# 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," with many participating bishops being elected by their peers. The Synod fathers include

## List of synod fathers

| Role | Names |
| President | Francis, Supreme Pontiff |
| Delegate Presidents | Cardinals Andre Vingt-Trois, Luis Antonio Tagle, Raymundo Damasceno Assis, and Wilfrid F. Napier |
| General Reporter | Cardinal Péter Erdő |
| General Secretary | Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri |
| Special Secretary | Archbishop Bruno Forte |

## 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 Gregory III Laham, B.S., Patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, Head of the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic.
ex electione: Archbishop George Bacouni, Archbishop of Akka, Acre, Ptolemais of the Greek-Melkites.

### Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

ex officio: Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians, Head of the Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church.

### Synod of the Maronite Church

ex officio: Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, OMM, Patriarch of Antioch of the Maronites, Head of the Synod of the Maronite Church.
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 Antoine Tarabay, OLM, Bishop of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites.

### Synod of the Chaldean Church

ex officio: Patriarch Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Head of the Synod of the Chaldean Church.

### Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church

ex officio: Patriarch Krikor Bedros XX Gabroyan, Patriarch of Cilicia of the Armenians, Head of the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church.

### Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

ex officio: Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Haly, Head of the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
ex electione: Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, Bishop of the Holy Family of London the Ukrainians Byzantines.
Bishop Borys Gudziak, Bishop of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand de Paris of the Ukrainians Byzantines.

### Synod of the Syro-Malabar

ex officio: Cardinal, Major Archbishop George Alencherry, Major Archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabar, President of the Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church.
ex electione: Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt, Bishop of Palai of the Syro-Malabar.
Archbishop Andrews Thazhath, Archbishop of Trichur of Syro-Malabar.

### 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 Mihai Frățilă, Bishop of St. Basil the Great in Bucharest of the Romanians.

### 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 William C. Skurla, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pittsburgh of Byzantines, President of the Council of the Ruthenian Church.

### Church Council Slovak

ex officio: Archbishop Ján Babjak, SI, Metropolitan Archbishop of Presov for Catholics of Byzantine Rite, President of Council of Slovakia Church.

### 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 Emílio 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 Stephen Brislin, Archbishop of Cape Town, Kaapstad, President of the Episcopal Conference (South Africa)
Bishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, SCI, Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa)

#### 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: ArchbishopJoseph Atanga, SI, Archbishop of Bertoua
ArchbishopSamuel Kleda, Archbishop of Douala, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Central African Republic

Member: Bishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa, Bishop of Alindao

#### Chad

Member: Bishop Henri Coudray, SI, Titular Bishop of Silli, Apostolic Vicar of Mongo

#### 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 Tsegaye Keneni Derera, apostolic vicar of Soddo, Ethiopia.
Substitute: Bishop Markos Gebremedhin, C.M., apostolic vicar of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia.

#### 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 Raphael Balla Guilavogui, Bishop of N'Zérékoré

#### Equatorial Guinea

Member: Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, CMF, Bishop of Bata3

#### Indian Ocean (C.E.D.O.I.)

Member: Bishop Maurice Piat CSSp., Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius), President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Ivory Coast

Member: Bishop Ignace Bessi Dogb, Bishop of Katiola, President of the Episcopal Commission Nationale de l'Apostolat des laïcs

#### Kenya

Members: Cardinal John Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Bishop James Maria Wainaina Kungu of Muranga.
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 Desire Tsarahazana of Toamasina, president of the Episcopal Conference.
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 Benjamin Ndiaye, Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal), President of the Episcopal Conference

#### 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 Xavier Munyongani Xavier Johnsai MUNYONGANI, Bishop of Gweru

### Americas
#### Argentina

Members: Bishop Pedro María Laxague, auxiliary of Bahia Blanca.
Archbishop Jose Maria Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, archbishop of Buenos Aires.
Substitutes: Archbishop Andres Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap. of Corrientes.
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 Sérgio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasilia, President of the Episcopal Conference
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 Thomas Christopher Collins, Archbishop of Toronto
Archbishop Richard William Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton

#### Chile

Members: Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B. of Punta Arenas.
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., archbishop of Santiago de Chile, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Substitute: Bishop Cristian Contreras Villarroel of Melipilla, general secretary of the Episcopal Conference.

#### Colombia

Members: Bishop Pablo Emir Salas Anteliz, Bishop of Armenia
Cardinal Archbishop Rubén Salazar Gómez, Archbishop of Bogota, President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM.)
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 Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Ecuador

Members: Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza of Guayaquil.
Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M. of Cuenca.
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 Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez, Bishop of Vera Paz, Coban, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Haiti

Member: Bishop Yves-Marie Péan, CSC, Bishop of Gonaïves

#### Honduras

Member: Bishop Luis Sole Fa, C.M. of Trujillo.
Substitute: Bishop Angel Garachana Perez, C.M.F. of San Pedro Sula.

#### Mexico

Members: Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martinez of Tehuacan.
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop of Mexico.
Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola, auxiliary of Monterrey.
Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, president of the Episcopal Conference.
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 Salvador Piñeiro, Archbishop of Ayacucho or Huamanga, President of the Episcopal Conference
Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM, Archbishop of Trujillo

#### Puerto Rico

Member: Archbishop Roberto González Nieves, OFM, Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### United States

Members: Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz of Louisville, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. of Philadelphia.
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 Salvatore Joseph Cordileone of San Francisco.

#### Uruguay

Member: Bishop Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martin of Minas.
Substitute:Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer of Maldonado-Punta del Este, president of the Episcopal Conference.

#### Venezuela

Members: Cardinal Archbishop Jorge Urosa, Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela
Archbishop Diego Padrón, Archbishop of Cumana, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### West Indies

Member: Bishop Francis Dean Alleyne OSB, Bishop of Georgetown

### Asia
#### Arab Countries

Member: Patriarch Fouad Twal, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins (Jerusalem), President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Bangladesh

Member: Bishop Paul Ponen Kubi, CSC, Bishop of Mymensingh, President of the Episcopal Family Life Commission

#### Cambodia and Laos

Member: Bishop Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Titular Bishop of Acque new Proconsulari, Apostolic Vicar of Pakse (Laos)

#### China

Member: Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-mien, Bishop of Hsinchu

#### East Timor

Member: Bishop Basilio do Nascimento, Bishop of Baucau, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### India (C.C.B.I.)

Members: Cardinal Archbishop Oswald Gracias, Archbishop of Bombay, President of the Episcopal Conference
Patriarch Filipe Neri Ferrão, Archbishop of Goa and Damao and Patriarch of the East Indies
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: Ramzi Garmou, Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans, Patriarchal Administrator of Ahwaz the Chaldeans, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Japan

Member: Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, PSS, Archbishop of Nagasaki, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Korea

Member: Bishop Peter Woo-il Kang, Bishop of Cheju

#### Kazakhstan

Member: Archbishop Tomasz Peta, Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### 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 Jose Serofia Palma, Archbishop of Cebu
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 Paul Bui Van Doc of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, Hochiminh Ville, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, auxiliary of Xuan Loc.
Substitute: Bishop Pierre Nguyen Van Kham of My Tho.

### Europe
#### Albania

Member: Bishop George Frendo, O.P. Auxiliary of Tirane-Durrës.
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 Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Belgium

Member: Bishop Johan Bonny, Bishop of Antwerp, Antwerp

#### Bosnia and Herzegovina

Member: Bishop Tomo Vuksic, military ordinary of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Substitute: Bishop Marko Semren, O.F.M. auxiliary of Banja Luka.

#### 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 László Német, SVD, Bishop of Zrenjanin (Serbia)

#### France

Members: Archbishop Georges Pontier of Marseille, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, archbishop Paris.
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 Franz-Josef Hermann Bode, Bishop of Osnabrück

#### Greece

Member: Bishop Fragkiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M. Cap. emeritus of Syros, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Substitute: Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos, emeritus of Athenai.

#### 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 Angelo Bagnasco, Archbishop of Genoa, President of the Episcopal Conference
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 Willem Jacobus Eijk, archbishop of Utrecht.
Substitute: Bishop Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen of Breda.

#### Poland

Members: Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki, Archbishop of Poznan, President of the Episcopal Conference
Archbishop Henryk Hoser, SAC, Archbishop-Bishop of Warsaw-Prague
Bishop Jan Franciszek Wątroba, Bishop of Rzeszów

#### 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

#### Scandinavia

Member: Bishop Teemu Sippo, SCI, Bishop of Helsinki

#### Slovakia

Member: Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský, Archbishop of Bratislava, President of the Episcopal Conference

#### Slovenia

Member: Archbishop Stane Zore, OFM, Archbishop of Ljubljana

#### Spain

Members: Cardinal Ricardo Blazquez Perez, archbishop of Valladolid, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Bishop Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa of Bilbao.
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 Vincent Gerard Nichols, archbishop of Westminster, president of the Episcopal Conference.
Bishop Peter John Haworth Doyle of Northampton.
Substitute: Bishop Philip Anthony Egan of Portsmouth.

##### Scotland

Member: Archbishop Philip Tartaglia, Archbishop of Glasgow, President of the Episcopal Conference

### Oceania
#### Australia

Members: Bishop Daniel Eugene Hurley of Darwin.
Archbishop Mark Benedict Coleridge of Brisbane.
Substitute: Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson of Adelaide.

#### 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 Adolfo Nicolás Pachon, superior general of the Jesuits
Rev. Fr. Marco Tasca, O.F.M. Conv., Minister General of the Franciscan Friars Minor Conventual
Rev. Fr. Mario Aldegani, CSI, Superior General of the Josephites of Murialdo
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, C.SS.R., Superior General of the Redemptorists
Rev. Javier Alvarez-Ossorio, SS.CC., superior general of the Picpus Fathers
Rev. Ab. Jeremias Schröder OSB, Archabbot President of the Congregation of Sant'Ottilia
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 Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches
Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops
Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
Cardinal Beniamino Stella, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
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 Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
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 Antonio Maria Vegliò, president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People
Archbishop Emeritus Zygmunt Zimowski, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Radom, President of the Pontifical Council for 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 and the Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Archbishop Emeritus Claudio Maria Celli, Titular Archbishop of Civitanova, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
Archbishop Emeritus Salvatore Fisichella, Titular Archbishop of Voghenza, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization
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 Godfried Danneels, archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussel (Belgium).
Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, archbishop emeritus of Milan (Italy).
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP, archbishop of Vienna, President of the Episcopal Conference (Austria).
Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (Vatican City).
Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, OFM, Archbishop of Durban (South Africa).
Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, President of the Episcopal Conference (Honduras).
Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Council for European Episcopals Conferences (CCEE) (Hungary).
Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, Archbishop of Bologna (Italy).
Cardinal Lluís Martínez Sistach, Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain).
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 Gualtiero Bassetti, Archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve (Italy).
Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo, Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).
Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop of Wellington, President of the Episcopal Conference (New Zealand).
Cardinal Edoardo Menichelli, Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo (Italy).
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 Giuseppe Bertello, President of the Governorate of Vatican City (Vatican City).
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 Sergio Eduardo Castriani CSSp., Archbishop of Manaus (Brazil).
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 George Vance Murry, S.J., Bishop of Youngstown (United States).
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. Roberto Rosa, parish priest of St. James the Apostle, Trieste (Italy).
Fr. François-Xavier Dumortier, S.J., rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Italy).
Fr. Antonio Spadaro S.J., director of the journal La Civilta Cattolica (Italy).
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. Matías Auge Benet, C.M.F., Consultor of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, (Spain)
Professor Giacomo Bertolini, associate professor of canon and ecclesiastical law at the University of Padua, Treviso Section; visiting professor at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, (Italy)
Fr. Giuseppe Bonfrate, lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, (Italy)
Msgr. Philippe Bordeyne, rector of the Institut Catholique de Paris, (France)
Msgr. Lluis Clavell, ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, (Spain)
Msgr. Duarte Nuno Queiroz De Barros Da Cunha, secretary general of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.), (Portugal)
Mr. Leopold Djogbede, professor at the University of Abomey-Calavi and at the Higher Institute Specialist Teacher Training (Benin)
Fr. Bruno Esposito, O.P., ordinary professor of canon law at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, (Italy)
Dr. John Grabowski, Spain, professor of moral theology at the School of Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America, (United States of America)
Fr. Jose Granados, D.C.J.M., deputy director of the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family
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. Sabatino Majorano, C.SS.R., professor of systematic moral theology at the Alphonsian Academy in Rome, (Italy)
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. Antonio Moser, O.F.M., professor emeritus of moral and ethical theology at the Franciscan Theological Institute of Petropolis, (Brazil)
Fr. Aimable Musoni, S.D.B., lecturer in systematic theology, ecclesiology and ecumenism at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, (Rwanda)
Fr. Georges Henri Ruyssen, S.J., lecturer in the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, (Belgium)
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.

## Ecumenical Patriarchate

Stephanos, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Estonia, Estonia

## Patriarchate of Moscow

Hilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, president of the Department for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, Russian Federation

## 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

Pishoy, Metropolitan of Damietta, Kafr Elsheikh and Elbarari, Egypt

## Syriac-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East

Mar Youstinos Boulos, archbishop of Zahle and Bekaa, Lebanon

## Anglican Communion

* Tim Thornton, Bishop of Truro (Church of England)

## 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.