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# Michael Bzdel

Michael Bzdel (21 July 1930 – 3 April 2012) was a Canadian prelate of the Ukrainian Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Archeparchy of Winnipeg.

## Quotes

* A new evangelization is needed that takes into account our post-immigrant, post-seminary situation. It will necessarily be focused on creating a faith that is based more on a personal encounter with the living Jesus Christ than upon any ethnic or social factors. Given the powerful experience of the Catholicism of our youth, we, the Church in Canada, approach this task with much hope.
** Speech at Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops (November 1997) Press Office of the Holy See
# Edmundo Madarang Abaya

Edmundo Madarang Abaya (19 January 1929 – 20 September 2018) was a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Laoag and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nueva Segovia.

## Quotes

* Gambling makes the poor poorer. How can you uplift the condition of rural areas if the population there engages in gambling, betting whatever little they earn from their farms?
** Priest, an Ex-gambler, Starts Fellowship (7 January 1990) Union of Asian Catholic News
* Cults usually evolve from what people hear, whether true or not, about a person. You in the media are funny at times, you help create cults and when they emerge, you come back to ask how these cults evolved.
** Media Fixes on Marcos Messiah Cult That Media Hype Created (28 September 1993) Union of Asian Catholic News
# Yousif Abba

Ephrem Yousif Abba Mansoor (June 18, 1951–) is a Syriac Catholic cleric and the current archbishop of Baghdad.

## Quotes

* I can't leave my people, though I understand completely why they are going. The situation has become intolerable.
** ‘The Church is finished’ – Iraq’s Christians under siege (November 28, 2014)
# Charbel Abdallah

Charbel Abdallah (17 February 1967 –) is a Lebanese prelate of the Maronite Catholic Church who serves as the archeparch of the Archeparchy of Tyre.

## Quotes

* The people of Lebanon are very attached to their faith and they are pleased to see that the Church, both in Lebanon and internationally, shows this solidarity to them.
** In one of the poorest regions of Lebanon, the Church sustains the soul and the body (27 January 2022) Aid to the Church in Need International
# Youssef Anis Abi-Aad

Youssef Anis Abi-Aad (12 January 1940 – 6 May 2017) was a prelate of the Maronite Catholic Church who served as the archeparch of the Archeparchy of Aleppo.

## Quotes

* In contemplation; it can happen that we cross, in a fleeting moment, a reflection of God's gaze on people. This is a moment of grace, a moment of joy, because this gaze is creator, savior and full of love.
** Intervention of Mons. Youssef Anis ABI-AAD, Archbishop of Alep of the Maronites (SYRIA) (14 October 2010) Vatican News
* Our hope and our greatest desire can only be peace: this is why we pray intensely.
** The Church's efforts to free the kidnapped Christians and to assist the displaced (8 November 2012) Fides News Agency
# Michel Abrass

Michel Abrass (14 December 1948 –) is a Syrian prelate of the Melkite Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Archeparchy of Tyre.

## Quotes

* Christians need a certain "positive laicity". Where do they go to find it? Presently, our "lay flock" denies itself; it is a matter of their giving a legitimacy that the only ones with power to give it are the Ecclesiastics provided that it had been acquired by their statutes. We think that Christians who so desire should be authorized to adopt lay statute, without betraying the Dogmas or the teachings of the Churches, keeping in mind that one is not in a solely Christian land.
** Intervention of Mons. Michel ABRASS, Titular Archbishop of Myra of the Greek-Melkites, Bishop of the Patriarchal Curia of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites (SYRIA) (17 October 2010) Vatican Radio
# Bernard Agré

Bernard Agré (2 March 1926 – 9 June 2014) was an Ivorian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of Archdiocese of Abidjan.

## Quotes

* Upright generations, young boys and girls in certain developed countries and those in countries of the Third World, have become conscious that to change the world, its myths and is ghosts, is a realistic project and is possible. Some NGOs emerge to protect the material environment and defend the rights of oppressed peoples. For the Church, light of the world, to play her prophetic role she should concretely commit herself in this fight with a view to finding the truth.
** Intervention of Card. Bernard AGRÉ, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan (IVORY COAST) (2009) Holy See Press Office
# Joseph Aind

Joseph Aind (5 November 1945–) is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Diocese of Dibrugarh.

## Quotes

* Only external forces with their own interests can introduce such seeds of hatred.
** Acts of vandalism in a Catholic church in Assam: alarm for Christmas (December 2018)
# Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil

Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil (18 November 1938 – 3 December 2012) was a prelate of the Syrian Catholic Church.

## Quotes

* The Church must be the presence of Christ in the country. If we Christians flee when the situation is difficult, then we don’t give that necessary witness. And if the generations are uprooted then they will never return.
** Scholar: Christians Fighting More Than Iraqi State (17 November 2009) Zenit
# Prosper Afam Amah

Prosper Afam Amah (15 September 1973 –) is a Nigerian Anglican bishop.

## Quotes

* Giving will never take any persons to Heaven. When you give, you have access to God's inexhaustible recourses here on Earth.
** Fresh Oil Programme. Bishop Prosper Amah Reveals Inspiration Behind the Theme of the March Edition. (March 2022) Advent Cable Network Nigeria
# Gianni Ambrosio

Gianni Ambrosio (23 December 1943 –) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Piacenza–Bobbio.

## Quotes

* I told the young people that this experience must first light our path: knowing that our path is lit and there are many people who have gone before us, who gave us the light of faith. Not only that, but also we are accompanied by the presence of the Risen Christ who is in our midst, and the Church continues the mission of Jesus, which is to give the children of God the possibility of a way that leads to the goal, to salvation.
** Pope Francis tells young people to "make noise" (28 August 2013) Vatican Radio
# Francis An Shuxin

Francis An Shuxin (16 July 1949 –) is a Chinese prelate who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Baoding.

## Quotes

* There is nothing wrong with a church being small and simple. As long as we can pray in it and celebrate the Eucharist. Above all, it is important to have a temple of God also in our hearts too, adorned with prayer and good works, if we really want to be children worthy of His name.
** New opportunities for communion and unity for the diocese of Baoding (31 March 2023) Fides News Agency
# Jacob Angadiath

Jacob Angadiath (26 September 1945 –) is an Indian prelate of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago.

## Quotes

* We are pleased to be joined to be of one body and mind, to pray together, work together and build the kingdom of God here on earth.
** Eastern Catholic Churches are one in faith, says U.S. Syro-Malabar bishop (February 2020) Catholic News Service
# Anselm of Canterbury

Anselm of Canterbury (1033 – April 21 1109) was an Italian-born prelate and scholastic theologian, who moved first to Normandy and then to England. He was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 until his death.

## Quotes

* But since it is better to have perception or to have omnipotence, to be pitiful or to be without passions, than not to have these attributes; how hast Thou perception, if Thou art not a body? or omnipotence, if Thou canst not do everything? or how art Thou at one and the same time pitiful and without passions? For if only bodily things have perception, since the senses with which we perceive belong and attach to the body; how canst Thou have perception, since Thou art not a body but the Supreme Spirit, which is higher than a body can be? But if perception is only knowledge or a means towards knowledge; since he who perceives, has knowledge thereby, according to the special character of the senses, by sight of colours, by taste of savours and so forth: then whatsoever has knowledge in whatsoever manner may be said without impropriety in some sense to perceive. Therefore, O Lord, although Thou art not a body, yet of a truth Thou hast in this sense perception in the highest degree, since Thou knowest all things in the highest degree; but not in the sense wherein an animal that has knowledge by means of bodily feeling is said to have perception.
** Proslogion, chapter 5 by Anselm of Canterbury, translated by Clement C. J. Webb (1903).
* Ergo domine...credimus te esse aliquid quo nihil maius cogitari possit.
** Therefore, lord...we believe that you are something than which nothing greater can be thought.
** Proslogion, ch. 2; Gregory Schufreider Confessions of a Rational Mystic: Anselm's Early Writings (West Lafayette, Ind.: Purdue University Press, 1994) pp. 324-5.
* God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own.
** Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 123.
* God was conceived of a most pure Virgin … it was fitting that the virgin should be radiant with a purity so great that a greater purity cannot be conceived.
** In Mary for Earth and Heaven: Essays on Mary and Ecumenism, 2002, William McLaughlin, Jill Pinnock, eds., Gracewing, ISBN 0852445563 ISBN 9780852445563 pp. 115-116.
# Nicolas Antiba

Nicolas Antiba (25 December 1945–) is a Syrian prelate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church who serves as the vicar of the Archeparchy of Damascus.

## Quotes

* If arms continue to come into the country, the situation will get worse. It is not Syrians who are fighting Syrians – those involved in the fighting are non-Syrians. Instead of bringing arms into our country, bring peace. Arms are like a cancer – a foreign body that threatens to destroy us. I would say to President Obama, you always talk about peace… please leave us alone and put these ideas of peace into practice. You have your own idea of democracy and it is beautiful but it is not necessarily our idea of democracy; let us work out our own idea of democracy.
** “Leave us alone!” (2013)
# Ilario Antoniazzi

Ilario Antoniazzi (23 April 1948 –) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tunis.

## Quotes

* Ours is an apostolate of life: we present Christ simply trying to live according to his teachings.
** The challenge of an ecclesial community that is renewed every 4 years (14 January 2014)
* Without being a prophet, I am optimistic, in spite of everything. I trust the Tunisian people who want to live in peace and build their own Country.
** "I am confident: Tunisians will be able to react with strength and courage" says the Archbishop of Tunis (28 June 2019)
# Orlando Antonini

Orlando Antonini (15 October 1944–) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

## Quotes

* Bishops and priests should bring the spiritual dimension to political and social life. The poor will be exploited and used as a pretext for partisan or other agendas.
** Outgoing Nuncio to Paraguay says Lugo harmed the Church by entering politics (14 September 2009)
# Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo

Philip Arnold Subira Anyolo (18 May 1956–) is a Kenyan prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

## Quotes

* From the Christian point of view, we have an obligation to inform our people that God heals. But at the same time, He heals us through our understanding that we can protect ourselves from such illnesses.
** Bishops in Africa Call for Appropriate Measures as Cases of COVID-19 are Confirmed (5 March 2020)
# Samuel J. Aquila

Samuel Joseph Aquila (September 24, 1950–) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as the fifth archbishop of Denver.

## Quotes

* When you abandon God, the only thing left is yourself, and when you remove God from the equation, what is the reason for any altruism, any sense of the other? How do I really care for people if I do not believe in a God? The whole approach of a secular culture and liberal culture is to focus on my own pleasure and what’s in it for me. So we see young people very easily moving in and out of relationships, without much thought or meaning, and then they cannot understand why they are so unhappy.
** The Universal Call to Holiness (August 8, 2011)
* I like to challenge the faithful to grow in holiness and become saints. When I give a confirmation homily to children, I ask them, “Are you called to be saints?” It is amazing that a number of them say no. The adults in attendance look stunned by the question. I then tell them we are all called to holiness, and we are all called to be saints. Vatican II teaches this; Christ tells us this in the Gospels.
** An Interview with the Most Rev. Samuel J. Aquila (April 9, 2015)
# Michel Aoun (bishop)

Michel Aoun (2 June 1959–) is a Lebanese prelate of the Maronite Catholic Church who served as the Eparch of the Eparchy of Byblos.

## Quotes

* It would be great if Christians in the West would petition their government so that, for example, the US government take account of the importance of Christians in the Middle East. It seems that sometimes that economic considerations have precedence, as has been the case in Iraq, for example. Western policy should ensure that Christians remain in the Middle East – their presence is vital. The Lebanese example shows why: Lebanese Muslims are very much influenced by Christians – they are different than Muslims in Syria or Iraq, because they have lived side by side with many Christians and have been exposed to Christian values, including their support for democracy, and tolerance. That is a vital, indispensable gift Christians have to offer the region.
** (15 November 2017) Aid to the Church in Need International
# Mathew Arackal

Mathew Arackal (10 December 1944 –) is an Indian prelate of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Eparchy of Kanjirappally.

## Quotes

* We must realize that sustainable development comes only through eco-friendly living. God created man and put him in Eden as its custodian, but he sinned against God. The first sin is the first attempt of man against God and nature.
** Syro-Malabar Church Establishes ´Green´ Spirituality As High Priority (13 September 2005) Union of Asian Catholic News
# Jean-Abdo Arbach

Jean-Abdo Arbach (June 28, 1952–) is Syrian prelate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church who serves as the current archeparch of the Archeparchy of Homs.

## Quotes

* We need prayers, prayers and more prayers. It is the only thing that can bring us unity in this country.
** “We want and we need peace. Please pray for us!”, an appeal from Syria by Archbishop Jean-Abdo Arbach (April 17, 2018)
# John Stanley Kenneth Arnold

John Stanley Kenneth Arnold (12 June 1953 –) is an English prelate of the Catholic Church.

## Quotes

* There will always be, I suppose, those people who are simply ignorant of the situation and people who would deny we are in such a difficult place. We've got to go on making sure that people understand the seriousness and the urgency of what we face at the moment.
** COP26: Bishop Arnold, ‘We are at a turning point in climate battle' (31 October 2021) Vatican News
# Savarimuthu Arokiaraj

Savarimuthu Arokiaraj (24 October 1954–) is an Indian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Tiruchirapalli.

## Quotes

* Though the Scripture says that all the baptized form one Mystical Body with Christ as its Head and that there is no separation among us whether we are "Jews or Greeks, slaves or free", the social, cultural and local systems do not permit us to put it into practice. It is because of the social system that pulls down the Christian community from the Gospel values. As such, we cannot change the existing system over night. In fact, we need more time, education and formation of the Christian community. Yes
** Mass Facing the People Is More Important Than Facing the Direction of East (1 October 2021)
# Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana

Francis Xavier Vira Arpondratana (3 October 1955 –) is a Thai prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the bishop of the Diocese of Chiang Mai.

## Quotes

* I try to understand the farmers, and to promote Catholic social teaching so that they can contribute to a holistic human development, can work for the common good of their family and for the entire nation. In fact, I did not want to work in the field, but I would like to support them; and one of the local nuns encouraged me, asking, "bishop why don't you work with us?" When someone asks, I would like to open my heart and mind and be with them.
** Thai bishop sows seeds of evangelization in mission diocese (15 July 2014) Catholic News Agency
# Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru

Juan Ignacio Arrieta Ochoa de Chinchetru (10 April 1951–) is a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the secretary of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

## Quotes

* The philosophy of legal positivism is not the way of the Church, for the Church it is not a possible way of thinking. What truly links the Church, and the faithful, are the sacraments, the word of Christ. No authority is binding that rejects the sacraments; that is not possible, acting that way would not be possible, even if some say that it could be so.
** ‘Useless to pretend’: Vatican official dismisses German ‘binding synodal path’ (11 October 2019)
# Martin Ashe

Martin Ashe (27 September 1953 –) is an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Melbourne.

## Quotes

* The announcement took me by surprise and all I can say is that I was humbled by the appointment from Pope Francis. He has put his trust in me in serving the Church's mission in the world and in particular, here in the Archdiocese of Melbourne, making God's love come alive for people. I accept this new challenge with the help of God’s grace accompanying me into the future. I would appreciate it if you could keep me in your prayers during this time.
** Letter from Fr Martin Ashe (3 June 2021) Christ the Light Parish
# James Athikalam

James Athikalam (5 July 1958 –) is an Indian prelate of the Syro-Malabar Church who serves as the bishop of the Eparchy of Sagar.

## Quotes

* This is part of an ongoing campaign against Christians to discredit their work among the poor and the downtrodden. The diocese carries out several welfare programs among the poor, especially educating poor children and providing them with hostels and other facilities. When they get educated, they begin to oppose atrocities, exploitation and other social evils and therefore some vested interest groups opposed to their growth are targeting our institutions.
** Police probe Catholic-run orphanage in central India (13 December 2021 ) Union of Asian Catholic News
# Matthew Ishaya Audu

Matthew Ishaya Audu (7 June 1959–) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church.

## Quotes

* My new responsibility is higher, it requires renewed vigour, commitment and strength, the prayers of my brethren are needed. I need your prayers to succeed, I need your prayers to take catholic church and the society to the promised land.
** Cleric urges Nigerians to pray for national unity, development (May 10, 2021)
# Bernardito Auza

Bernardito Cleopas Auza (10 June 1959 –) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church.

## Quotes

* What the U.N. tries to do and what we preach in Catholic social doctrine are largely the same values. We may have differences sometimes in reaching the objectives, but we are convinced that we are working towards the same objectives listed in the U.N. Charter: sparing us from the scourge of war, having international treaties observed, promoting and respecting fundamental human rights, and observing and fostering the development of all in larger freedom.
** Archbishop Auza: Pope Comes ‘as a Father and a Pastor’ to the UN (25 September 2015)
# William Avenya

William Amove Avenya (21 June 1955–) is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the Bishop of the Diocese of Gboko.

## Quotes

* It is depressing that our Middle Belt region has truly become a vale of tears, a region where mass burials are very common!
** Nigerian Christians facing 'calculated genocide,' Catholic bishop tells Congress (December 18, 2020 )
# Ricardo Baccay

Ricardo Lingan Baccay (April 3, 1961–) is the fourth Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tuguegarao.

## Quotes

* I ask you to pray for me as I exercise my being a father to you all, be assured that I will do my best to serve you all to the exclusion of no one.
** Baccay installed as new Tuguegarao archbishop (January 28, 2020)
# Nick Baines (bishop)

Nicholas Baines (13 November 1957 –) is a British Anglican who serves as the Bishop of Leeds.

## Quotes

* Pray, because the church leaders, the bishops, the archbishops, need great wisdom as they negotiate with government, and as they try very hard to envision a future that even the politicians can't always envision, as they speak for justice and peace and so on, and pray that they find willing partners.
** Anglican AB Welby concludes visit to Uganda and Sudan (3 August 2017) Vatican Radio
# Ettore Balestrero

Ettore Balestrero (21 December 1966 –) is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who works is the diplomatic service of the Holy See.

## Quotes

* Peace is a challenge and a necessity for everyone, but especially in the regions where we suffer more.
** Joy in the suffering: Sincelejo welcomes the new Bishop remembering the pastor killed (30 March 2015) Fides News Agency
* Mercy without truth is not Christian, because that doesn't take into account the dignity of the human person.
** Pope in Colombia: Nuncio says Francis comes as a 'friend' (2017) Vatican Radio