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PRAYER FOR THE SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FOR AMERICA OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS

We publish below the "Prayer" for the Special Assembly for America of Synod of Bishops to be held in the Vatican from 16 December till Friday 12 December 1997, on the topic "Encounter with the living Jesus Christ: the way to conversion, communion and solidarity in America".

Almighty God and Father,
who in Your infinite mercy
willed to give us Your Son Jesus Christ
as the one and only way to salvation,
we ask You to hear the prayer which Your Church,
in pilgrimage in America,
makes to You on the occasion of
the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops.

Send forth Your Holy Spirit,
to enlighten the path
which the New People of God wish to follow,
under the guidance of their Pastors
and in communion with the Vicar of Christ,
so as to cross the threshold of the Third Millennium
with a renewed heart.

Holy Mary of Guadalupe,
Patroness of all America
and Star of the first and the new evangelization,
to Your maternal care we commend
the work and fruits of the
Synodal Assembly for America.
Show us Your Son Jesus Christ,
the way to conversion, communion and solidarity
who lives and reigns for ever and ever.
Amen.

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

We publish below the list of participants, according to their level of participation.

His Holiness John Paul II
Sovereign Pontiff

II. SECRETARY GENERAL

H. Em. Card. Jan P. SCHOTTE, C.I.C.M.
Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops

III. PRESIDENT DELEGATES

H. Em. Card. Eugênio DE ARAUJO SALES, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
H. Em. Card. Roger Michael MAHONY, Archbishop of Los Angeles, California, USA
H. Exc. Archbishop Darío CASTRILLON HOYOS, Prefect for the Congregation for the Clergy

IV. GENERAL RELATOR

Em. Card. Juan SANDOVAL INIGUEZ, Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico

V. SPECIAL SECRETARIES

H. Exc. Francis Eugene GEORGE, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, USA
H. Exc. Estanislao Esteban KARLIC, Archbishop of Paraná, Argentina

VI. COMMISSION FOR INFORMATION

President:
H. Exc. Oscar Andrés RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA, S.D.B., Archibishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Vice-Presidents:
H. Exc. Luciano Pedro MENDES DE ALMEIDA, S.J., Archbishop of Mariana, Brazil
H. Exc. Raymundo Joseph PEÑA, Bishop of Brownsville, Texas, USA

VII. COMMISION FOR THE MESSAGE

President:
H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude TURCOTTE, Archbishop of Montreal, Canada

Vice-Presidents:
H. Exc. Theodore Edgar MCCARRICK, Archbishop of Newark, New Jersey, USA
H. Exc. Kelvin Edward FELIX, Archbishop of Castries, Santa Lucia

VIII. COMMISSION FOR CONTROVERSIES

President:
H. Em. Card. Gilberto AGUSTONI, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura

IX. AMERICAN CARDINALS

H. Em. Card. Eduardo Francisco PIRONI, Member of the Council of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (Vatican-Argentina)
H. Em. Card. Eugênio de ARAUJO SALES, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
H. Em. Card. Luis APONTE MARTINEZ, Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico)
H. Em. Card. Raúl Francisco PRIMATESTA, Archbishop of Córdoba (Argentina)
H. Em. Card. Paulo Evaristo ARNS, O.F.M, Archbishop of São Paulo (Brazil)
H. Em. Card. William Wakefield BAUM, Major Penitentiary (Vatican-USA)
H. Em. Card. Aloísio LORSCHIEDER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)
H. Em. Card. Alfonso LOPEZ TRUJILLO, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family (Vatican-Colombia)
H. Em. Card. Miguel OBANDO BRAVO, S.D.B., Archbishop of Managua (Nicaragua)
H. Em.Card. Rosalio José CASTILLO LARA, S.D.B., Member of the Council of the Second Sesction of the Secretary of State (Vatican-Venezuela)
H. E. Card. Edouard GAGNON, P.S.S., President of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses (Vatican-Canada)
H. Em. Card. Bernard Francis LAW, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts (USA)
H. Em. Card. John Joseph O’CONNOR, Archbishop of New York, New York (USA)
H. Em. Card. José Freire FALCAO, Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)
H. Em. Card. Lucas MOREIRA NEVES, O.P., Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia (Brazil)
H. Em. Card. James Aloysius HICKEY, Archbishop of Washington D.C. (USA)
H. Em. Card. Edmund Casimir SZOKA, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State (Vatican-USA)
H. Em. Card. Nicolás de Jesús LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic)
H. Em.Card. Roger Michael MAHONY, Archbishop of Los Angeles, California (USA)
H. Em. Card. Anthony Joseph BEVILACQUA, Archbishop of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
H. Em. Card. Carlos OVIEDO CAVADA, O. de M., Archbishop of Santiago de Chile (Chile)
H. Em. Card. Jaime Lucas OORTEGA Y ALAMINO, Archbishop of San Cristóbal de La Habana (Cuba)
H. Em. Card. William Henry KEELER, Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland (USA)
H. Em. Card. Augusto VARGAS ALZAMORA, S.J., Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude TURCOTTE, Archbishop of Montréal (Canada)
H. Em. Card. Adam Joseph MAIDA, Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan (USA)
H. Em. Card. Juan Sandoval ÍNIGUEZ, Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

X. METROPOLITAN BISHOPS OF THE ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCH IN AMERICA

H. Exc. Stephen SULYK, Metropolitan Archbishop of Philadelphia for the Ukrainians (USA)
H. Exc. Michael BZDEL, C.SS.R., Metropolitan Archbishop of Winnipeg for the Ukrainians, (Canada)
H. Exc. Judson Michael PROCYK, Metropolitan Archbishop of Pittsburgh for the Byzantines (USA)

XI. PRESIDENTS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES OF AMERICA

Antilles
H. Exc. Most Rev. Edgerton Roland CLARKE, Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica.

Argentina
H. Exc. Most Rev. Estanislao Esteban KARLIC, Archbishop of Paraná.

Bolivia
H. Exc. Rev. Julio TERRAZAS SNADOVAL, C.SS.R., Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

Brazil
H. Em. Card. Lucas MOREIRA NEVES, O.P., Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia.

Canada
H. Em. Card. Jean-Claude TURCOTTE, Archbishop of Montréal.

Chile
H. E. Card. Carlos OVIEDO CAVADA, O. de M., Archbishop of Santiago de Chile.

Colombia
H. Exc. Most Rev. Alberto GIRALDO JARAMILLO, P.S.S., Archbishop of Medellín.

Costa Rica
H. Exc. Most Rev.Román ARRIETA VILLALOBOS, Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica.

Cuba
H. Em. Card. Jaime Lucas ORTEGA Y ALAMINO, Archbishop of San Cristobal de La Habana.

Dominican Republic
H. Em. Card. Nicolás de Jesús LOPEZ RODRIGUEZ, Archbishop of Santo Domingo.

Ecuador
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Mario RUIZ NAVAS, Archbishop of Portoviejo.

El Salvador
H. Exc. Most Rev. Marco René REVELO CONTRERAS, Bishop of Santa Ana.

Guatemala
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jorge Mario AVILA DEL AGUILA, C..M., Bishop of Jalapa.

Haiti
H. Exc. Msgr. François GAYOT, S.M..M., Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien.

Honduras
H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar Andrés RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA, S.D.B., Archbishop of Tegucigalpa.

Mexico
H. Exc. Most Rev. Luis MORALES REYES, Bishop of Torreón.

Nicaragua
H. Em. Card. Miguel OBANDO BRAVO, S.D.B., Archbishop of Managua.

Panama
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Dimas CEDENO DELGADO, Archbishop of Panama City.

Paraguay
H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar PAEZ GARCETE, Bishop of Alto Paraná.

Peru
H. Em. Card. Augusto VARGAS ALZAMORA, S.J., Archbishop of Lima.

Puerto Rico
H. Exc. Most Rev. Iñaki MALLONA TXERTUDI, C.P., Bishop of Arecibo.

Uruguay
H. Exc. Most Rev. Orlando ROMERO CABRERA, Bishop of Canelones.

Venezuela
H. Exc. Most Rev. Tulio Manuel CHIRIVELLA VARELA, Archbishop of Barquisimeto.

XII. PRESIDENT "LATIN AMERICAN EPISCOPAL COUNCIL" (C.E.L.AM.)

H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar Andrés RODRIGUEZ MARADIAGA, S.D.B., Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), President of C.E.L.AM.

XIII. MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES

Antilles
H. Exc. Most Rev. Kelvin FELIX, Archbishop of Castries.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Gordon Anthony PANTIN, C.S.Sp., Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago).
H. Exc. Most Rev. Samuel Emmanuel CARTER, S.J., Archbishop Emeritus of Kingston in Jamaica.
H. Exc. Msgr. Ernest Mesmin Lucien CABO, Bishop of Basse-Terre.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Aloysius Ferdinandus ZICHEM, C.SS.R., Bishop of Paramaribo (Surinam)

Argentina
H. Exc. Most Rev. Emilio BIANCHI DI CARCANO, Bishop of Azul.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Eduardo Vicente MIRAS, Archbishop of Rosario.
H. Exc. Most Rev. José María ARANCIBIA, Archbishop of Mendoza.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO, S.J., Coadjutor Archbishop of Buenos Aires.
H. Exc. Most Rev. José María ARANCEDO, Bishop of Mar del Plata.
H. Exc. Rev. José Luis MOLLAGHAN, Titular Bishop of Theuzi, Auxiliary of Buenos Aires.
H. Exc. Rev. Alcides Jorge Pedro CASARETTO, Bishop of San Isidro.
H. Exc. Rev. Carmelo Juan GIAQUINTA, Archbishop of Resistencia.
H. Exc. Rev. Carlos José ÑAÑEZ, Coadjutor Archbishop of Tucumán.

Bolivia
H. Exc. Most Rev. René FERNÁNDEZ APAZA, Archbishop of Cochabamba.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Edmundo Luis Flavio ABASTOFLOR MONTERO, Archbishop of La Paz.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Manuel EGUIGUREN GALLARAGA, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Salapia, Auxiliary of El Beni.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Toribio TICONA PORCO, Bishop Prelate of Corocoro.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Walter PÉREZ VILLAMONTE, Titular Bishop of Curubis, Auxiliary of Sucre.

Brazil
H. Exc. Rev. Pedro Antônio MARCHETTI FEDALTO, Archbishop of Curitiba.
H. Exc. Rev. Serafim FERNANDES DE ARAÚJO, Archbishop of Belo Horizonte.
H. Exc. Rev. Luciano Pedro MENDES DE ALMEIDA, S.J., Archbishop of Mariana.
H. Exc. Rev. Marcelo PINTO CARVALHEIRA, Archbishop of Paraíba.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Cláudio HUMMES, O.F.M., Archbishop of Fortaleza.
H. Exc. Rev. Jayme HENRIQUE CHEMELLO, Bishop of Pelotas.
H. Exc. Rev. Angélico SÂNDALO BERNARDINO, Titular Bishop of Tambeae, Auxiliary of São Paulo.
H. Exc. Rev. Antônio Celso QUEIRÓZ, Titular Bishop of Saetabis, Auxiliary of São Paulo.
H. Exc. Rev. Vital João G. WILDERINK, O.Carm., Bishop of Itaguaí.
H. Exc. Rev. Erwin KRÄUTLER, C.PP.S., Bishop Prelate of Xingu.
H. Exc. Rev. Luiz DEMÉTRIO VALENTINI, Bishop of Jales.
H. Exc. Rev. Fernando Antônio FIGUEIREDO, O.F.M., Bishop of Santo Amaro.
H. Exc. Rev. Geraldo LYRIO ROCHA, Bishop of Colatina.
H. Exc. Rev. Raymundo DAMASCENO ASSIS, Titular Bishop of Nova Petra, Auxiliary of Brasília.
H. Exc. Rev. Ireneu DANELON, S.D.B., Bishop of Lins.

Canada
H. Exc. Most Rev. Francis John SPENCE, Archbishop of Kingston.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Marcel André GERVAIS, Archbishop of Ottawa.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Maurice COUTURE, R.S.V., Archbishop of Québec.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Roger ÉBACHER, Archbishop of Gatineau-Hull.
H. Exc. Most Rev. André GAUMOD, Archbishop of Sherbrooke.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Henri GOUDREAULT, O.M.I., Archbishop of Grouard-McLennan.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Anthony Frederick TONNOS, Bishop of Hamilton.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Raymond John LAHEY, Bishop of Saint George’s.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Gerald WIESNER, O.M.I., Bishop of Prince George.
H. Exc. Most Rev. James Matthew Wingle, Bishop of Yarmouth.

Chile
H. Exc. Most Rev. Antonio MORENO CASAMITJANA, Archbishop of Concepción.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Francisco Javier ERRÁZURIZ OSSA, Archbishop-Bishop of Valparaíso.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Fernando ARIZTÍA RUIZ, Bishop of Copiapó.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Ricardo EZZATI ANDRELLO, S.D.B., Bishop of Valdivia
H. Exc. Most Rev. Sergio CONTRERAS NAVIA, Bishop of Temuco.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Patricio INFANTE ALFONSO, Archbishop of Antofagasta.

Colombia
H. Exc. Most Rev. Pedro RUBIANO SÁENZ, Archbishop of Bogotá.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Juan Francisco SARASTI JARAMILLO, C.J.M. Archbishop of Ibagué.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Victor Manuel LÓPEZ FORERO, Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Isaías DUARTE CANCINO, Archbishop of Cali.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Fabio BETANCUR TIRADO, Archbishop of Manizales.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Ramón Darío MOLINA JARAMILLO, O.F.M., Bishop of Montería.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Gustavo MARTÍNEZ FRÍAS, Bishop of Ipiales.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Alfonso CABEZAS ARISTIZÁBAL, C.M., Bishop of Villavicencio.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jorge Enrique JIMÉNEZ CARVAJAL, C.J.M., Bishop of Zipaquirá.

Costa Rica
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Francisco ULLOA ROJAS, Bishop of Limón.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Angel SAN CASIMIRO FERNÁNDEZ, O.A.R., Bishop of Ciudad Quesada.

Cuba
H. Exc. Most Rev. Alfredo PETIT VERGEL, Titular Bishop of Buslacena, Auxiliary of San Cristóbal de La Habana.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Mario Eusebio MESTRIL VEGA, Bishop of Ciego de Avila.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Dionisio GARCÍA IBÁÑEZ, Bishop of Santísimo Salvador de Bayamo y Manzanillo.

Dominican Republic
H. Exc. Most Rev.Ramón Benito DE LA ROSA Y CARPIO, Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey.
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Dolores GRULLÓN ESTRELLA, Bishop of San Juan de la Maguana.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Antonio Camilo GONZÁLEZ, Bishop of La Vega.

Ecuador
H. Exc. Most Rev. Antonio José GONZÁLEZ ZUMÁRRAGA, Archbishop of Quito.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Luis Alberto LUNA TOBAR, O.C.D., Archbishop of Cuenca en Ecuador.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Juan Ignacio LARREA HOLGUÍN, Archbishop of Guayaquil.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Vicente Rodrígo CISNEROS DURÁN, Bishop of Ambato.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Néstor Rafael HERRERA HEREDIA, Bishop of Machala.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Antonio ARREGUI YARZA, Bishop of Ibarra.

El Salvador
H. Exc. Most Rev. Fernando SÁENZ LACALLE, Archbishop of San Salvador.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Gregorio ROSA CHÁVEZ, Titular Bishop of Mulli, Auxiliary of San Salvador.

Guatemala
H. Exc. Most Rev. Victor Hugo MARTÍNEZ CONTRERAS, Archbishop of Los Altos, Quetzaltenango-Totonicapán.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Fernando Claudio GAMALERO GONZÁLEZ, Bishop of Escuintla.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Julio Edgar CABRERA OVALLE, Bishop of Santa Cruz del Quiché.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Alvaro Leonel RAMAZZINI IMERI, Bishop of San Marcos.

Haiti
H. Exc. Most Rev. Emmanuel CONSTANT, Bishop of Les Gonaïves.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jean Alix VERRIER, Bishop of Les Cayes.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Guire POULARD, Bishop of Jacmel.

Honduras
H. Exc. Most Rev. Raúl CORRIVEAU, P.M.E., Bishop of Choluteca.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Angel GARACHANA PÉREZ, C.M.F., Bishop of San Pedro Sula.

Mexico
H. Exc. Most Rev. Rosendo HUESCA PACHECO, Archbishop of Puebla de los Angeles.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Alberto SUÁREZ INDA, Archbishop of Morelia.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Emilio Carlos BERLIE BELAUNZARÁN, Archbishop of Yucatán.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Norberto RIVERA CARRERA, Archbishop of Mexico City.
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Luis MACÍAS SALCEDO, Archbishop of Hermosillo.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jacinto GUERRERO TORRES, Bishop Coadjutor and Apostolic Administrator "sede plena" of Tlaxcala.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Felipe ARIZMENDI ESQUIVEL, Bishop of Tapachula.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Francisco ROBLES ORTEGA, Bishop of Toluca.
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Guadalupe MARTÍN RÁBAGO, Bishop of Léon.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Miguel Angel ALBA DIAZ, Titular Bishop of Fessei and Auxiliary of Antequera, Oaxaca.

Nicaragua
H. Exc. Most Rev. Juan Abelardo MATA GUEVARA, S.D.B., Bishop of Estelí.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Leopoldo José BRENES SOLÓRZANO, Bishop of Matagalpa.

Panama
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Luis LACUNZA MAESTROJUÁN, O.A.R., Bishop of Chitré.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar Mario BROWN JIMÉNEZ, Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Rómulo EMILIANI SÁNCHEZ, C.M.F., Titular Bishop of Nigra Mayor, Vicar Apostolic of Darién.

Paraguay
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jorge Adolfo Carlos LIVIERES BANKS, Bishop of Encarnación.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Celso YEGROS ESTIGARRIBIA, Bishop of Carapegua.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Fernando LUGO MÉNDEZ, S.V.D., Bishop of San Pedro.

Peru
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Paulino RÍOS REYNOSO, Archbishop of Huancayo.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Lorenzo LEÓN ALVARADO, O. de M., Bishop of Huacho.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Luis Armando BAMBARÉN GASTELUMENDI, S.J., Bishop of Chimbote.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Guido BREÑA LÓPEZ, O.P., Bishop of Ica.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Alberto Aurelio BRAZZINI DÍAZ-UFANO, Titular Bishop of Assava, Auxiliary of Lima.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Juan Luis MARTIN BUISSON, P.M.E., Titular Bishop of Aquae in Numidia, Vicar Apostolic of Pucallpa.
H. Exc. Most Rev. José Ramón GURRUCHAGA EZAMA, S.D.B., Bishop Bishop of Lurín
H. Exc. Most Rev. Julián GARCÍA CENTENO, O.S.A., Titular Bishop of Girus, Vicar Apostolic of Iquitos.

Puerto Rico
H. Exc. Most Rev. Ricardo Antonio SURIÑACH CARRERAS, Titular Bishop of Aquae Albae in Mauretania, Auxiliary of Ponce.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Ulises Aurelio CASIANO VARGAZ, Titular Bishop of Mayaguez.

United States of America
H. Exc. Most Rev. Rembert George WEAKLAND, O.S.B., Archbishop of Milwaukee.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Patrick F. FLORES, Archbishop of San Antonio.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar Hugh LIPSCOMB, Archbishop of Mobile.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Daniel Edward PILARCZYK, Archbishop of Cincinnati.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Justin Francis RIGALI, Archbishop of Saint Louis.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Theodore Edgar MCCARRICK, Archbishop of Newark.
H. Exc. Most Rev. John Clement FAVALORA, Archbishop of Miami.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Francis Eugene GEORGE, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.
H. Exc. Most Rev. John Stephen CUMMINS, Bishop of Oakland.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Raymundo Joseph PEÑA, Bishop of Brownsville.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Ricardo RAMÍREZ, C.S.B., Bishop of Las Cruces.
H. Exc. Most Rev. John Huston RICARD, S.S.J., Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Donald William WUERL, Bishop of Pittsburgh.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Donald Edmond PELOTTE, S.S.S., Bishop of Gallup.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Roberto Octavio GONZÁLEZ, O.F.M., Bishop of Corpus Christi.

Uruguay
H. Exc. Most Rev. Rodolfo WIRZ KRAEMER, Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Julio César BONINO BONINO, Bishop of Tacuarembó.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Carlos María COLLAZZI IRAZÁBAL, S.D.B., Bishop of Mercedes.

Venezuela
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jorge Liberato UROSA SAVINO, Archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Baltazar PORRAS CARDOZO, Archbishop of Mérida.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Ramón Ovidio PÉREZ MORALES, Archbishop of Maracaibo.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Ignacio Antonio VELASCO GARCÍA, S.D.B., Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Diego Rafael PADRÓN SÁNCHEZ, Bishop of Maturín.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Mario del Valle MORONTA RODRÍGUEZ, Bishop of Los Teques.

XIV. Elected by the Union of Superiors General

Most Rev. Fr. Bernardo OLIVERA, O.C.S.O, Abbot General of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance.
Rev. Fr. John CORRIVEAU, O.F.M.Cap., Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin.
Rev. Fr. Camilo MACCISE, O.C.D., Superior General of the Order of Discalced Carmelites of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel.
Rev. Fr Peter Hans KOLVENBACH, S.J., Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Rev. Fr. José LUIZ NEMES, C.S.S., Superior General of the Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Rev. Fr. Juan E. VECCHI, S.D.B., Rector Major of the Salesian Society of St John Bosco.

XV. HEADS OF THE DICASTERIES OF THE ROMAN CURIA

H. Em. Cardinal Angelo SODANO, Secretary of State.
H. Em. Cardinal Joseph RATZINGER, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
H. Em. Cardinal Achille SILVESTRINI, Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
H. Em. Cardinal Bernardin GANTIN, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
H. Em. Cardinal Jozef TOMKO, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.
H. Em. Cardinal Eduardo MARTÍNEZ SOMALO, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.
H. Em. Cardinal Pio LAGHI, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.
H. Em. Cardinal William Wakefield BAUM, Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
H. Em. Cardinal Gilberto AGUSTONI, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.
H. Em. Cardinal Edward Idris CASSIDY, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
H. Em. Cardinal Alfonso LÓPEZ TRUJILLO, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family.
H. Em. Cardinal Roger ETCHEGARAY, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
H. Em. Cardinal Francis ARINZE, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Cardinal Paul POUPARD, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
H. Exc. Most Rev.Jorge Arturo MEDINA ESTÉVEZ, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Valparaiso and Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Alberto Bovone, Titular Archbishop of Cesarea in Numidia, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Darío CASTRILLÓN HOYOS, Archbishop Emeritus of Bucaramanga, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy.
H. Exc. Most Rev. James Francis STAFFORD, Archbishop Emeritus of Denver, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Paul Josef CORDES, Titular Archbishop of Naisso, President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum".
H. Exc. Most Rev. Giovanni CHELI, Titular Archbishop, President of the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Javier LOZANO BARRAGÁN, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, President of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health-Care Workers.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Julián HERRANZ, Titular Archbishop of Vertara, President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of Legislative Texts.
Exc. Rev. Msgr. John Patrick FOLEY, Titular Archbishop of Neapoli in Proconsolare, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Lorenzo ANTONETTI, Titular Archbishop of Roselle, Pro-President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.
H. Exc. Most Rev. Sergio SEBASTIANI, Titular Archbishop of Mauritania and President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See.

XVl. MEMBERS BY PAPAL APPOINTMENT

H. Em. Cardinal Miloslav VLK, Archbishop of Prague (Czech Republic), President of the Council of Episcopal Conferences for Europe (C.C.E.E.)
H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar V. CRUZ Archbishop of Lingayen-Dagupan, Philippines, General Secretary of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC)
H. Exc. Most Rev. Laurent MONSENGWO PASINYA, Archbishop of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (SECAM)
H. Exc. Most Rev. Vitório PAVANELLO, S.D.B., Archbishop of Campo Grande, Brazil
H. Exc. Most Rev. Peter Alfred SUTTON, O.M.I., Archbishop of Keewatin-The Pas, Canada
H. Exc. Most Rev. William Joseph LEVADA, Archbishop of San Francisco, USA
H. Exc. Most Rev. Santiago MARTÍNEZ ACEBES, Archbishop of Burgos, Spain
H. Exc. Most Rev. Charles Joseph CHAPUT, O.F.M.Cap., Archbishop of Denver, USA
H. Exc. Most Rev. Iván MARÍN-LÓPEZ, Archbishop of Popayán, Colombia
H. Exc. Most Rev. Willem Michel ELLIS, Bishop of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles
H. Exc. Most Rev. Renato CORTI, Bishop of Novara, Italy
H. Exc. Most Rev. Jacques BERTHELET, C.S.V., Bishop of Saint-Jean - Longueuil, Canada
H. Exc. Most Rev. Franz GRAVE, Titular Bishop of Tingaria, Auxiliary of Essen, Germany, President of Adveniat
H. Exc. Most Rev. Cipriano CALDERÓN POLO, Titular Bishop of Thagora, Vice-President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America (Vatican)
H. Exc. Most Rev. Pierre MOUALLEM, Mis. Soc. of S. Paolo, Bishop of Nossa Senhora do Paraíso em São Paulo for Greek Melkites, Brazil
H. Exc. Most Rev. John Jerome CUNNEEN, Bishop of Christchurch, New Zealand
H. Exc. Most Rev. Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, Titular Bishop of Cilibia, Prelate of the Personal Prelature of Opus Dei
Most Rev. Msgr.Dennis SCHNURR, General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), USA
Rev. Fr Marcial MACIEL DEGOLLADO, L.C., Superior General of the Legionaries of Christ
Rev. Fr Émilius GOULET, S.S., Secretary of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Canada
Rev. Fr Richard J. NEUHAUS, Director of the Institute on Religion and Public Life (USA)

B. LIST OF OTHER PARTICIPANTS ACCORDING TO THE TITLE OF PARTICIPATION

I. FRATERNAL DELEGATES

H. Gr. Bp. NICHOLAS OF AMISSOS, Bishop of Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese (USA)
Professor George VANDERVELDE, Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto, Canadian Council of Churches (Canada)
Dr. Walter ALTMANN, Evangelical Church of Lutheran Confession in Brazil, Latin American Council of Churches (Brazil)
Rev. Dr. William RUSCH, Director of the Faith and Order Commission of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America (USA)
Rev. Trevor EDWARDS, General Secretary of the Jamaica Baptist Union, Caribbean Conference of Churches (Jamaica, West Indies).

II. EXPERTS

Dr. Cristina BENEDIT, Association of Consecrated Virgins Servidoras (Argentina)
Rev. Fr. Drew CHRISTIANSEN, S.J., Director of the Office of International Justice and Peace, United States Catholic Conference (USA)
H. Exc. Most Rev. Louis DICARIE, Episcopal Vicar of Montréal (Canada)
Rev. Fr. Pierre-André DUMAS, Professor of Biblical Theology at the Major Seminary of Haiti (Haiti)
Rev. Fr. Javier GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, L.C., Professor of Christology, Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum (Mexico)
Rev. Fr. Pierre GAUDETTE, Professor of Moral Theology, Diocese of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière (Canada)
Rev. Fr. Fernando José MONTEIRO GUIMARÃES, C.SS.R., Official, Congregation for the Clergy (Brazil)
Rev. Fr William HENN, O.F.M.Cap., Professor of Ecclesiology, Pontifical Gregorian University (USA)
Mr Edward R. MARTIN, St. Louis (USA)
Rev. Fr. Mário DE FRANÇA MIRANDA, S.J., Member of the International Theological Commission (Brazil)
H. Exc. Most Rev. James T. O’CONNOR, Parish Priest of St Joseph’s Parish, Millbrook, New York (USA)
Rev. Fr. Leonidas ORTIZ, Executive Secretary of the Social Department of CELAM (Colombia)
Rev. Fr. Félix PASTOR, S.J., Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Pontifical Gregorian University (Brazil)
Rev. Fr. Cándido POZO, S.J., Member of the International Theological Commission (Spain)
Rev. Fr. Rafael SALAZAR CARDENAS, M.S.P.S., Professor at the Institute of Religious Studies, Guadalajara (Mexico)
H. Exc. Most Rev. Oscar SÁNCHEZ BARBA, Procurator General for the Causes of Saints in Mexico (Mexico)

III. EXPERTS

Rev. Fr. José Luis ALEMÁN, S.J., Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Catholic University Madre y Maestra (Dominican Republic)
Professor Belisario BETANCUR, Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Colombia)
H. Exc. Most Rev. Owen F. CAMPION, Ecclesiastical Adviser to the International Catholic Union of the Press (USA)
Dr. Guzmán CARRIQUIRY, Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (Uruguay)
Mr Ronaldo CRUZ, Executive Director of the Commission on Hispanic Affairs, National Conference of Catholic Bishops (USA)
Rev. Fr. Willy DE SMET, O.S.B., President of Aid to the Church in Need (Belgium)
Mr Virgil DECHANT, Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus (USA)
Mr Germán DOIG, General Secretary of the Sodalicium Christianae Vitae (Peru)
Dr Vicente ESPECHE GIL, Executive Director of the Office for the Laity of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (Argentina)
Sr. Laura María FERNÁNDEZ GÓMEZ, Member of the Episcopal Commission for the Laity (Cuba)
Rev. Fr. Francisco FIERRO FERNÁNDEZ, C.M.F., Adviser to the Cursillos de Cristiandad in Central America (El Salvador)
Rev. Fr. Raymond J. FINCH, M.M., Superior General of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America - Maryknoll (USA)
Mrs. Giuseppina FRAGASSO, A.S.C., President of the International Union of Superiors General - UISG (Rome)
Professor María Celia FRUTOS DE MEYER, Lecturer at Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic University (Paraguay)
Professor Mary Ann GLENDON, Member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (USA)
Bro. John JOHNSTON, F.S.C., Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (USA)
Bro. John KLEIN, F.M.S., President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Men - CMSM (USA)
Mr. Harry LAFOND, Chief of the Meskeg Lake Indian Band, Saskatchewan, and Member of the Aboriginal Peoples (Canada)
Rev. Fr. François LAPIERRE, P.M.E., Superior General of the Foreign Mission Society of Québec (Canada)
Miss Noeliva LE BLANC, Chancellor of the Diocese of Roseau (Dominica)
Sr. María Inés LLERANDI, C.J.M., President of the Cuban Conference of Religious - CONCUR (Cuba)
Sr. LÚCIA IMACULADA, N.S.B., Member of the International Council for Catechesis (Brazil)
Mr Luis Alberto MEYER JOU, Professor at the National University of Asunción (Paraguay)
Sr. Virgenmina MORELL, Superior General of Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary of Fátima (Puerto Rico)
Dr. Fernando MORENO, Professor of the Church’s Social Doctrine in Santiago (Chile)
Mr. Federico MÜGGENBURG Vigil, Director of the Centre for Social Studies (Mexico)
Mons. Darío MÚNERA VÉLEZ, Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Bolivia (Colombia)
Sr Mary Bernard NETTLE, L.S.P., President of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious - CMSWR (USA)
Rev. Fr. Manuel PEREDA CRESPO, Superior General of the Crusaders of Christ the King (Mexico)
Sr. Hélène ROBITAILLE, F.O.L.S., General Secretary of the Religious Conference of Canada (Canada)
Mr. Rufino RODRÍGUEZ MARTÍNEZ, Executive Member of the C.A.P. (Honduras)
Sr. Ana María ROMERO DE CAMPERO, Editor of the journal Presencia (Bolivia)
Rev. Fr. James J. RONAN, Executive Director of the Committee on the Church in Latin America, National Conference of Catholic Bishops (USA)
Miss Helen ST. DENIS, President of the United States Conference of Secular Institutes - USCSI (USA)
Sr. Mary Quentin SHERIDAN, R.S.M., Secretary of the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious - CMSWR (USA)
Mrs Bernardette TOURANGEAU, Member of the International Council for Catechesis (Canada)
Professor Nazario VIVERO, Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (Venezuela)
Sr. Mary WASKOWIAK, R.S.M., President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious - LCWR (USA)
Miss Jacqueline E. WILSON, Executive Director of the Office for Black Catholics, Archdiocese of Washington, DC (USA)
Rev. Fr. Guido ZEGARRA, O.F.M., President of the Latin American Confederation of Religious - CLAR (Colombia)
Miss María Luisa ZULAICA, President of the Confederation of Secular Institutes in Latin America - CISAL (Ecuador)

IV. GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS

H. Em. Card. Jan P. SCHOTTE, C.I.C.M., Secretary General
H. Exc. Most Rev. Fortunato FREZZA, Under-secretary
H. Exc. Rev. Msgr. John ABRUZZESE
Rev. Fr. Etienne BROCARD
Rev. Fr. Daniel ESTIVILL
Mr. Gianni MALPASSI
Miss Ermelinda SARACINO
Miss Paola VOLTERRA
Mr. Roberto PULITI
Mr. Corrado CAIROLA

V. OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION

Dr. Joaquin NAVARRO-VALLS, Director of the Holy See Press Office
Rev. Fr. Ciro BENEDETTINI, Assistant Director of the Holy See Press Office
Castillian: Rev. Fr. Pedro BRISENO (Mexico)
English: Rev. Fr. Thomas WILLIAMS, L.C. (United States)
French: Mr. Gerard BARIL (Canada)
Italian: Rev. Fr. Giorgio COSTANTINO

WORKING CALENDAR

This calendar is not definitive and indications herein may be changed in accordance with the decision of the President Delegates.

16 November - Sunday

09:30 am
Solemn inauguration with concelebration of the Holy Mass in St. Peter’s Patriarchal Basilica

17 November - Monday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
First General Congregation
Salutation by the President Delegate
Report of the General Secretary
Report before the Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Second General Congregation
Historical Presentation
General Discussion begins

18 November - Tuesday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Third General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Fourth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

19 November - Wednesday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (First session)
Nomination of the Moderators
Discussion of the Synod theme

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Fifth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

20 November - Thursday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Sixth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Seventh General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

21 November - Friday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Eighth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Ninth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

22 November - Saturday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Tenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

06:00 pm
Commemoration in honor of Supreme Pontiff Paul VI

23 November - Sunday

Free day

24 November - Monday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Eleventh General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Twelfth General Congregation
Continuation of General Discussion

25 November - Tuesday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Thirteenth General Congregation
Continuation of General Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Fourteenth General Congregation
Continuation of General Discussion

26 November - Wednesday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (Second session)
Nomination of the Relators

Discussion of the Synod theme

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Fifteenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

27 November - Thursday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Sixteenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Seventeenth General Congregation
Continuation of the General Discussion

28 November - Friday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Eighteenth General Congregation
Report after the Discussion
Small Groups (Third session)
Continuation of the Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Small Groups (Fourth session)
Continuation of the Discussion

29 November - Saturday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (Fifth session)
Continuation of the Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Free afternoon

30 November - Sunday

Free day

1 December - Monday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (Sixth session)
Continuation of the Discussion

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Small Groups (Seventh session)
Continuation of the Discussion
Approval of the Reports

2 December - Tuesday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Nineteenth General Congregation
Presentation of the Reports of the Small Groups in the Hall

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Twentieth General Congregation
Presentation of the Reports of the Small Groups in the Hall

3 December - Wednesday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (Eighth session)
Formulation of the Propositions

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Small Groups (Ninth session)
Formulation of the Propositions

4 December - Thursday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (Tenth session)
Formulation of the Propositions

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Small Groups (Eleventh session)
Formulation of the Propositions

5 December - Friday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (Twelfth session)
Presentation and Approval of the Propositions

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Twenty-first General Congregation
Presentation of the Draft of the Message

6 December - Saturday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Twenty-second General Congregation
Nomination of the Council (I)
Nomination of the Council (II)

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
No General Congregation

Relators summarize the Propositions

7 December - Sunday

No General Congregation
Relators summarize the Propositions

8 December - Monday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Free morning

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Free afternoon

9 December - Tuesday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Twenty-third General Congregation
Presentation of the Integrated List of Propositions
Presentation and voting of the Message

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Small Groups (Thirteenth session)
Preparation of the collective Amendments to the Propositions

10 December - Wednesday
09:00 am-12:30 pm
Small Groups (Fourteenth session)
Preparation of the collective Amendments to the Propositions

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
No General Congregation
Examination of the collective Amendments to the Propositions by the Relator General acting in conjunction with the Special Secretaries

11 December - Thursday

09:00 am-12:30 pm
Twenty-fourth General Congregation
Presentation of the amended Propositions

05:00 pm-07:00 pm
Twenty-fifth General Congregation
Vote on the Propositions: placet/non placet

12 December - Friday

09:00 am-10:00 am
Twenty-sixth General Congregation
Results of the vote on the Propositions
Conclusion - Salutations

10:30am
Solemn concelebration of the Holy Mass upon conclusion of the Synod, in St. Peter’s Patriarchal Basilica

Dinner with the Holy Father

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