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SYNODUS EPISCOPORUM
BULLETIN

of the Commission for information of the
X ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
30 September-27 October 2001

"The Bishop: Servant of the Gospel of Jesus Christ for the Hope of the World"


The Bulletin of the Synod of Bishops is only a working instrument for journalistic use and the translations from the original are not official.


English Edition

01-C - 17.10.2001

SUMMARY

  • LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (UPDATED)

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS (UPDATED)

We publish below the List of participants of the X Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, substituting the list published on Bulletin N. 1 of 29.09.2001 and the updated list published on Bulletin N.1-B of 05.10.2001.

A. LIST OF MEMBERS ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION

I. PRESIDENT

JOHN PAUL II P.P., Supreme Pontiff.

II . GENERAL SECRETARY

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

III. PRESIDENTS DELEGATE

-  H. Em. Card. Giovanni Battista RE, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

-  H. Em. Card. Bernard AGRÉ, Archbishop of Abidjan.

-  H. Em. Card. Ivan DIAS, Archbishop of Bombay.

IV. GENERAL RELATOR

- H. Em. Card. Edward Michael EGAN, Archbishop of New York.

- H. Em. Card. Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Deputy General Relator.

V. SPECIAL SECRETARY

-  H.E. Most Rev. Marcello SEMERARO, Bishop of Oria.

VI. COMMISSION FOR INFORMATION

President

-  H.E. Most Rev. John Patrick FOLEY, Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

Vice President

-  H.E. Most Rev. Telesphore Placidus TOPPO, Archbishop of Ranchi.

VII. COMMISSION FOR THE MESSAGE

President

-  H.E. Most Rev. Estanislao Esteban KARLIC, Archbishop of Paraná.

Vice President

-  H.E. Most Rev. Olivier DE BERRANGER, Bishop of Saint-Denis in France.

VIII. COMMISSION FOR CONTROVERSIES

Presidents

-  H. Em. Card. Mario Francesco POMPEDDA, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Donald James REECE, Bishop of Saint John's-Basseterre (Antigua and Barbuda).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Ludwig SCHICK, Titular Bishop of Auzia and Auxiliary Bishop of Fulda.

IX. FOR THE ORIENTAL CHURCHES

Patriarchs

-  H.B.Card. Nasrallah Pierre SFEIR, Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites, Lebanon.

-  H.B.Card. Stéphanos II GHATTAS, C.M., Patriarch of Alexandria for the Copts, Egypt.

-  H.B. Ignace Pierre VIII ABDEL-AHAD, Patriarch of Antioch for the Syrians, Lebanon.

-  H.B. Grégoire III LAHAM, B.S., Patriarch of Antioch for the Greek-Melchites, Syria.

-  H.B. Raphaël I BIDAWID, Patriarch of Babylon for the Chaldeans, Iraq.

-  H.B. Nerses Bedros XIX TARMOUNI, Patriarch of Cilicia for the Armenians, Lebanon.

Archbishops Major

-  H.B. Card. Lubomyr HUSAR, M.S.U., Archbishop Major of Lviv in the Ukraine.

-  H.B. Card. Varkey VITHAYATHIL, C.SS.R., Archbishop Major of Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, India.

"Sui iuris" Metropolitans of the Oriental Church

-  H.E. Most Rev. Cyril Baselios MALANCHARUVIL, O.I.C., Metropolitan Archbishop of Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankars, India.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Lucian MUREŞAN, Metropolitan Archbishop of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia, Romania, President of the Episcopal Conference of Romania and the Council of the Romanian Church.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

X. MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES

AFRICA

ETHIOPIA - ERITREA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Tesfamariam BEDHO, Eparch of Keren, Eritrea.

NORTH AFRICA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Alphonse GEORGER, Bishop of Oran, Algeria.

ANGOLA - S. TOME

-  H.E. Most Rev. Francisco VITI, Archbishop of Huambo, Angola.

BENIN

-  H.E. Most Rev. Vincent MENSAH, Bishop Emeritus of Porto Novo.

BOTSWANA - SOUTH AFRICA - SWAZILAND

-  H.E. Most Rev. Franklyn NUBUASAH, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Pauzera and Apostolic Vicar of Francistown, Botswana.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Buti Joseph TLHAGALE, O.M.I., Archbishop of Bloemfontein, South Africa.

BURKINA FASO AND NIGER

-  H.E. Most Rev. Philippe OUÉDRAOGO, Bishop of Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso.

BURUNDI

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jean NTAGWARARA, Bishop of Bubanza.

CAMAROON

-  H.E. Most Rev. Simon-Victor TONYÉ BAKOT, Bishop of Edéa.

GABON

-  H.E. Most Rev. Timothée MODIBO-NZOCKENA, Bishop of Franceville.

GAMBIA AND SIERRA LEONE

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph Henry GANDA, Archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Sierra Leone, President of the Episcopal Conference.

GHANA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Anthony Kwami ADANUTY, Bishop of Keta-Akatsi.

GUINEA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Vincent COULIBALY, Bishop of Kankan.

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Juan MATOGO OYANA, C.M.F., Bishop of Ebebiyin.

KENYA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Raphael S. NDINGI MWANA'A NZEKI, Archbishop of Nairobi

-  H.E. Most Rev. John NJUE, Bishop of Embu.

LESOTHO

-  H.E. Most Rev. Paul KHOARAI, Bishop of Leribe.

LIBERIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Michael Kpakala FRANCIS, Archbishop of Monrovia.

IVORY COAST

-  H.E. Most Rev. Vital Komenan YAO, Archbishop of Bouaké.

MADAGASCAR

-  H.E. Most Rev. Michel MALO, of the "Prado" Institute, Archbishop of Antsiranana.

MALAWI

-  H.E. Most Rev. Tarcisius Gervazio ZIYAYE, Archbishop of Blantyre, President of the Episcopal Conference.

MALI

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jean ZERBO, Archbishop of Bamako.

MOZAMBIQUE

-  H.E. Most Rev. Tomé MAKHWELIHA, S.C.I., Archbishop of Nampula.

NAMIBIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph Shipandeni SHIKONGO, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Capra and Apostolic Vicar of Rundu. 

NIGERIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Felix Alaba Adeosin JOB, Archbishop of Ibadan.

-  H.E. Most Rev. John Olorunfemi ONAIYEKAN, Archbishop of Abuja, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Victor Adibe CHIKWE, Bishop of Ahiara.

INDIAN OCEAN

-  H.E. Most Rev. Denis WIEHE, C.S.Sp., Bishop Coadjutor of Port Victoria, Seychelles.

REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jean-Claude MAKAYA LOEMBE, Bishop of Pointe-Noire.

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

-  H.Em. Card. Frédéric ETSOU-NZABI-BAMUNGWABI, C.I.C.M., Archbishop of Kinshasa, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Nestor NGOY KATAHWA, Bishop of Kolwezi.

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

-  H.E. Most Rev. Paulin POMODIMO, Bishop of Bossangoa, President of the Episcopal Conference.

RWANDA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Anastase MUTABAZI, Bishop of Kabgayi.

SENEGAL - MAURITANIA - CAPE VERDE AND GUINEA - BISSAU

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jacques SARR, Bishop of Thiès, Senegal.

SUDAN

-  H.E. Most Rev. Erkolano LODU TOMBE, Bishop of Yei.

TANZANIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Josaphat Louis LEBULU, Archbishop of Arusha.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Norbert Wendelin MTEGA, Archbishop of Songea.

TOGO

-  H.E. Most Rev. Ignace B. SAMBAR-TALKENA, Bishop of Kara.

CHAD

-  H.E. Most Rev. Edmond JITANGAR, Bishop of Sarh.

UGANDA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Paul K. BAKYENGA, Archbishop of Mbarara.

-  H.E. Most Rev. John Baptist ODAMA, Archbishop of Gulu.

ZAMBIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Medardo Joseph MAZOMBWE, Archbishop of Lusaka, President of the Episcopal Conference.

ZIMBABWE

-  H.E. Most Rev. Robert Christopher NDLOVU, Bishop of Hwange.

AMERICA

ECUADOR

-  H.E. Most Rev. José Mario RUIZ NAVAS, Archbishop of Portoviejo, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Víctor Alejandro CORRAL MANTILLA, Bishop of Riobamba.

ANTILLES

-  H.E. Most Rev. Donald James REECE, Bishop of Saint John's-Basseterre, Jamaica.

ARGENTINA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Estanislao Esteban KARLIC, Archbishop of Paraná, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H. Em. Card. Jorge Mario BERGOGLIO, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Eduardo Vicente MIRÁS, Archbishop of Rosario.

BOLIVIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jesús PÉREZ RODRÍGUEZ, O.F.M., Archbishop of Sucre.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Edmundo Luis Flavio ABASTOFLOR MONTERO, Archbishop of La Paz, Bolivia.

BRAZIL

-  H.E. Most Rev. Luciano Pedro MENDES DE ALMEIDA, S.J., Archbishop of Mariana.

-  H. Em.Card. Cláudio HUMMES, O.F.M., Archbishop of São Paulo, Brazil.

-  H. Em. Card. Geraldo MAJELLA AGNELO, Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia, Brazil.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jayme Henrique CHEMELLO, Bishop of Pelotas, President of the Episcopal Conference.

CANADA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Vernon James WEISGERBER, Archbishop of Winnipeg.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Pierre MORISSETTE, Bishop of Baie-Comeau.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Gilles CAZABON, O.M.I., Bishop of Saint-Jérôme.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Raymond John LAHEY, Bishop of Saint George’s.

CHILE

-  H. Em. Card. Francisco Javier ERRÁZURIZ OSSA, of the "Schönstatt" Fathers, Archbishop of Santiago, Chile, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Horacio del Carmen VALENZUELA ABARCA, Bishop of Talca.

COLUMBIA

-  H. Em. Card. Pedro RUBIANO SÁENZ, Archbishop of Bogotá.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Rubén SALAZAR GÓMEZ, Archbishop of Barranquilla.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Fabio SUESCÚN MUTIS, Military Ordinary.

COSTA RICA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Hugo BARRANTES UREÑA, Bishop of Puntarenas.

CUBA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Marcelo Arturo GONZÁLEZ AMADOR, Bishop of Santa Clara.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph Anthony FIORENZA, Bishop of Galveston and Houston, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H. Em. Card. William Henry KEELER, Archbishop of Baltimore.

-  H. Em. Card. Francis Eugene GEORGE, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Wilton Daniel GREGORY, Bishop of Belleville, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference.

GUATAMALA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Rodolfo VALENZUELA NÚÑEZ, Bishop of Vera Paz, Coban.

HAITI

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph Serge MIOT, Coadjutor and Apostolic Administrator "sede plena" Port-au-Prince.

HONDURAS

-  H.E. Most Rev. Tomás Andrés Mauro MULDOON, O.F.M., Bishop of Juticalpa.

MEXICO

-  H.E. Most Rev. Carlos AGUIAR RETES, Archbishop of Texcoco.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Mario DE GASPERÍN GASPERÍN, Bishop of Queretaro.

-  H. Em. Card. Norberto RIVERA CARRERA, Archbishop of Mexico City.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Luis MORALES REYES, Archbishop of San Luis Potosi, President of the Episcopal Conference.

NICARAGUA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Juan Abelardo MATA GUEVARA, S.D.B., Bishop of Estelí.

PANAMA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Oscar Mario BROWN JIMÉNEZ, Bishop of Santiago de Veraguas.

PARAGUAY

-  H.E. Most Rev. Ignacio GOGORZA IZAGUIRRE, S.C.I., Bishop of Ciudad del Este.

PERU

-  H.E. Most Rev. Luis Armando BAMBARÉN GASTELUMENDI, S.J., Bishop of Chimbote, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Héctor Miguel CABREJOS VIDARTE, O.F.M., Archbishop of Trujillo, Vice-President of the Episcopal Conference.

PUERTO RICO

-  H.E. Most Rev. Roberto Octavio GONZÁLEZ NIEVES, O.F.M., Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, President of the Episcopal Conference.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jerónimo Tomás ABREU HERRERA, Bishop of Mao-Monte Cristi.

EL SALVADOR

-  H.E. Most Rev. Gregorio ROSA CHÁVEZ, Titular Bishop of Mulli and Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador.

URUGUAY

-  H.E. Most Rev. Pablo Jaime GALIMBERTI DI VIETRI, Bishop of San José de Mayo.

VENEZUELA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Ramón Ovidio PÉREZ MORALES, Archbishop of Los Teques.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Antonio José LÓPEZ CASTILLO, Bishop of Barinas.

ASIA

BANGLADESH

-  H.E. Most Rev. Paulinus COSTA, Bishop of Rajshahi.

KOREA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Andrew CHOI CHANG-MOU, Archbishop Coadjutor of Kwangju.

JAPAN

-  H.E. Most Rev. Paul Yoshinao OTSUKA, Bishop of Kyoto.

INDIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Henry Sebastian D'SOUZA, Archbishop of Calcutta.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Vincent Michael CONCESSAO, Archbishop of Delhi.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Telesphore Placidus TOPPO, Archbishop of Ranchi.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Peter FERNANDO, Bishop of Tuticorin.

INDONESIA

-  H. Em. Card. Julius Riyadi DARMAATMADJA, S.J., Archbishop of Jakarta.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph Theodorus SUWATAN, M.S.C., Bishop of Manado.

IRAN

-  H.E. Most Rev. Thomas MERAM, Archbishop of Urmyā of the Chaldeans, Bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans, President of the Episcopal Conference.

LAOS AND CAMBODIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Emile DESTOMBES, M.E.P., Titular Bishop of Altava and Apostolic Vicar of Phnom-Penh.

MALAYSIA - SINGAPORE - BRUNEI

-  H.E. Most Rev. John LEE HIONG FUN-YIT YAW, Bishop of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

MYANMAR

-  H.E. Most Rev. Charles Maung BO, S.D.B., Bishop of Pathein.

ARAB COUNTRIES (C.E.L.R.A.)

-  S. B. Rev.ma Michel SABBAH, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins.

PAKISTAN

-  H.E. Most Rev. Anthony Theodore LOBO, Bishop of Islamabad-Rawalpindi.

PHILIPPINES

-  H.E. Most Rev. Leonardo LEGASPI, O.P., Archbishop of Caceres.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Orlando B. QUEVEDO, O.M.I., Archbishop of Cotabato, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Gaudencio B. ROSALES, Archbishop of Lipa.

CHINA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph CHENG TSAI-FA, Bishop of Tainan, Taiwan.

SRI LANKA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Anthony Leopold Raymond PEIRIS, Bishop of Kurunegala.

THAILAND

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joachim Phayao MANISAP, Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima.

VIETNAM

-  H.E. Most Rev. Pierre NGUYÊN SOAN, Bishop of Quy Nhon.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jean-Baptiste PHAM MINH MÂN, Archbishop of Hô Chí Minh City.

EUROPE

ALBANIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Angelo MASSAFRA, O.F.M., Archbishop of Shkodrë, President of the Episcopal Conference.

AUSTRIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Alois KOTHGASSER, S.D.B., Bishop of Innsbruck.

BELGIUM

-  H. Em. Card. Godfried DANNEELS, Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels, President of the Episcopal Conference.

BELARUS

-  H.E. Most Rev. Aleksander KASZKIEWICZ, Bishop of Grodno.

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

-  H. Em. Card. Vinko PULJIĆ, Archbishop of Vrhbosna, President of the Episcopal Conference.

BULGARIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Gheorghi Ivanov JOVÈEV, Bishop of Sophia and Plovdiv.

CROATIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Zelimir PULJIĆ, Bishop of Dubrovnik.

FRANCE

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jean-Pierre RICARD, Bishop of Montpellier.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Georges Edmond Robert GILSON, Archbishop of Sens.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Olivier DE BERRANGER, Bishop of Saint-Denis.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Claude DAGENS, Bishop of Angoulême.

GERMANY

-  H. Em. Card. Karl LEHMANN, Bishop of Mainz, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H. Em. Card. Friedrich WETTER, Archbishop of Munich and Freising.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Ludwig SCHICK, Titular Bishop of Auzia and Auxiliary of Fulda.

GREECE

-  H.E. Most Rev. Franghískos PAPAMANÓLIS, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Syros.

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

-  H.E. Most Rev. Tadeusz KONDRUSIEWICZ, Titular Archbishop of Hippo Diarrhytus and Apostolic Administrator of the Northern European Russia of the Latins.

SWITZERLAND

-  H.E. Most Rev. Norbert BRUNNER, Bishop of Sion.

IRELAND

-  H.E. Most Rev. Seán B. BRADY, Archbishop of Armagh.

-  H. Em. Card. Desmond CONNELL, Archbishop of Dublin.

SPAIN

-  H. Em. Card. Antonio María ROUCO VARELA, Archbishop of Madrid, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  Most Rev. Elías YANES ALVAREZ, Archbishop of Zaragoza.

-  H. Em. Card. Ricardo María CARLES GORDÓ, Archbishop of Barcellona.

HUNGARY

-  H. Em. Card. László PASKAI, O.F.M., Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest.

ITALY

-  H. Em. Card. Camillo RUINI, Vicar General of His Holiness, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H. Em. Card. Carlo Maria MARTINI, S.I., Archbishop of Milan.

-  H. Em. Card. Dionigi TETTAMANZI, Archbishop of Genoa.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Giuseppe COSTANZO, Archbishop of Syracuse.

YUGOSLAVIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Zef GASHI, S.D.B., Archbishop of Bar.

ESTONIA

-  H. Em. Card. Jānis PUJATS, Archbishop of Riga, President of the Episcopal Conference.

LITHUANIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Eugenijus BARTULIS, Bishop of Šiauliai, Military Ordinary.

PORTUGAL

-  H. Em. Card. José da CRUZ POLICARPO, Patriarch of Lisbon.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jorge FERREIRA DA COSTA ORTIGA, Archbishop of Braga.

GREAT BRITAIN

ENGLAND AND WALES

-  H. Em. Card. Cormac MURPHY-O'CONNOR, Archbishop of Westminster, President of the Episcopal Conference.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Malcolm Patrick McMAHON, O.P., Bishop of Nottingham.

SCOTLAND

-  H.E. Most Rev. Vincent LOGAN, Bishop of Dunkeld.

MALTA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Nikol Joseph CAUCHI, Bishop of Gozo.

NETHERLANDS

-  H. Em. Card. Johannes Adrianus SIMONIS, Archbishop of Utrecht, President of the Episcopal Conference.

POLAND

-  H.E. Most Rev. Józef MICHALIK, Archbishop of Przemyśl of the Latins.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Henryk MUSZYŃSKI, Archbishop of Gniezno.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Tadeusz GOCŁOWSKI, Archbishop of Gdańsk.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Antoni Pacyfik DYDYCZ, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Drohiczyn.

CZECH REPUCBLIC

-  H. Em. Card. Miloslav VLK, Archbishop of Prague.

ROMANIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Martin ROOS, Bishop of Timişoara.

NORWAY

-  H.E. Most Rev. Gerhard Ludwig GOEBEL, M.S.F., Bishop Prelate of Tromsø.

SLOVAKIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Štefan VRABLEC, Titular Bishop of Tasbalta and Auxiliary Bishop of Bratislava-Trnava.

SLOVENIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Franc KRAMBERGER, Bishop of Maribor.

TURKEY

-  H.E. Most Rev. Louis PELÂTRE, A.A., Titular Bishop of Sasima and Apostolic Vicar of Istanbul.

UKRAINE

-  H. Em. Card. Marian JAWORSKI, Archbishop of Lviv of Latin Rite, President of the Episcopal Conference.

OCEANIA

AUSTRALIA

-  H.E. Most Rev. Philip E. WILSON, Archbishop Coadjutor of Adelaide.

-  H.E. Most Rev. David L. WALKER, Bishop of Broken Bay.

NEW ZEALAND

-  H.E. Most Rev. Patrick James DUNN, Bishop of Auckland.

PACIFIC (C.E.PAC.)

-  H.E. Most Rev. Michel-Marie-Bernard CALVET, S.M., Archbishop of Nouméa, New Caledonia.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND SOLOMON ISLANDS

-  H.E. Most Rev. Gérard-Joseph DESCHAMPS, S.M.M., Bishop of Bereina, Papua New Guinea)

-  H.E. Most Rev. Stephen Joseph REICHERT, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Mendi, President of the Episcopal Conference (Papua New Guinea)

XI. MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE UNION OF SUPERIORS GENERAL

-  Rev. Fr. Peter-Hans KOLVENBACH, S.I., Superior General of the Society of Jesus.

-  Rev. Fr. Merino Aquilino BOCOS, C.M.F. , Superior General of the Missionary Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate B.V.M.

-  Rev. Fr. Camilo MACCISE, O.C.D., Superior General of the Order of the Discalced Carmelites.

-  Rev. Fr. Giacomo BINI, O.F.M., Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor.

-  Rev. Fr. David A. FLEMING, S.M., Superior General of the Society of Mary.

-  Rev. Fr. Antonio PERNIA, S.V.D., Superior General of the Society of the Divine Word.

-  Rev. Fr. Joseph William TOBIN, C.SS.R., Superior General of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.

-  Rev. Fr. Ab. D. Thierry PORTEVIN, O.S.B.Subl., President of the Order of Saint Benedict of Subiaco.

-  Rev. Fr. François EID, O.M.M., Superior General of the Maronite Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

-  Rev. Fr. Virginio Domingo BRESSANELLI, S.C.I., Superior General of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

XII . HEADS OF THE DICASTERIES OF THE ROMAN CURIA

-  H. Em. Card. Angelo SODANO, Secretary of State.

-  H. Em. Card. Joseph RATZINGER, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

-  H. Em. Card. Ignace Moussa I DAOUD, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches.

-  H. Em. Card. Jorge Arturo MEDINA ESTÉVEZ, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

-  H. Em. Card. José SARAIVA MARTINS, C.M.F., Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

-  H. Em. Card. Giovanni Battista RE, Prefect of the Congregation of Bishops.

-  H. Em. Card. Crescenzio SEPE, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

-  H. Em. Card. Darío CASTRILLÓN HOYOS, Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy. 

-  H. Em. Card. Eduardo MARTÍNEZ SOMALO, Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life.

-  H. Em. Card. Zenon GROCHOLEWSKI, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.

-  H. Em. Card. William Wakefield BAUM, Penitentiary Major.

- H. Em. Card. Mario Francesco POMPEDDA, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura.

-  H. Em. Card. James Francis STAFFORD, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity.

-  H. Em. Card. Walter KASPER, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.

-  H. Em. Card. Alfonso LÓPEZ TRUJILLO, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family.

-  H. Em. Card. François Xavier NGUYÊN VAN THUÂN, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Paul Josef CORDES, Titular Archbishop of Naisso, President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum".

-  H.E. Most Rev. Stephen Fumio HAMAO, Archbishop, Bishop Emeritus of Yokohama, President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of the Migrants and Itinerant People.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Javier LOZANO BARRAGÁN, Archbishop, Bishop Emeritus of Zacatecas, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Julián HERRANZ, Clergy of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, Titular Archbishop of Vertara, President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts.

-  H. Em. Card. Francis ARINZE, President of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.

-  H. Em. Card. Paul POUPARD, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture.

-  H.E. Most Rev. John Patrick FOLEY, Titular Archbishop of Neapolis in Proconsulari, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications.

-  H. Em. Card. Agostino CACCIAVILLAN, President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See.

-  H. Em. Card. Sergio SEBASTIANI, President of the Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See.

XIII. MEMBERS BY PAPAL APPOINTMENT

-  H. Em. Card. Bernardin GANTIN, Deacon of the College of Cardinals (Vatican City).

-  H. Em. Card. Edmund Casimir SZOKA, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Vatican City State, President of the Prefecture of the Vatican City State (Vatican City).

-  H. Em. Card. Joachim MEISNER, Archbishop of Köln (Germany).

-  H. Em. Card. Juan SANDOVAL ÍÑIGUEZ, Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico).

-  H. Em. Card. Ivan DIAS, Archbishop of Bombay (India).

-  H. Em. Card. Bernard AGRÉ, Archbishop of Abidjan ( Ivory Coast).

-  H. Em. Card. Juan Luis CIPRIANI THORNE, Clergy of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, Archbishop of Lima (Peru).

-  H. Em. Card. Edward Michael EGAN, Archbishop of New York (United States of America).

-  H. Em. Card. Jean HONORÉ, Archbishop Emeritus of Tours (France).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Justo MULLOR GARCÍA, Titular Archbishop of Bolsena (Italy), Apostolic Nuncio, President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (Vatican City).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Justin Francis RIGALI, Archbishop of Saint Louis (United States of America).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph POWATHIL, Archbishop of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars (India).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Laurent MONSENGWO PASINYA, Archbishop of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo, President of the "Symposium des Conferences Episcopales d'Afrique and de Madagascar" (S.C.E.A.M.).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph Eric D'ARCY, Archbishop Emeritus of Hobart (Australia).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Cosmo Francesco RUPPI, Archbishop of Lecce (Italy).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Eusébio Oscar SCHEID, S.C.I., Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, (Brazil).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Francesco MARCHISANO, Titular Archbishop of Populonia, President of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Resources of the Church (Vatican City).

-  H.E. Most Rev. George PELL, Archbishop of Sydney (Australia).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jozéf Mirosław ŻYCIŃSKI, Archbishop of Lublin (Poland).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Stefan SOROKA, Archbishop of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians (United States of America).

-  H.E. Most Rev. David PICÃO, Bishop Emeritus of Santos (Brazil).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Oswald Thomas Colman GOMIS, Bishop of Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka), Secretary General of the "Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences" (F.A.B.C.).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Maurice GAIDON, Bishop of Cahors (France).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Amédée GRAB, O.S.B., Bishop of Chur (Switzerland), President of the Council of the European Episcopal Conferences.

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jan Pawel LENGA, M.I.C., Bishop of Karaganda (Kazakhstan).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jorge Enrique JIMÉNEZ CARVAJAL, C.I.M., Bishop of Zipaquirá (Colombia), President of the Latin American Episcopal Councils (C.E.L.AM.).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Joseph KHOURY, Bishop of Saint-Maron de Montréal of the Maronites (Canada).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Jesús E. CATALÁ, Bishop of Alcalá de Henares (Spain).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Soane Lilo FOLIAKI, S.M., Bishop of Tonga (Tonga), President of the "Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania" (F.C.B.C.O.).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Marcello SEMERARO, Bishop of Oria (Italy).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Robert Patrick MAGINNIS, Titular Bishop of Siminina, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (United States of America).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Mathieu MADEGA, Titular Bishop of Zallata and Auxiliary Bishop of Libreville (Gabon).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Cherubim DAMBUI, Titular Bishop of Subbar and Auxiliary Bishop of Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea).

-  H.E. Most Rev. Ramon C. ARGÜELLES, Titular Bishop of Ros Cré, Military Ordinary (Philippines).

H.E. Most Rev. Javier ECHEVARRÍA RODRÍGUEZ, Titular Bishop of Cilibia,Prelate of the Personal Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei (Spain).

B. LIST OF OTHER MEMBERS ACCORDING TO TITLE OF PARTICIPATION

I. EXPERTS OF THE SPECIAL SECRETARY

-  Rev. Jesús CASTELLANO CERVERA, O.C.D., Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Vice President of the Pontifical Theological Faculty and Pontifical Institute for

Spirituality Teresianum of Rome (Spain).

-  Rev. Andrea D'AURIA, F.S.C.B., Professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Canon Law of the Pontifical Urbanian University of Rome (Italy).

- Rev. Joseph Augustine DI NOIA, O.P., Professor of Dogmatic Theology, "St. Joseph Seminary" (Dunwoodie, New York) Director "Pope John Paul II Cultural Center" (United States of America).

-  Rev. François DUPRÉ LA TOUR, O.S.B., Professor of Spiritual Theology at the Abbey of St. Joseph (Flavigny, France).

-  Rev. Mons. Ricardo Antonio FERRARA, Head of the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Argentina (Argentina).

-  Rev. Mons. Renzo GERARDI, Professor of Special Moral Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Lateran University of Rome (Italy).

-  Rev. Gianfranco GHIRLANDA, S.J., Dean of the Faculty of Canon Law at the Pontifical Gregorian University of Rome (Italy).

-  Rev. Philip GOYRET, Professor of Ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross of Rome (Argentina).

-  Rev. Sebastian KAROTEMPREL, S.D.B., Professor of Theology at the Faculty of Missiology at the Pontifical Urban University of Rome (India).

-  Rev. Jan KRUCINA, Professor of Theology at the Bratislav Faculty of Theology (Poland).

-  Rev. Gerhard MÜLLER, Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Munich (Germany).

-  Rev. Mons. Gregory MUSTACIUOLO, Doctor in Canon and Civil Law (United States of America).

-  Rev. Cándido POZO, S.J., Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Granada (Spain).

-  Sr. Enrica ROSANNA, F.M.A., Professor of the Sociology of Religion at the Pontifical Faculty of Educational Science "Auxilium", Rome (Italy).

-  Rev. Dimitrios SALACHAS, Professor of Canon Law at the Faculty of Oriental Canon Law of the Pontifical Oriental Institute of Rome (Greece).

-  Rev. José Ramón VILLAR, Professor of Ecclesiology at the Faculty of Theology of the University of Navarre (Spain).

II. AUDITORS

-  Mr. Carl Albert ANDERSON, Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus; Vice President in Washington D.C. of the "John Paul II" Institute for the Study of Marriage and the Family (United States of America).

-  Rev. Antonio BRAVO, General Moderator of the Prado Institute (France).

-  Sr. Rita BURLEY, A.C.I., Superior General of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; President of the International Union of Superiors General I.U.S.G. (Great Britain).

-  Mr. Giuseppe CAMILLERI, Society for Christian Doctrine (Malta).

-  Sr. Antonia COLOMBO, Superior General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (Italy).

-  Rev. Arnaud DEVILLERS, F.S.S.P., Superior General of the Fraternity of the Priests of St. Peter (United States of America).

-  Mr. Martial Assandé EBA, President of the Pastoral Council of St. John in Cocody, Diocese of Abidjan (Ivory Coast).

-  Ms Theresa EE-CHOI, O.C.D.S., Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (Malaysia).

-  Mr. Enrique GALARZA ALARCON, Consultant of the Ecuador Episcopal Conference (Ecuador).

-  Sr. Mary Sujita KALLUPURAKKATHU, S.N.D., Superior General of the Sisters of Our Lady (India).

-  Rev. Jesús María LECEA SÁINZ, S.P., President of the Union of European Conferences of Superiors Major; President of the Spanish Conference of Superiors Major (Spain).

-  Rev. Robert P. MALONEY, C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission (United States of America).

-  Mr. Myroslaw MARYNOVICH, Director of the Institutes of Religion and Society, Lviv (Ukraine).

-  Ms Elizabeth MKAME, Vice President of the Pastoral Council of the Archdiocese of Durban (South Africa).

-  Ms Maria Christina NORONHA DE SA', Director of Pastoral Affairs for Youth of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

-  Ms Zbigniew NOSOWSKI, Director of the publication "Wiez" (Poland).

-  Sr. Jolanta OLECH, U.S.J.K., Superior General of the Ursuline Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Agony; President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Women’s Institutes in Poland (Poland).

-  Rev. Jorge ORTIZ GONZÁLEZ, M.Sp.S., Superior General of the Missionaries of the Holy Spirit; President of the Conference of Religious Institutes in Mexico (Mexico).

-  Ms Barbara PANDOLFI, Director General of the Missionaries of Christ the King (Italy).

-  Ms Anne-Marie PELLETIER, Professor of the "Ecole-Cathédrale" of Paris (France).

-  Rev. Alvaro RODRÍGUEZ ECHEVERRÍA, F.S.C., Superior General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools; President of the Union of Superiors General (U.S.G., Costa Rica).

-  Mr. Robert SIKIAS, President Emeritus of the Council for the Laity (Lebanon).

-  Mr. Nazario VIVERO, Councilor of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference; Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (Venezuela).

III. GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS

-  H. Em. Card. Jan P. SCHOTTE, C.I.C.M., Secretary General

-  Rev. Mons. Fortunato FREZZA, Under Secretary

-  Rev. Mons. John ABRUZZESE

-  Rev. Mons. Etienne BROCARD

-  Fr. Daniel ESTIVILL

-  Ms Ermelinda SARACINO

-  Ms Paola VOLTERRA TOPPANO

-  Mr. Roberto PULITI

-  Mr. Corrado CAIROLA

IV ASSISTANTS

-  Rev. Devair ARAUJO DA FONSECA (Brazil)

-  Rev. Xavier ARIMBOOR (India)

-  Rev. Manuel AROZTEGI (Spain)

-  Sem. Heny BAKHOUM (Egypt)

-  Sem. Sorin BIRIS (Romania)

-  Br. Alfonso CORONA, L.C. (Mexico)

-  Rev. Thomas DEUTSCH (Germany)

-  Rev. Anthony FIGUEIREDO (United States of America)

-  Rev. Rodolfo FRENCH NAAR (Nicaragua)

-  Rev. Bart GERYL (Belgium)

-  Sem. Walter INSERO (Italy)

-  Rev. Daniel JODOIN (Canada)

-  Rev. Varghese KATHIRPARAMBIL (India)

-  Rev. Geoffroy de LA TOUSCHE (France)

-  Rev. Antoine MABIALA (Republic of the Congo)

-  Rev. Stanley MATHIRAPILLY (India)

-  Rev. Christof MAY (Germany)

-  Rev. Jean-Marie Laurent MAZAS, F.S.J. (France)

-  Rev. Gabin-Eric M'BIKA (Central African Republic)

-  Rev. Alvaro MENESES RODRÍGUEZ (Venezuela)

-  Br. John MONETTE, L.C. (Canada)

-  Rev. Frédéric MOUNIER (France)

-  Rev. Jacques-Marie MUKINYI (Democratic Republic of Congo)

-  Rev. Philip NAJIM (Great Britain)

-  Rev. Artur NIEMIRA (Poland)

-  Rev. Jerome Rono NYATHI (Zimbabwe)

-  Rev. Francisco Jesús OROZCO MENGIBAR (Spain)

-  Rev. Fabrice RIVET (France)

-  Rev. Carlos RODRÍGUEZ MAGALLANES (Mexico)

-  Rev. Pierluigi SGUAZZARDO (Italy)

-  Rev. Joël SPRONCK (Belgium)

-  Rev. Johnson VADAKKUMCHERRY (India)

-  Rev. Eduardo VADILLO ROMERO (Spain)

-  Rev. Pedro Luis VIVES PEREZ (Spain) 

V. PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION

-  Mr. Joaquín NAVARRO-VALLS, Director of the Holy See Press Office.

-  Rev. Ciro BENEDETTINI, C.P., Assistant Director of the Holy See Press Office.

English Language:

-  Rev. Thomas WILLIAMS, L.C., Head of the Faculty of Theology at the "Regina Apostolorum" University of Rome (United States of America).

French Language:

-  Rev. Pierre GÉRARD, S.I., Chief Editor of French Programs, Vatican Radio (France).

Italian Language:

-  Rev. Giorgio COSTANTINO, Director of the Regional Office for Social Communications and Spokesman for the Episcopal Conference of Calabria, Archdiocese of Reggio Calabria-Bova (Italy).

German Language:

-  Rev. Mons. Richard MATHES, Rector of the Pontifical Teutonic Institute of Santa Maria dell’Anima of Rome (Germany).

Castillian Language:

-  Rev. Jesús DE LAS HERAS MUELA, Director of the Information Bureau of the Spanish Episcopal Conference (Spain).

C. LIST OF FRATERNAL DELEGATES

Ecumenical Patriarchate

-  H. Em. Most Rev. AMBROSIUS, Metropolitan of Oulu, Orthodox Church of Finland.

Patriarchate of Moscow

-  H.E. Most Rev. INNOKENTIJ, Bishop of Korsum, Delegate for the Russian Orthodox Faithful in France (France).

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Romania

-  H.E. Most Rev. Sophronius DRINCEC, Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Hungary (Hungary).

Armenian Apostolic Church

-  H.E. Most Rev.  Mikael AJAPAHYAN, Bishop of Gyumry e Shirak Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenia).

Anglican Community

-  H.E. Most Rev. Peter FORSTER, Bishop of Chester (Great Britain).

World Lutheran Federation

-  H.E. Most Rev. Tore FURBERG, Lutheran Bishop in Sweden.

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