
Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
ex officio: Major Archbishop
ex electione: Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, Bishop of the Holy Family of London the Ukrainians Byzantines.
Bishop
Synod of the Syro-Malabar
ex officio: Cardinal, Major Archbishop
ex electione: Bishop
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath,
Synod of the Syro-Malankara
ex officio: Cardinal, Major Archbishop Baselios Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars, Head of the Synod of the Syro-Malankara.
Synod of the Romanian Church
ex officio: Bishop
Council of the Ethiopian Church
ex officio: Cardinal, Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, CM, President of the Episcopal Conference, Archbishop of Addis Ababa, President of the Council of the Ethiopian Church.
Council of the Ruthenian Church, U.S.A.
ex officio: Archbishop
Church Council Slovak
ex officio: Archbishop
Church Council Eritrea
ex officio: Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamariam MCCJ, Metropolitan Archbishop of Asmara, President of the Council of the Church Eritrea.
Council of the Hungarian Church
ex officio: Archbishop Péter Fülöp Kocsis, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hajdúdorog for Catholics of Byzantine Rite, President of Council of the Hungarian Church.
Elected by Episcopal Conferences
Africa
North Africa (C.E.R.N.A.)
Member:Bishop Jean-Paul Vesco, OP, Bishop of Oran (Algeria)
Angola and Sao Tome
Member: Bishop Emilio Sumbelelo, Bishop of Uíje (Angola)
Benin
Member: Bishop Eugène Cyrille Houndékon, Bishop of Abomey, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference
Botswana, South Africa And Swaziland
Members: Archbishop
Bishop
Burkina Faso And Niger
Member: Bishop Joseph Sama, Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso)
Burundi
Member: Bishop Gervais Bashimiyubusa, of Ngozi, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Substitute: Bishop Joachim Ntahondereye of Muyinga.
Cameroon
Members: Archbishop
Archbishop
Central African Republic
Member: Bishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa, Bishop of Alindao
Chad
Member: Bishop
Congo (Rep. of)
Member: Bishop Urbain Ngassongo, Bishop of Gamboma, President of the Episcopal Commission for Family Ministry
Congo (Democratic Rep. of)
Members: Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola, Bishop of Tshumbe
Bishop Philibert Tembo Nlandu, CICM, Bishop of Budjala
Ethiopia and Eritrea
Member: Bishop
Substitute: Bishop
Gabon
Member: Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan, Bishop of Mouila, President of the Episcopal Conference
Gambia and Sierra Leone
Member: Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell, Bishop of Bo (Sierra Leone)
Ghana
Member: Archbishop Charles Gabriel Palmer- Buckle, of Accra.
Substitute: Bishop Anthony Kwami Adanuty of Keta-katsi.
Guinea
Member: Bishop
Equatorial Guinea
Member: Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, CMF, Bishop of Bata3
Indian Ocean (C.E.D.O.I.)
Member: Bishop
Ivory Coast
Member: Bishop Ignace Bessi Dogb, Bishop of Katiola, President of the Episcopal Commission Nationale de l'Apostolat des laïcs
Kenya
Members: Cardinal
Bishop
Substitute: Bishop Emanuel Barbara, O.F.M. Cap. of Malindi.
Lesotho
Member: Archbishop Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, OMI, Archbishop of Maseru, President of the Episcopal Conference
Liberia
Member:Bishop Anthony Fallah Borwah, Bishop of Gbarnga
Madagascar
Member: Bishop
Substitute: Bishop Jean de Dieu Raoelison, auxiliary of Antananarivo.MALAWI
Malawi
Member: Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa, SMM, Archbishop of Blantyre, President of the Episcopal Conference
Mali
Member: Bishop Jonas Dembele, Bishop of Kayes
Mozambique
Member: Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Maputo, President of the Episcopal Commission for the Family
Namibia
Member: Bishop Phillip Pöllitzer, OMI, Bishop of Keetmanshoop
Nigeria
Members: Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso, Archbishop of Kaduna
Bishop Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Umoh, Bishop of Ikot Ekpene
Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade, Bishop of Ondo
Rwanda
Member: Bishop Antoine Kambanda of Kibungo.
Substitute: Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege of Kabgayi, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Senegal, Mauritania, Capo Verde and Guinea-Bissau
Member: Archbishop
Sudan
Member: Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro MCCJ, Archbishop of Juba
Tanzania
Members: Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa, Bishop of Iringa, President of the Episcopal Conference
Bishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande, Bishop of Bunda
Togo
Member: Bishop Jacques Danga Longa, Bishop of Kara
Uganda
Members: Archbishop John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu, President of the Episcopal Conference
Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa, Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference
Zambia
Member: Bishop Benjamin S. Phiri, Titular Bishop of Nachingwea, Auxiliary of Chipata
Zimbabwe
Member: Bishop
Americas
Argentina
Members: Bishop Pedro María Laxague, auxiliary of Bahia Blanca.
Archbishop
Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Substitutes: Archbishop
Archbishop Hector Ruben Aguer of La Plata. BOLIVIA
His Ecc.za Rev.ma Mgr. Braulio SÁEZ García, OCD, Titular Bishop of Satin, auxiliary of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
His Ecc.za Rev.ma Mons. Krzysztof Janusz BIAASIK WAWROWSKA, SVD, Bishop of Oruro
Brazil
Members: Archbishop
Bishop João Carlos Petrini, Bishop of Camaçari
Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha, Archbishop of Mariana
Cardinal Archbishop Odilo Pedro Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo
Canada
Members: Archbishop Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau, President of the Episcopal Conference
Bishop Noël Simard, Bishop of Valleyfield
Archbishop
Archbishop Richard William Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton
Chile
Members: Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. of Punta Arenas.
Cardinal
Substitute: Bishop
Colombia
Members: Bishop Pablo Emir Salas Anteliz, Bishop of Armenia
Cardinal Archbishop
Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega, Archbishop of Villavicencio
Costa Rica
Member: Bishop José Francisco Ulloa Rojas, Bishop of Cartago, President of the Episcopal Comisión para la Pastoral Familiar
Cuba
Member: Bishop Marcelo Arturo Gonzalez Amador of Santa Clara.
Dominican Republic
Member: Bishop
Ecuador
Members: Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza of Guayaquil.
Archbishop
Substitutes: Bishop Julio Parrilla Diaz of Riobamba.
Bishop Marcos Aurelio Perez Caicedo of Babahoyo, vice president of the Episcopal Conference.
El Salvador
Member: Bishop Constantino Barrera Morales, Bishop of Sonsonate
Guatemala
Member: Bishop
Haiti
Member: Bishop Yves-Marie Péan, CSC, Bishop of Gonaïves
Honduras
Member: Bishop Luis Sole Fa, C.M. of Trujillo.
Substitute: Bishop
Mexico
Members: Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martinez of Tehuacan.
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop of Mexico.
Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola, auxiliary of Monterrey.
Cardinal
Substitutes: Bishop Jose Francisco Gonzalez Gonzalez of Campeche.
Nicaragua
Member: Bishop César Bosco Vivas Robelo, Bishop of León en Nicaragua
Panama
Member: Bishop Aníbal Saldaña Santamaría, OAR, Bishop Prelate of Bocas del Toro
Paraguay
Member: Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada, Bishop of Concepción en Paraguay
Peru
Member: Archbishop
Archbishop
Puerto Rico
Member: Archbishop
United States
Members: Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz of Louisville, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Archbishop
Cardinal Daniel N. Di Nardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, vice president of the Episcopal Conference.
Archbishop José Horacio Gómez of Los Angeles.
Substitutes: Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago.
Archbishop
Uruguay
Member: Bishop Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martin of Minas.
Substitute:Bishop
Venezuela
Members: Cardinal Archbishop
Archbishop
West Indies
Member: Bishop
Asia
Arab Countries
Member: Patriarch
Bangladesh
Member: Bishop Paul Ponen Kubi, CSC, Bishop of Mymensingh, President of the Episcopal Family Life Commission
Cambodia and Laos
Member: Bishop
China
Member: Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-mien, Bishop of Hsinchu
East Timor
Member: Bishop
India (C.C.B.I.)
Members: Cardinal Archbishop Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, President of the Episcopal Conference
Patriarch
Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan, Bishop of Punalur
Archbishop Dominic Jala, SDB, Archbishop of Shillong
Indonesia
Members: Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, Archbishop of Jakarta, President of the Episcopal Conference
Bishop Franciscus Kopong Kung, Bishop of Larantuka
Iran
Member:
Japan
Member: Archbishop
Korea
Member: Bishop
Kazakhstan
Member: Archbishop
Malaysia – Singapore – Brunei
Member: Archbishop John Wong Soo Kau, Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)
Myanmar
Member: Cardinal Archbishop Charles Maung Bo, SDB, Archbishop of Yangon
Pakistan
Member: Bishop Joseph Arshad of Faisalabad.
Substitute: Archbishop Sebastian Francis Shaw of Lahore.
Philippines
Members: Archbishop Romulo Valles, Archbishop of Davao
Archbishop
Bishop Gilbert A. Garcera, Bishop of Daet
Sri Lanka
Member: Bishop Harold Anthony Perera, Bishop of Kurunegala
Thailand
Member: Bishop Silvio Siripong Charatsri, Bishop of Chanthaburi
Vietnam
Members: Archbishop
Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, auxiliary of Xuan Loc.
Substitute: Bishop Pierre Nguyen Van Kham of My Tho.
Europe
Albania
Member: Bishop
Substitute: Bishop Ottavio Vitale, R.C.J. of Lezhe, Lesh.
Austria
Member: Bishop Benno Elbs of Feldkirch.
Substitute: Bishop Kalus Kung of Sankt Polten.
Belarus
Member: Archbishop
Belgium
Member: Bishop Johan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp, Antwerp
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Member: Bishop
Substitute: Bishop
Bulgaria
Member: Bishop Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev, Bishop of Sofia and Plovdiv
Croatia
Member: Bishop Antun Škvorčević, Bishop of Požega
Czech Republic
Member: Bishop Jan Vokál, Bishop of Hradec Kralove
Episcopal Conference of the International SS. Cyril and Methodius
Member: Bishop
France
Members: Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Cardinal
Bishop Jean-Luc Brunin of Le Havre.
Bishop Jean-Paul James of Nantes.
Substitutes: Bishop Olivier de Germay of Ajaccio.
Bishop Bruno Feillet, auxiliary of Reims.
Germany
Members: Cardinal Archbishop Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Freising
Archbishop Heiner Koch, Archbishop of Berlin
Bishop
Greece
Member: Bishop
Substitute: Archbishop
Hungary
Bishop András Veres, Bishop of Szombathely
Ireland
Members: Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin.
Archbishop Eamon Martin of Armagh, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Substitute: Archbishop Kieran O'Reilly, S.M.A. of Cashel.
Italy
Members: Cardinal Archbishop
Cardinal Archbishop Angelo Scola, Archbishop of Milan
Bishop Franco Giulio Brambilla, Bishop of Novara
Bishop Enrico Solmi, Bishop of Parma
Latvia
Member: Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs, Archbishop of Riga
Lithuania
Member: Cardinal Audrys Jouzas Backis, archbishop emeritus of Vilnius.
Substitute: Bishop Rimantas Norvila of Vilkaviskis.
Malta
Member: Bishop Mario Grech, Bishop of Gozo, President of the Episcopal Conference
Netherlands
Member: Cardinal
Substitute: Bishop Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen of Breda.
Poland
Members: Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznan, President of the Episcopal Conference
Archbishop
Bishop
Portugal
Members: Cardinal Patriarch Manuel Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon, President of the Episcopal Conference
Bishop Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias, Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, President of the Episcopal Comissão do Laicado and Família
Romania
Member: Bishop Petru Gherghel, Bishop of Iași
Russian Federation
Member: Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, FSCB, Archbishop of Mother of God in Moscow, President of the Episcopal Conference
Member: Bishop
Slovakia
Member: Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský, Archbishop of Bratislava, President of the Episcopal Conference
Slovenia
Member: Archbishop
Spain
Members: Cardinal Ricardo Blazquez Perez, archbishop of Valladolid, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Bishop
Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra of Madrid.
Substitute: Bishop Juan Antonio Reig Pla of Alcala de Henares.
Switzerland
Member: Bishop Jean-Marie Lovey, CRB, Bishop of Sion
Turkey
Member: Archbishop Lévon Boghos Zékiyan, Archbishop of Istanbul
Ukraine
Member: Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins, President of the Episcopal Conference
United Kingdom
England and Wales
Members: Cardinal
Bishop
Substitute: Bishop
Scotland
Member: Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, Archbishop of Glasgow, President of the Episcopal Conference
Oceania
Australia
Members: Bishop Daniel Eugene Hurley of Darwin.
Archbishop
Substitute: Archbishop
New Zealand
Member: Bishop Charles Edward Drennan of Palmerston North.
Substitute: Cardinal John Dew, archbishop of Wellington, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Pacific (CEPAC)
Member: Archbishop Peter Loy Chong, Archbishop of Suva
Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands
Member: Bishop Anton Bal, Bishop of Kundiawa, the Independent Commission for Family Life
Elected representatives of the Union of Superiors General
Members: Rev. Father
Rev. Fr. Marco Tasca,
Rev. Fr. Mario Aldegani,
Rev. Richard P. Kuuia Baawobr, M.Afr., Superior General of the White Fathers
Rev. Fr. Bruno Cadoré, OP, Master General of the Dominicans
Rev. Jesús Díaz Alonso, SF, Superior General of the Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Rev. Father Michael Brehl,
Rev. Javier Alvarez-Ossorio, SS.CC., superior general of the Picpus Fathers
Rev. Ab.
Fr. Hervé Janson, PFJ, Prior General of the Little Brothers of Jesus (Foucauld)
Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary
Cardinal Dominique Mamberti, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura
Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus Vincenzo Paglia, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Terni-Narni-Amelia, president of the Pontifical Council for the Family
Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace
Cardinal
Archbishop Emeritus Zygmunt Zimowski, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Radom, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Archbishop Emeritus
Archbishop Emeritus
Cardinal George Pell, Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy
Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See
Pontifical appointments
Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Dean of the College of Cardinals
Cardinal
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop emeritus of Milan (Italy).
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna (Italy).
Cardinal
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Rep. Of Congo).
Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington (USA).
Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil).
Cardinal Timothy Michael Dolan, Archbishop of New York (USA).
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Archbishop of Manila (Philippines).
Cardinal Gérald Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec (Canada).
Cardinal
Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington, President of the Episcopal Conference (New Zealand).
Cardinal
Cardinal Alberto Suárez Inda, Archbishop of Morelia (Mexico).
Cardinal Francesco Montenegro, Archbishop of Agrigento (Italy).
Cardinal Daniel Sturla SDB, Archbishop of Montevideo (Uruguay).
Cardinal José Luis Lacunza Maestrojuán, OAR, Bishop David, President of the Episcopal Conference (Panama).
Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi, Bishop of Tonga, President of the Episcopal Conference (Tonga).
Cardinal Elio Sgreccia, president emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life (Italy).
Cardinal
Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela).
Archbishop. Yannis Spiteris, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Corfu, Zakynthos and Kefalonia (Greece).
Archbishop Bruno Forte, Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto (Italy).
Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, Archbishop of Lille (France).
Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico).
Archbishop
Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández, Titular Archbishop of Tiburnia, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Argentina).
Archbishop Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago (USA).
Bishop
Bishop. Marcello Semeraro, Bishop of Albano (Italy).
Bishop Alonso Gerardo Garza Treviño, Bishop of Piedras Negras (Mexico).
Bishop Lucas Van Looy, SDB, Bishop of Ghent, (Belgium).
Msgr. Pio Vito Pinto, Dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota (Vatican City).
Msgr Saulo Scarabattoli, pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Port Eburnea, Perugia (Italy).
Msgr.
Fr.
(Italy).Fr.
Fr. Manuel Jesúìus Arroba Conde, CMF, Dean of the Faculty of utrusque jure of the Pontifical Lateran University (Spain).
Undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops
Member: Bishop Fabio Fabene, Titular Bishop of Aquipendium (Vatican City)
Collaborators with the Special Secretary
Members: Fr.
Professor
Fr. Giuseppe Bonfrate, lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, (Italy)
Msgr.
Msgr.
Msgr. Duarte Nuno Queiroz De Barros Da Cunha, secretary general of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.), (Portugal)
Mr.
Fr.
Dr.
Fr. Jose Granados,
Fr. Maurizio Gronchi, ordinary professor of dogmatic at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, (Italy)
Dr. John Kleinsman, director of the Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics, New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, (New Zealand)
Fr.
Msgr. Michele Giulio Masciarelli, lecturer in dogmatic theology at the Marianum Faculty in Rome, and in fundamental theology at the Theological Institute of Abruzzo and Molise in Chieti, Italy
Professor Pia Matthews, lecturer at St. Mary's University College, London, (Great Britain)
Professor Paolo Moneta, former lecturer in canon and ecclesiastical law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Pisa, Italy
Fr.
Fr. Aimable Musoni, S.D.B., lecturer in systematic theology, ecclesiology and ecumenism at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, (Rwanda)
Fr.
Fr. Peter Paul Saldanha, lecturer in ecclesiology at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, India
Fr. Pierangelo Sequeri, director and lecturer in theology at the Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, member of the International Theological Commission, (Italy)
Mr. and Mrs Miano, (Italy):
Professor Giuseppina De Simone in Miano, lecturer in philosophy at the Theological Faculty of Southern Italy in Naples
Professor Francesco Miano, lecturer in moral philosophy at the University of Rome.
Auditors
Mr. Jacob Mundaplakal Abraham, advisor for the Apostolate of the Family and Lay Organisations in the dioceses of Kerala, India
Dr. Anca Maria Cernea, physician at the Victor Babes Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment and president of the Association of Catholic Doctors of Bucharest, Romania
Ms. Sharron Cole, president of the Parents Centres New Zealand, New Zealand
Ms. Agnes Offiong Erogunaye, national president of the Catholic Women's Organisation of Nigeria, Nigeria
Fr. Garas Boulos Garas Bishay, pastor of the Virgin Mary Queen of Peace parish, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt
Professor Giovanni Giacobbe, member of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists, Italy
Ms. Maria Gomes, head of parish family pastoral ministry in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Ms. Maria Harries, national director for family pastoral care and preparation for marriage; member of the National Commission for Abuse of Minors, Australia
S. Maureen Kelleher, religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, member of the International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), United States of America
Mr. Brenda Kim Nayoug, pastoral worker for young people and young married couples, Korea
Professor Maria Marcela Mazzini, lecturer in theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina
Ms. Moira McQueen, director of the Canadian Catholic Institute of Bioethics, Canada
Ms. Therese Nyirabukeye, advisor and formator for the African Federation of Family Action (FAAF), Rwanda
S. Berta Maria Porras Fallas, head of Family Pastoral Care of the Tertiary Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, Member of the International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), Costa Rica
S. Carmen Sammut, S.M.N.D.A., president of the International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), Malta
Professor Lucia Scaraffia, former lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Rome La Sapienza; coordinator of the monthly of the L'Osservatore Romano "Donne Chiesa Mondo", Italy
Dr. Edgar Humberto Tejada Zeballos, physician and specialist in bioethics; member of the Episcopal Commission for the Family of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, Peru.
Mr. and Mrs. Bajaj, India
Mrs. Penny and Mr. Ishwar Bajaj, Hindu-Christian couple from the diocese of Mumbai, India
Mr. and Mrs. Buch, Germany
Sig.ra Petra Buch, diocesan family pastoral worker
Dr. Aloys Johann Buch, professor of moral theology at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of St. Lambert; permanent deacon of the diocese of Aachen
Mr. and Mrs. Diaz Victoria, Colombia
Mrs. Isabel Botia de Diaz and Mr. Humberto Diaz Victoria, members of the National Commission for the Family of the Episcopal Conference; pastoral directors of the Hombres y Mujeres de futuro Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Galindo, Mexico
Mrs. Gertrudiz Clara Rubio De Galindo and Mr. Andres Salvador Galindo Lopez, executive secretaries of the Episcopal Commission for the Family of the Episcopal Conference; secretaries of CELAM for the Mexico-Central America zone
Mr. and Mrs. Gay Montalvo, Spain
Mrs. María Monserrat Rosell Torrus De Gay Montalvo, member of the marriage group of the parish of St. Francis de Sales in Barcelona
Mr. Eugenio Gay Montalvo, former Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain; former member of the diocesan Pastoral Council of Barcelona
Mr. and Mrs. Kola, Cameroon
Mrs. Aicha Marianne Kenne Sob Kola and Mr. Irenee KOLA, members of the African Federation of Family Action (FAAF); marriage and family counsellors
Mr. and Mrs. Marqus Odeesho, Iraq
Mrs. Suhaila Salim Toma and Mr. Wisam Marqus Odeesho, pastoral workers in the Chaldean parish of St. George in Baghdad
Mr. and Mrs. Matassoni, Italy
Mrs. Marialucia Zecchini and Mr. Marco Marassoni, members of the Commission for family pastoral care in the archdiocese of Trento
Mr. and Mrs. Mignonat, France
Mrs. Nathalie Mignonat and Mr. Christian Mignonat, members of the movement Equipes Reliance for remarried divorcees, founder members of the group SEDIRE for receiving and accompanying civilly married couples
Mr. and Mrs. Nkosi, South Africa
Mrs. Buysile Patronella Nkosi and Mr. Meshack Jabulani Nkosi, members of the Advisory Committee for the National Family Desk of the Southern African Episcopal Catholic Bishops' Conference.
Mr. and Mrs. Paloni, Italy
Mrs. Patrizia Calabrese and Mr. Massimo Paloni, couple involved in family missionary pastoral work
Mr. and Mrs. Pulikowski, Poland
Mrs. Jadwiga Pulikowska and Mr. Jacek Pulikowski, advisors of the Council for Family Pastoral Care of the archdiocese of Poznan
Mr. and Mrs. De Rezende, Brazil
Mrs. Ketty Abaroa De Rezende and Dr. Pedro Jussieu De Rezende, lecturers at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, engaged in family pastoral work
Mr. and Mrs. Rojas, Colombia
Mrs. Maria Angelica Rojas, engaged in family pastoral work, and Mr. Luis Haydn Rojas Martinez, director of the department of Ethics and Humanity at the La gran Colombia University
Mr. and Mrs. Salloum, Lebanon
Mrs. Souheila Rizk Salloum, lecturer in psychology at the USEK.
Mr. Georges Fayez Salloum, expert on the Maronite Patriarchal Synod
Mr. and Mrs. Villafania, Philippines
Mrs. María Socorro Ocampo Villafania, former lecturer in theology at the Assumption College; collaborator with the Salesian Sisters in the preparation of catechists
Mr. Nelson Silvestre Villafania, collaborator with the Evangelion Foundation in Manila
Mr. and Mrs. Witczak, United States of America
Mrs. Catherine Wally Witczak and Mr. Anthony Paul Witczak, directors of Worldwide Marriage Encounter International Ecclesial Team.
General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops
Bishop Fabio Fabene
Msgr. John Anthony Abruzzese
Msgr. Etienne Brocard
Msgr. Daniel Estivill
Fr. Ambrogio Ivan Samus
Fr. Raffaele Lanzilli, S.J.
Fr. Pasquale Bua
Ms. Paola Volterra Toppano
Dr. Federica Vivian
Mr. Pietro Camilli
Mr. Andrea Cimino
Collaborators of the General Secretariat
Msgr. Zvonimir Sersic of the diocesis of Krk, Croatia
Fr. Giuseppe Deodato of the diocesis of Rome, Italy
Assistants
Fr. Edouard Akom, Cameroon
Sem. Francesco Argese, Italy
Fr. Emmanuel Ayo, Philippines
Fr. Alexis Bavugamenshi, Burundi
Fr. Diac. Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu, France
Fr. Zvonko Brezovski, Croatia
Fr. Diac. Vincent Chretienne, France
Fr. Emmanuel De Ruyver, Belgium
Fr. Gabriele Di Martino, Italy
Fr. William Donovan, United States of America
Fr. Kim D'Souza, Canada
Fr. Georges Eko, Cameroon
Fr. Edgar Estrada, Mexico
Fr. Jonathan Flemings, L.C., United States of America
Fr. Cesar Garcia Salazar, Mexico
Fr. Javier Gaxiola Loustaunau, L.C., Mexico
Fr. Tiago Gurgel Do Vale, Brazil
Fr. Juan Iniesta Saez, Spain
Fr. Miroslaw Juchno, Poland
Fr. Thomas Kallikat, India
Fr. P. Laurent Mazas, F.S.J., France
Fr. Boniface Mungai, Kenya
Fr. Brian Needles, United States of America
Fr. Stephen Prisk, United States of America
Fr. Luis Ramirez Almanra, L.C., Mexico
Fr. Carlos Rodriguez Blanco, Spain
Fr. Roberto Secchi, Italy
Sem. Mattia Seu, Italy
Fr. Jhonny Tannoury, Lebanon
Sem. Liviu-Nicolae Ursu, Romania
Sem. Gabriele Vecchione, Italy
Fr. Biasgiu Virgitti, France.
Heads of news communication
Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, Vatican City
Fr. Ciro Benedettini, C.P., deputy director of the Holy See Press Office, Vatican City
English
Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., Chief Executive Officer of the Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation, Canada
French
Ms. Romilda Ferrauto, director of the French Section of Vatican Radio
German
Fr. Bernard Hagenkord, S.J., director of the German Section of Vatican Radio
Spanish
Fr. Manuel Dorantes, parish priest, archdiocese of Chicago, United States of America.
Fraternal delegates
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Ecumenical Patriarchate
Stephanos, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Estonia, Estonia
Patriarchate of Moscow
Serbian Patriarchate
Andrej, Bishop of Austria and Switzerland, Austria
Orthodox Church of Romania
Iosif, Metropolitan of Western Europe, France
Orthodox Church of Albania
Bishop Andon of Kruja, Albania
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Syriac-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
Mar Youstinos Boulos, archbishop of Zahle and Bekaa, Lebanon
Anglican Communion
World Lutheran Federation
Ndanganeni Petrus Phaswana, bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Church in South Africa, South Africa
World Methodist Council
Rev. Dr. Tim MacQuiban, director of the ecumenical office of the Methodist Church in Rome, Italy
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Rev. Dr. Robert K. Welsh, president of the Council of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), United States of America
Baptist World Alliance
Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of the Baptist Churches in the United States of America, United States of America
World Council of Churches
Rev. Dr. Walter Altmann, Brazil
World Evangelical Alliance
The Very Reverend Thomas Schirrmacher, president of the Theological Commission of the World Evangelical Alliance, Germany.
References
- ^ "Instrumentum Laboris". The General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ Wooden, Cindy (26 June 2014). "Fall synod to review state of family; 2015 synod to draw up proposals". Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
- ^ "Pope Confirms Members and Substitutes for Upcoming Synod on Families". Zenit. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ "News from the Vatican - News about the Church - Vatican News". News.va. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "XIV Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi (4-25 ottobre 2015) - Elenco dei Partecipanti". Press.vatican.va. 15 September 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Members and substitutes confirmed for the Synod of Bishops meeting Vatican Radio". Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ a b c d Rocca, Francis X. (21 November 2014). "Pope adds African cardinal to leadership of next family synod". Catholic News Service. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2014.