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SYNODUS EPISCOPORUM
BULLETIN

II ORDINARY SPECIAL ASSEMBLY FOR AFRICA
OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
4-25 OCTOBER 2009

The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace.
"You are the salt of the earth ... You are the light of the world" (Mt 5:13,14)


This Bulletin is only a working instrument for the press.
Translations are not official.


English Edition

 

01 - 02.10.2009

SUMMARY


LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

The list of participants of the II Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops is published below.

A. LIST OF SYNODAL FATHERS ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF PARTICIPATION

I. PRESIDENT

BENEDICT XVI Supreme Pontiff

II. SECRETARY GENERAL

- H. Exc. Mons. Nikola ETEROVIĆ, Titular Archbishop of Sisak, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops

III. DELEGATE PRESIDENTS

- H. Em. Card. Francis ARINZE, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments
- H. Em. Card. Théodore-Adrien SARR, Archbishop of Dakar, First Vice-President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)
- H. Em. Card. Wilfrid Fox NAPIER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Durban

IV. RELATOR GENERAL

- H. Em. Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, Archbishop of Cape Cost, President of the Association of the Episcopal Conferences of Western Africa (A.E.C.W.A.)

V. SPECIAL SECRETARIES

- H. Exc. Mons. Damião António FRANKLIN, Archbishop of Luanda, President of the Episcopal Conference
- H. Exc. Mons. Edmond DJITANGAR, Bishop of Sarh

VI. COMMISSION FOR INFORMATION

President
- H. Em. Card. John NJUE, Archbishop of Nairobi, President of the Episcopal Conference

Vice President
- H. Exc. Mons. Claudio Maria CELLI, Titular Archbishop of Civitanova, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications
VII. COMMISSION FOR THE MESSAGE

President
- H. Exc. Mons. John Olorunfemi ONAIYEKAN, Archbishop of Abuja

Vice President
- H. Exc. Mons. Youssef Ibrahim SARRAF, Bishop of Cairo of Chaldean Rite

VIII. COMMISSION FOR CONTROVERSIES

President
- H. Exc. Mons. Raymond Leo BURKE, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature
- H. Exc. Mons. Fridolin AMBONGO BESUNGU, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela
- H. Exc. Mons. Ayo-Maria ATOYEBI, O.P., Bishop of Ilorin

IX. AFRICAN CARDINALS

- H. Em. Card. Francis ARINZE, Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (NIGERIA)
- H. Em. Card. Alexandre DO NASCIMENTO, Archbishop Emeritus of Luanda (ANGOLA)
- H. Em. Card. Alexandre José Maria dos SANTOS, O.F.M., Archbishop Emeritus of Maputo (MOZAMBIQUE)
- H. Em. Card. Christian Wiyghan TUMI, Archbishop of Douala (CAMEROON)
- H. Em. Card. Emmanuel WAMALA, Archbishop Emeritus of Kampala (UGANDA)
- H. Em. Card. Armand Gaétan RAZAFINDRATANDRA, Archbishop Emeritus of Tananarive (MADAGASCAR)
- H. Em. Card. Polycarp PENGO, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) (TANZANIA)
- H. Em. Card. Wilfrid Fox NAPIER, O.F.M., Archbishop of Durban (SOUTH AFRICA)
- H. Em. Card. Bernard AGRÉ, Archbishop Emeritus of Abidjan (IVORY COAST)
- H. Em. Card. Anthony Olubunmi OKOGIE, Archbishop of Lagos (NIGERIA)
- H. Em. Card. Gabriel ZUBEIR WAKO, Archbishop of Khartoum (SUDAN)
- H. Em. Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, Archbishop of Cape Cost, President of the Association of the Episcopal ConferenceS of Western Africa (A.E.C.W.A.) (GHANA)
- H. Em. Card. Théodore-Adrien SARR, Archbishop of Dakar, First Vice-President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) (SENEGAL)
- H. Em. Card. John NJUE, Archbishop of Nairobi, President of the Episcopal Conference (KENYA)

X. FROM THE ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES

Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church:
Ex designatione:
- H. Exc. Mons. Kyrillos WILLIAM, Bishop of Assiut of Copt Rite (EGYPT)
Ex electione:
- H. Exc. Mons. Ibrahim Isaac SIDRAK, Bishop of Minyah of Copt Rite (EGYPT)
- H. Exc. Mons. Youssef ABOUL EL KHER, Bishop of Sohag of Copt Rite (EGYPT)

Council of the Ethiopian Church
Ex officio:
- H. Exc. Mons. Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Abeba, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Council of the Ethiopian Church (ETHIOPIA)

Assembly of the Egyptian Catholic Hierarchs
Ex electione:
- H. Exc. Mons. François EID, O.M.M., Bishop of Cairo of Maronite Rite (EGYPT)
- H. Exc. Mons. Youssef Ibrahim SARRAF, Bishop of Cairo of Chaldean Rite (EGYPT)
- H. Exc. Mons. Krikor-Okosdinos COUSSA, Bishop of Iskanderiya of the Armenians (EGYPT)

XI. PRESIDENTS OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES

Northern Africa
- H. Exc. Mons. Vincent LANDEL, S.C.I. di Béth., Archbishop of Rabat, President of the Episcopal Conference of Northern Africa (C.E.R.N.A.) (MOROCCO)

Angola e São Tomé
- H. Exc. Mons. Damião António FRANKLIN, Archbishop of Luanda, President of the Episcopal Conference (ANGOLA)

Benin
- H. Exc. Mons. Marcel Honorat Léon AGBOTON, Archbishop of Cotonou, Vice President of the Episcopal Conference (BENIN)

Botswana, South Africa and Swaziland
- H. Exc. Mons. Buti Joseph TLHAGALE, O.M.I., Archbishop of Johannesburg, President of the Episcopal Conference (SOUTH AFRICA)

Burkina Faso and Niger
- H. Exc. Mons. Séraphin François ROUAMBA, Archbishop of Koupéla, President of the Episcopal Conference (BURKINA FASO)

Burundi
- H. Exc. Mons. Evariste NGOYAGOYE, Archbishop of Bujumbura, President of the Episcopal Conference (BURUNDI)

Cameroon
- H. Exc. Mons. Simon-Victor TONYÉ BAKOT, Archbishop of Yaoundé, President of the Episcopal Conference (CAMEROON)

Congo (Republic of the)
- H. Exc. Mons. Louis PORTELLA MBUYU, Bishop of Kinkala, President of the Episcopal Conference (REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO)

Congo (Democratic Republic of the)- H. Exc. Mons. Nicolas DJOMO LOLA, Bishop of Tshumbe, President of the Episcopal Conference (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO)

Equatorial Guinea
- H. Exc. Mons. Ildefonso OBAMA OBONO, Archbishop of Malabo, President of the Episcopal Conference (EQUATORIAL GUINEA)

Ethiopia and Eritrea
- H. Exc. Mons. Berhaneyesus Demerew SOURAPHIEL, C.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Abeba, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Council of the Ethiopian Church (ETHIOPIA)

Gabon
- H. Exc. Mons. Timothée MODIBO-NZOCKENA, Bishop of Franceville, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Association to the Episcopal Conference of Central Africa (A.C.E.R.A.C.) (GABON)

Gambia and Sierra Leone
- H. Exc. Mons. George BIGUZZI, S.X., Bishop of Makeni, President of the Episcopal Conference (SIERRA LEONE)


Ghana
- H. Exc. Mons. Lucas ABADAMLOORA, Bishop of Navrongo-Bolgatanga, President of the Episcopal Conference (GHANA)

Guinea
- H. Exc. Mons. Vincent COULIBALY, Archbishop of Conakry, President of the Episcopal Conference (GUINEA)

Ivory Coast
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph AKÉ YAPO, Archbishop of Gagnoa, President of the Episcopal Conference (IVORY COAST)

Kenya
- H. Em. Card. John NJUE, Archbishop of Nairobi, President of the Episcopal Conference (KENYA)

Lesotho
- H. Exc. Mons. Evaristus Thatho BITSOANE, Bishop of Qacha's Nek, President of the Episcopal Conference (LESOTHO)

Liberia
- H. Exc. Mons. Lewis ZEIGLER, Archbishop Coadjutor of Monrovia, President of the Episcopal Conference (LIBERIA)

Madagascar
- H. Exc. Mons. Fulgence RABEMAHAFALY, Archbishop of Fianarantsoa, President of the Episcopal Conference (MADAGASCAR)

Malawi
- H. Exc. Mons. Tarcisius Gervazio ZIYAYE, Archbishop of Blantyre, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Association of Members of Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.) (MALAWI)

Mali
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Baptiste TIAMA, Bishop of Sikasso, President of the Episcopal Conference (MALI)

Mozambique
- H. Exc. Mons. Lucio Andrice MUANDULA, Bishop of Xai-Xai, President of the Episcopal Conference (MOZAMBIQUE)

Namibia
- H. Exc. Mons. Liborius Ndumbukuti NASHENDA, O.M.I., Archbishop of Windhoek, President of the Episcopal Conference (NAMIBIA)

Nigeria
- H. Exc. Mons. Felix Alaba Adeosin JOB, Archbishop of Ibadan, President of the Episcopal Conference (NIGERIA)

Indian Ocean
- H. Exc. Mons. Denis WIEHE, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port Victoria, President of the Episcopal Conference (C.E.D.O.I.) (SEYCHELLES)

Central African Republic
- H. Exc. Mons. Armando Umberto GIANNI, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Bouar, President of the Episcopal Conference (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC)

Rwanda
- H. Exc. Mons. Alexis HABIYAMBERE, S.I., Bishop of Nyundo, President of the Episcopal Conference (RWANDA)

Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Noël DIOUF, Bishop of Tambacounda, President of the Episcopal Conference (SENEGAL)

Sudan
- H. Exc. Mons. Rudolf DENG MAJAK, Bishop of Wau, President of the Episcopal Conference (SUDAN)

Tanzania
- H. Exc. Mons. Jude Thaddaeus RUWA'ICHI, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Dodoma, President of the Episcopal Conference (TANZANIA)

Chad- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Claude BOUCHARD, O.M.I., Bishop of Pala, President of the Episcopal Conference (CHAD)

Togo
- H. Exc. Mons. Ambroise Kotamba DJOLIBA, Bishop of Sokodé, President of the Episcopal Conference (TOGO)

Uganda
- H. Exc. Mons. Matthias SSEKAMANYA, Bishop of Lugazi, President of the Episcopal Conference (UGANDA)

Zambia
- H. Exc. Mons. George Cosmas Zumaire LUNGU, Bishop of Chipata, President of the Episcopal Conference (ZAMBIA)

Zimbabwe
- H. Exc. Mons. Robert Christopher NDLOVU, Archbishop of Harare, President of the Episcopal Conference (ZIMBABWE)

XII. PRESIDENTS OF INTERNATIONAL UNIONS OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES

Central Africa (A.C.E.A.C.) - (A.C.E.R.A.C.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Simon NTAMWANA, Archbishop of Gitega, President of the Association of Episcopal Conferences for Central Africa (A.E.C.C.A.) (BURUNDI)
- H. Exc. Mons. Timothée MODIBO-NZOCKENA, Bishop of Franceville, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Association to the Episcopal Conference of Central Africa (A.C.E.R.A.C.) (GABON)

Africa and Madagascar (S.C.EA.M)
- H. Em. Card. Polycarp PENGO, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.E.C.A.M.) (TANZANIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Francisco João SILOTA, M. Afr., Bishop of Chimoio, Second Vice-President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.) (MOZAMBIQUE)
- H. Em. Card. Théodore-Adrien SARR, Archbishop of Dakar, First Vice-President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.)

Western Africa (A.E.C.W.A.)
- H. Em. Card. Peter Kodwo Appiah TURKSON, Archbishop of Cape Cost, President of the Association of the Episcopal ConferenceS of Western Africa (A.E.C.W.A.) (GHANA)

Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Tarcisius Gervazio ZIYAYE, Archbishop of Blantyre, President of the Episcopal Conference, President of the Association of Members of Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (A.M.E.C.E.A.) (MALAWI)

Southern Africa (I.M.B.I.S.A.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Gabriel MBILINGI, C.S.Sp., Archbishop Coadjutor Lubango, President of the "Inter-regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa" (I.M.B.I.S.A.) (ANGOLA)
XIII. MEMBERS ELECTED BY EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES

Nothern Africa (C.E.R.N.A.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Claude RAULT, M. Afr., Bishop of Laghouat (ALGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Giovanni Innocenzo MARTINELLI, O.F.M., Titular Bishop of Tabuda, Apostolic Vicar of Tripoli (LIBYA)

Angola and São Tomé
- H. Exc. Mons. Filomeno DO NASCIMENTO VIEIRA DIAS, Bishop of Cabinda (ANGOLA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Manuel António MENDES DOS SANTOS, C.M.F., Bishop of São Tomé e Príncipe (SÃO TOMÉ)
- H. Exc. Mons. José NAMBI, Bishop of Kwito-Bié (ANGOLA)
- H. Exc. Mons. António Francisco JACA, S.V.D., Bishop of Caxito (ANGOLA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Emílio SUMBELELO, Bishop of Uíje (ANGOLA)

Benin
- H. Exc. Mons. Fidèle AGBATCHI, Archbishop of Parakou (BENIN)
- H. Exc. Mons. René-Marie EHUZU, C.I.M., Bishop of Porto Novo (BENIN)

Botswana, South of Africa and Swaziland
- H. Exc. Mons. Louis Ncamiso NDLOVU, O.S.M., Bishop of Manzini (SWAZILAND)
- H. Exc. Mons. Michael WÜSTENBERG, Bishop of Aliwal (SOUTH AFRICA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Franklyn NUBUASAH, S.V.D., Titular Bishop of Pauzera, Apostolic Vicar of Francistown (BOTSWANA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Barry Alexander Anthony WOOD, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Babra, Auxiliary Bishop of Durban (SOUTH AFRICA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Sithembele Anton SIPUKA, Bishop of Umtata (SOUTH AFRICA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Edward Gabriel RISI, O.M.I., Bishop of Keimoes-Upington (SOUTH AFRICA)

Burkina Faso and Niger
- H. Exc. Mons. Philippe OUÉDRAOGO, Archbishop of Ouagadougou (BURKINA FASO)
- H. Exc. Mons. Thomas KABORÉ, Bishop of Kaya (BURKINA FASO)
- H. Exc. Mons. Ambroise OUÉDRAOGO, Bishop of Maradi (NIGER)

Burundi
- H. Exc. Mons. Joachim NTAHONDEREYE, Bishop of Muyinga (BURUNDI)
- H. Exc. Mons. Gervais BANSHIMIYUBUSA, Bishop of Ngozi (BURUNDI)

Cameroon
- H. Exc. Mons. Antoine NTALOU, Archbishop of Garoua (CAMEROON)
- H. Exc. Mons. George NKUO, Bishop of Kumbo (CAMEROON)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Bosco NTEP, Bishop of Edéa (CAMEROON)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jan OZGA, Bishop of Doumé-Abong' Mbang (CAMEROON)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean MBARGA, Bishop of Ebolowa (CAMEROON)
Chad
- H. Exc. Mons. Joachim KOURALEYO TAROUNGA, Bishop of Moundou (CHAD)
- H. Exc. Mons. Matthias N'GARTÉRI MAYADI, Archbishop of N'Djaména (CHAD)

Congo (Republic of the)
- H. Exc. Mons. Daniel MIZONZO, Bishop of Nkayi (REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Claude MAKAYA LOEMBA, Bishop of Pointe-Noire (REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO)

Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
- H. Exc. Mons. Théophile KABOY RUBONEKA, Bishop Coadjutor of Goma (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Laurent MONSENGWO PASINYA, Archbishop of Kinshasa (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Marcel MADILA BASANGUKA, Archbishop of Kananga (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Marcel UTEMBI TAPA, Archbishop of Kisangani (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Fridolin AMBONGO BESUNGU, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Bokungu-Ikela (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Pierre TAFUNGA, S.D.B., Archbishop Coadjutor Lubumbashi (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. François Xavier MAROY RUSENGO, Archbishop of Bukavu (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph KUMUONDALA MBIMBA, Archbishop of Mbandaka-Bikoro (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Valentin MASENGO NKINDA, Bishop of Kabinda (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Fulgence MUTEBA MUGALU, Bishop of Kilwa-Kasenga (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)

Ethiopia And Eritrea
- H. Exc. Mons. Abraham DESTA, Titular Bishop of Orrea di Aninico, Apostolic Vicar of Meki (ETHIOPIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Tesfaselassie MEDHIN, Bishop of Adigrat (ETHIOPIA)

Gabon
- H. Exc. Mons. Basile MVÉ ENGONE, S.D.B., Archbishop of Libreville (GABON)
- H. Exc. Mons. Mathieu MADEGA, Bishop of Port-Gentil (GABON)

Gambia and Sierra Leone
- H. Exc. Mons. Robert Patrick ELLISON, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Banjul

Ghana
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph Kwaku AFRIFAH-AGYEKUM, Bishop of Koforidua (GHANA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Matthew Kwasi GYAMFI, Bishop of Sunyani (GHANA)
- H. Exc. Mons. John Martin DARKO, Bishop of Sekondi-Takoradi (GHANA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Philip NAAMEH, Bishop of  Tamale (GHANA)

Guinea
- H. Exc. Mons. Raphaël Balla GUILAVOGUI, Bishop of N'Zérékoré (GUINEA)

Equatorial Guinea
- H. Exc. Mons. Juan MATOGO OYANA, C.M.F., Bishop of Bata (EQUATORIAL GUINEA)

Kenya
- H. Exc. Mons. Philip SULUMETI, Bishop of Kakamega (KENYA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Boniface LELE, Archbishop of Mombasa (KENYA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Zacchaeus OKOTH, Archbishop of Kisumu (KENYA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Peter J. KAIRO, Archbishop of Nyeri (KENYA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Martin MUSONDE KIVUVA, Bishop of Machakos (KENYA)

Lesotho
- H. Exc. Mons. Gerard Tlali LEROTHOLI, O.MI., Archbishop of Maseru (LESOTHO)

Ivory Coast
- H. Exc. Mons. Paul-Siméon AHOUANAN DJRO, O.F.M., Archbishop of Bouaké (IVORY COAST)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Jacques KOFFI OI KOFFI, Bishop of San Pedro-en-Côte-d'Ivoire (IVORY COAST)
- H. Exc. Mons. Gaspard BÉBY GNÉBA, Bishop of Man (IVORY COAST)
- Rev. Pierre Noël NIAVA, National Military Chapelain (IVORY COAST)

Liberia

Madagascar
- H. Exc. Mons. Désiré TSARAHAZANA, Bishop of Toamasina (MADAGASCAR)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean Claude RANDRIANARISOA, Bishop of Miarinarivo (MADAGASCAR)
- H. Exc. Mons. Philippe RANAIVOMANANA, Bishop of Ihosy (MADAGASCAR)
- H. Exc. Mons. Vincent RAKOTOZAFY, Bishop of Tôlagnaro (MADAGASCAR)

Malawi
- H. Exc. Mons. Peter Martin MUSIKUWA, Bishop of Chikwawa (MALAWI)
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph Mukasa ZUZA, Bishop of Mzuzu (MALAWI)

Mali
- H. Exc. Mons. Augustin TRAORÉ, Bishop of Ségou (MALI)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean ZERBO, Archbishop of Bamako (MALI)

Mozambico
- H. Exc. Mons. Adriano LANGA, O.F.M., Bishop of Inhambane (MOZAMBIQUE)
- H. Exc. Mons. Ernesto MAGUENGUE, Bishop of Pemba (MOZAMBIQUE)
- H. Exc. Mons. Francisco CHIMOIO, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Maputo (MOZAMBIQUE)
- H. Exc. Mons. Germano GRACHANE, C.M., Bishop of Nacala (MOZAMBIQUE)

Namibia
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph Shipandeni SHIKONGO, O.M.I., Titular Bishop of Capra, Apostolic Vicar of Rundu (NAMIBIA)
Nigeria
- H. Exc. Mons. John Olorunfemi ONAIYEKAN, Archbishop of Abuja (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Anthony John Valentine OBINNA, Archbishop of Owerri (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph Edra UKPO, Archbishop of Calabar (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Valerian OKEKE, Archbishop of Onitsha (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Ayo-Maria ATOYEBI, O.P., Bishop of Ilorin (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Gabriel 'Leke ABEGUNRIN, Bishop of Osogbo (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Martin Igwemezie UZOUKWU, Bishop of Minna (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. John Francis MOORE, S.M.A., Bishop of Bauchi (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph Effiong EKUWEM, Bishop of Uyo (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Augustine Obiora AKUBEZE, Bishop of Uromi (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Alfred Adewale MARTINS, Bishop of Abeokuta (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Lucius Iwejuru UGORJI, Bishop of Umuahia (NIGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Camillus Archibong ETOKUDOH, Bishop of Port Harcourt (NIGERIA)

Indian Ocean
- Rev. F. Jan GEERITS, S.D.S., Apostolic Administrator of Apostolic Administration of Comoros (Union of the Comoros)

Central African Republic
- H. Exc. Mons. Edouard MATHOS, Bishop of Bambari (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC)
- H. Exc. Mons. Albert VANBUEL, S.D.B., Bishop of Kaga-Bandoro (CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC)

Rwanda
- H. Exc. Mons. Thaddée NTIHINYURWA, Archbishop of Kigali (RWANDA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Servilien NZAKAMWITA, Bishop of Byumba (RWANDA)

Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau
- H. Exc. Mons. José Câmnate NA BISSIGN, Bishop of Bissau (GUINEA-BISSAU)
- H. Exc. Mons. Arlindo GOMES FURTADO, Bishop of Santiago de Cabo Verde (CAPE VERDE)
- H. Exc. Mons. Martin Albert HAPPE, M. Afr., Bishop of Nouakchott (MAURITANIA)

Sudan
- H. Exc. Mons. Daniel Marco Kur ADWOK, Titular Bishop of Mossori, Auxiliary Bishop of Khartoum (SUDAN)
- H. Exc. Mons. Edward HIIBORO KUSSALA, Bishop of Tombura-Yambio (SUDAN)

Tanzania
- H. Exc. Mons. Norbert Wendelin MTEGA, Archbishop of Songea (TANZANIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Paul R. RUZOKA, Archbishop of Tabora (TANZANIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Augustine SHAO, C.S.Sp., Bishop of (TANZANIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Alfred Leonhard MALUMA, Bishop of Njombe (TANZANIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Beatus KINYAIYA, O.F.M. Cap., Bishop of Mbulu (TANZANIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Michael George Mabuga MSONGANZILA, Bishop of Musoma (TANZANIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Almachius Vincent RWEYONGEZA, Bishop of Kayanga (TANZANIA)

Togo
- H. Exc. Mons. Denis Komivi AMUZU-DZAKPAH, Archbishop of Lomé (TOGO)
- H. Exc. Mons. Isaac Jogues Agbémenya GAGLO, Bishop of Aného (TOGO)
Uganda
- H. Exc. Mons. Cyprian Kizito LWANGA, Archbishop of Kampala (UGANDA)
- H. Exc. Mons. John Baptist ODAMA, Archbishop of Gulu (UGANDA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Denis KIWANUKA LOTE, Archbishop of Tororo (UGANDA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Egidio NKAIJANABWO, Bishop of Kasese (UGANDA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Robert MUHIIRWA, Bishop of Fort Portal (UGANDA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Joseph B. WILLIGERS, M.H.M., Bishop of Jinja (UGANDA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Giuseppe FRANZELLI, M.C.C.J., Bishop of Lira (UGANDA)

Zambia
- H. Exc. Mons. Alick BANDA, Bishop of Solwezi (ZAMBIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Ignatius CHAMA, Bishop of Mpika (ZAMBIA)

Zimbabwe
- H. Exc. Mons. Michael Dixon BHASERA, Bishop of Masvingo (ZIMBABWE)
- H. Exc. Mons. Martin MUNYANYI, Bishop of Gweru (ZIMBABWE)

XIV. MEMBERS ELECTED BY THE UNION OF SUPERIORS GENERAL

- Rev. F. Gérard CHABANON, M. Afr., Superior General of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Rev. F. Aquiléo FIORENTINI, I.M.C., Superior General of the Institute of Consolata Missionarios (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Rev. F. Kieran O'REILLY, S.M.A., Superior General of the Society of African Missions (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Rev. F. Edouard TSIMBA, C.I.C.M., Superior General of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Missionaries of Scheut) (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Rev. F. Jacob BEYA KADUMBU, C.I., Vicar General of the Belgian Josephites (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Rev. F. Damian WEBER, C.M.M., Superior General of the Missionaries of Mariannhill (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Rev. Francesco BARTOLONI, C.PP.S., General Moderator of the Missionaries of the Precious Blood (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)
- Rev. F. Mamby Dominique BASSE, Sch. P., Superior Major of the Poor Clerks Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools in Senegal (Scolopi) (UNION OF THE SUPERIOR GENERAL)

XV. HEADS OF THE DICASTERIES OF THE ROMAN CURIA

- H. Em. Card. Tarcisio BERTONE, S.D.B., Secretary of State (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. William Joseph LEVADA, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Leonardo SANDRI, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Antonio CAÑIZARES LLOVERA, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Angelo AMATO, S.D.B., Titular Archbishop of Sila, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints (VATICAN CITY)- H. Em. Card. Giovanni Battista RE, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Ivan DIAS, Prefect of the Congregation for the 'Evangelization of Peoples (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Cláudio HUMMES, O.F.M., Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Franc RODÉ, C.M., Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consacrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Zenon GROCHOLEWSKI, Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Fortunato BALDELLI, Titular Archbishop of Bevagna, Penitentiary Major (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Raymond Leo BURKE, Archbishop Emeritus of Saint Louis, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Stanisław RYŁKO, President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Walter KASPER, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Ennio ANTONELLI, President of the Pontifical Council for the Family (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Renato Raffaele MARTINO, President of the Pontifical Council of Justice and Peace (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Paul Josef CORDES, President of the Pontificial Council "Cor Unum" (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Antonio Maria VEGLIÒ, Titular Archbishop of Eclano, President of the Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Zygmunt ZIMOWSKI, Archbishop-Bishop Emeritus of Radom, President of the Pontifical Council for Health Care (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Francesco COCCOPALMERIO, Titular Archbishop of Celiana, President of the Pontificial Council for Legislative Textes (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Jean-Louis TAURAN, President of Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Gianfranco RAVASI, Titular Archbishop of Villamagna di Proconsolare, President of the Pontifical Council of Culture (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Claudio Maria CELLI, Titular Archbishop of Civitanova, President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Attilio NICORA, President of the Administration of the Patrimoniy of the Apostolic See (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Velasio DE PAOLIS, Titular Archbishop of Telepte, President of Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See (VATICAN CITY)


XVI. MEMBERS BY PAPAL APPOINTMENT

- H. Em. Card. Angelo SODANO, Head of the College of Cardinals (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Em. Card. Péter ERDŐ, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, President of the Council of the European Episcopal Conference (C.E.E.C.) (HUNGARY)
- H. Em. Card. André VINGT-TROIS, Archbishop of Paris, President of the Episcopal Conference (FRANCE)- H. Exc. Mons. Robert SARAH, Archbishop Emeritus of Conakry, Secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples (VATICAN CITY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Henri TEISSIER, Archbishop Emeritus of Alger (ALGERIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jaime Pedro GONÇALVES, Archbishop of Beira (MOZAMBIQUE)
- H. Exc. Mons. Orlando B. QUEVEDO, O.M.I., Archbishop of Cotabato, General Secretary of the "Federation of Asian Episcopal Conferences" (F.A.B.C.) (PHILIPPINES)
- H. Exc. Mons. Luigi BRESSAN, Archbishop of Trento, President of the Episcopal Commision for the Evangelization of Peoples and Cooperation between the Churches of the Italian Episcopal Conference (ITALY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jorge FERREIRA DA COSTA ORTIGA, Archbishop of Braga, President of the Episcopal Conference (PORTUGAL)
- H. Exc. Mons. Ludwig SCHICK, Archbishop of Bamberg, President of the Commission "Weltkirche" of the German Episcopal Conference (GERMANY)
- H. Exc. Mons. Raymundo DAMASCENO ASSIS, Archbishop of Aparecida, President of the "Latin American Episcopal Council" (C.E.L.AM.) (BRAZIL)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jorge Enrique JIMÉNEZ CARVAJAL, C.I.M., Archbishop of Cartagena en Colombia (COLOMBIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Telesphore George MPUNDU, Archbishop of Lusaka (ZAMBIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Cornelius Fontem ESUA, Archbishop of Bamenda (CAMEROON)
- H. Exc. Mons. Wilton Daniel GREGORY, Archbishop of Atlanta (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Henryk HOSER, S.A.C., Archbishop-Bishop of Warsaw-Prague (POLAND)
- H. Exc. Mons. Gabriel Charles PALMER-BUCKLE, Archbishop of Accra (GHANA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Odon Marie Arsène RAZANAKOLONA, Archbishop of Tananarive (MADAGASCAR)
- H. Exc. Mons. Michel Christian CARTATÉGUY, S.M.A., Archbishop of Niamey (NIGER)
- H. Exc. Mons. Edward Tamba CHARLES, Archbishop of Freetown and Bo (SIERRA LEONE)
- H. Exc. Mons. John Anthony RAWSTHORNE, Bishop of Hallam, President of the "Catholic Agency for Overseas Development" (C.A.F.O.D.), from the Episcopal Conference of England and Wales (GREAT BRITAIN)
- H. Exc. Mons. Maurice PIAT, C.S.Sp., Bishop of Port-Louis (MAURITIUS)
- H. Exc. Mons. Edmond DJITANGAR, Bishop of Sarh (CHAD)
- H. Exc. Mons. Peter William INGHAM, Bishop of Wollongong, President of the "Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania" (F.C.B.C.O.) (AUSTRALIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Louis NZALA KIANZA, Bishop of Popokabaka (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- H. Exc. Mons. Jean-Pierre BASSÈNE, Bishop of Kolda, President for the Foundation John Paul II for Sahel (SENEGAL)
- H. Exc. Mons. Giorgio BERTIN, O.F.M., Bishop of Djibouti, Apostolic Administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Mogadiscio (SOMALIA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Menghisteab TESFAMARIAM, M.C.C.J., Eparch of Asmara (ERITREA)
- H. Exc. Mons. Benedito Beni DOS SANTOS, Bishop of Lorena (BRAZIL)
- H. Exc. Mons. Maroun Elias LAHHAM, Bishop of Tunis (TUNIS)
- Rev. Mons. Obiora Francis IKE, Director of "Catholic Institute for Development, Justice and Peace" (CIDJAP), Enugu, (NIGERIA)
- Rev. Juvenalis BAITU RWELAMIRA, Director of the "Centre for Social Justice and Ethics"; Director of the "Centre for the Social Teaching of the Church", Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi (KENYA)
- Rev. Raymond Bernard GOUDJO, Secretary of the Commission "Justitia et Pax" of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Francophone Africa (CERAO), Ivory Coast (BENIN)
- Rev. Guillermo Luis BASAÑES, S.D.B., General Councillor of the Salesians of Don Bosco for the Region of Africa-Madagascar (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
- Rev. F. Emmanuel TYPAMM, C.M., Secretary General of the "Confederation of the Conferences of Superiors Major of Africa and Madagascar" (CAMEROON)
- Rev. F. Zeferino ZECA MARTINS, S.V.D., Provincial of Angola of Society of the Divine Word (ANGOLA)

B. LIST OF OTHER MEMBERS ACCORDING TO LEVEL LEVEL OF
PARTICIPATION

I. COLLABORATORS OF THE SPECIAL SECRETARY

- Fr. Barthélemy ADOUKONOU, Secretary General of the Association of thel Episcopal Conferences of West Africa (A.E.C.O.W.A.) (BENIN)
- Rev. F. Paul BÉRÉ, S.I., Professor of the Old Testament and Biblical Languages, Institute of Theology of the Company of the Society of Jesus, Catholic University of West Africa (U.C.A.O.), Abidjan, Ivory Coast and Hekima College Jesuit School of Theology, Nairobi, Kenya (BURKINA FASO)
- Fr. Bénézet BUJO, Ordinary Professor of Moral Theology and Social Ethics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Rev. F. Belmiro CHISSENGUETI, C.S.Sp., Secretary of the Episcopal Commission Justice and Peace, Luanda, Angola (ANGOLA)
- Rev. Gianfrancesco COLZANI, Professor of missionary theology at the Faculty of Missiology of the Pontifical Uniuversity "Urbaniana", Rome (ITALY)
- Rev. F. Michael F. CZERNY, S.I., Director of "African Jesuit AIDS Network" (A.J.A.N.), Nairobi, Kenia (CANADA)
- Mrs. Filomena José ELIAS, Member of the Council for the Pastoral and Liturgy, Cathedral of Maputo, (MOZAMBIQUE)
- Prof. Martin ESSO ESSIS, Promessor Emeritus of Economic Sciences at the University of Abidjan, (IVORY COAST)
- Rev. Sister Anne Béatrice FAYE, C.I.C., General Councillor of the Sisters of Notre Dame of the Immaculate Conception, (SENEGAL)
- Dr. Deogratias KASUJJA, Councillor of the Center of the Works of Mary (Focolari Movement), Appointed to the spiritual formation of members, Rocca di Papa, Italia (UGANDA)
- Mrs. Mariam Paul KESSY, National Coordinator of "Christian Professionals of Tanzania" (C.P.T.); Assistant Secretary of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference (TANZANIA)
- Rev. Sister Elisa KIDANÈ, S.M.C., General Councillor of the Missionary Sisters (ERITREA)
- Rev. Mons. Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Vicar General of Kaduna (Kaduna, NIGERIA)
- Bro. José Sebastião MANUEL, O.P., General Director and Co-founder of the cultural Center “Mosaiko”, Luanda, (ANGOLA)
- Rev. Aimable MUSONI, S.D.B., Professor of Ecclesiology, Pontifical University "Salesiana", Rome (RWANDA)
- Rev. Sister Immaculate NAKATO, S.M.R., General Councillor of the Sisters of Mary Reparatrix (UGANDA)
- Mrs. Yvonne NDAYIKEZA, National Coordinator of the Movements of Catholic Action in Burundi and Permanent Executive Secretary of the Commission for the lay apostolate, Bujumbura, (BURUNDI)
- Rev. Joseph-Marie NDI-OKALLA, Professor of Theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Catholic University of Central Africa (U.C.A.C.) Yaoundé, Cameroon; President of the International Association of Catholic Missionology (A.I.M.C./I.A.C.M.) for Africa (CAMEROON)
- Rev. F. Paulinus Ikechukwu ODOZOR, C.S.Sp., Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and the theology of world church, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame - Indiana, USA (NIGERIA)
- Rev. Sister Teresa OKURE, S.H.C.J., Academic Dehan, Faculty of Theology, "Catholic Institut of West Africa" (C.I.W.A.), Port Harcourt (NIGERIA)
- Mrs. Florence OLOO, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs of Srathmore University, Nairobi (KENYA)
- Rev. Godfrey Igwebuike ONAH, Vice Rector of the Pontifical University "Urbaniana", Roma (NIGERIA)
- Mrs. Felicia ONYEABO, National President of Catholic Women Organization (NIGERIA)
- Rev. F. Angelo PALERI, O.F.M.Conv., General Postulator of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor; Responsible of the diffusion of "Ecclesia in Africa" in mission, Zambia (ITALY)
- Rev. F. Samir Khalil SAMIR, S.I., Professor of History of Arabian Culture and Islamology at St. Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon (EGYPT)
- Dr. Maurice SANDOUNO, Responsible of the "DREAM" Program for the prevention of HIV virus from mother to child, Conakry (GUINEA)
- Rev. Kinkupu Léonard SANTEDI, Secretary General of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (C.E.N.C.O.), Kinshasa (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Rev. Sister Liliane SWEKO MANKIELA, S.N.D. de N., General Councillor of the Sisters of Our Lady of Namur, Kinshasa (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Rev. F. Anselm UMOREN, M.S.P., Superior General of the "Missionary Society of St. Paul", Abuja (NIGERIA)


II. AUDITORS

- Rev. Sister Marie-Bernard ALIMA MBALULA, Secretary of the Commission Justice and Peace, National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) and of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (A.C.E.A.C.), Kinshasa (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Fr. Joaquín ALLIENDE, President of the International Association “Kirche in Not", Germany (CHILE)
- Dr. Elard ALUMANDO, Country Director of the DREAM Program, (MALAWI)
- Mrs. Marguerite BARANKITSE, Founder of Maison Shalom, Ruyigi, (BURUNDI)
- Dr. Paolo BECCEGATO, Responsible of the International area of the Italian Caritas, Roma (ITALY)
- Mr. Emmanuel Habuka BOMBANDE, Executive Director of "West Africa Network for Peacebulding" (W.A.N.E.P.) (GHANA)
- Mrs. Rose BUSINGYE, Founder and President of Meeting Point International, Kampala, (UGANDA)
- Dr. Munshya CHIBILO, Head of Distance Adoption Projects of the Pope John XXIII Community Association (ZAMBIA)
- Mr. Thomas DIARRA, Instructor at the Center of catechistic formation, Kati (MALI)
- Mr. Assandé Martial EBA, Member of the International Foundation Our Lady of Peace, Yamoussoukro (IVORY COAST)
- Mr. Kpakile FÉLÉMOU, Director of DREAM0 Center, Conakry, (GUINEA)
- Mrs. Axelle FISCHER, General Secretary of the Commission Jiustice and Peace, Bruxelles, (BELGIUM)
- Mrs. Myriam Inmaculada GARCÍA ABRISQUETA, President of "Manos Unidas", Spagna; Member of Pontifical Council "Cor Unum" (SPAIN)
- Bro. Armand GARIN, Little Brother of Jesus (France), Regional responsible of Little Brothers of Jesus for Northern Africa (ALGERIA)
- Dr. Elena GIACCHI, Gynecologist of the Center for Studies and Research on the Control of Fertility, Catholic University "Sacro Cuore"; President of W.O.O.M.B.-Italy (National coordination of the Method of the ovulation - Billings-Italy) (ITALY)
- Rev. Sister Bernadette GUISSOU, S.I.C.O., Superior General of the Hearth of the Inmaculate Conception, Ouagadougou, (BURKINA FASO)
- Dr. Christophe HABIYAMBERE, President of "Fidesco", Kigali, (RWANDA)
- Rev. Sister Felicia HARRY, N.S.A. (O.L.A.), Superior General of the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles, Ghana (GHANA)
- Mr. Jules Adachédé HOUNKPONOU, General Secretary of the International Coordination of the Working Christian Youth (C.I.G.i.O.C.) (BENIN)
- Mrs. Marie-Madeleine KALALA NGOY MONGI, Lawyer, Honorary Minister of Human Rights (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Rev. F. Speratus KAMANZI, A.J., Superior General of the Apostles of Jesus, Nairobi, (KENYA)
- Prof. Josaphat Laurean KANYWANYI, Associate Professor of Law, University of Dar-es-Salaam, (TANZANIA)
- Rev. Sister Mary Anne Felicitas KATITI, L.M.S.I., Mother Provincial of the Congregation of the Little Servants of Mary Immaculate, (ZAMBIA)
- Prof. Edem KODJO, Secretary General Emeritus of the Organization of African Union (O.U.A.), Prime Minister Emeritus, Professor of Patrology at the Institute St. Paul of Lomé, (TOGO)
- Prof. Gustave LUNJIWIRE-NTAKO-NNANVUME, International Secretary of the Mouvement of the Catholic Action of Xavéri (MAC Xavéri), responsible for the laity in the Region of Kivu (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Mr. Ngon-Ka-Ningueyo (François) MADJADOUM, Director of SECADEV (Catholic Assistance and Development), (CHAD)
- Rev. Sister Jacqueline MANYI ATABONG, Assistant of the Superior General of the Sisters of Saint Teresa of Jesus Child in the Diocese of Buea; Coordinator for Africa of the International Catholic Commission for Prison Pastoral Care (I.C.C.P.P.C.), Douala (CAMEROON)
- Rev. Sister Bernadette MASEKAMELA, C.S., Superior General of the Sisters of Calvary, (BOTSWANA)
- Fr. Richard MENATSI, Acting Director, Coordinator Justice and Peace Desk of the Inter-regional Meeting of Bishops of Southern Africa (I.M.B.I.S..A.), Harare, (ZIMBABWE)
- Rev. Sister Cecilia MKHONTO, S.S.B., Superior General of the Sisters of St. Brigid, (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Mr. Ermelindo Rosário MONTEIRO, Secretary General of the Episcopal Commission Justice and Peace, Maputo, (MOZAMBIQUE)
- Mr. Maged MOUSSA YANNY, Executive Director of the Association of Upper Egypt for Education and Development (EGYPT)
- Prof. Alöyse Raymond NDIAYE, President of the National Committee of the Order of the Knights of Malta in Senegal, Dakar, (SENEGAL)
- Mr. Laurien NTEZIMANA, Licensed in Theology, Diocese of Butare, (RWANDA)
- Rev. F. Seán O’LEARY, M.Afr., Director of “Denis Hurley Peace Institute”, (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Rev. Sister Pauline ODIA BUKASA, F.M.S., Superior General of the Sisters “Ba-Maria”, Buta Uele, (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Mr. Augustine OKAFOR, Specialist in government administration, (NIGERIA)- Dr. Orochi Samuel ORACH, Assistant Executive Secretary of the "Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau", Kampala, (UGANDA)
- Mrs. Barbara PANDOLFI, President General of the Secular Institute of the Missionaries of Christs' Regality (ITALY)
- Mrs. Marguerite A. PEETERS (BELGIUM)
- Dr. Alberto PIATTI, Secretary General of the Foundation AVSI, Milano, (ITALY)
- Prof. Raymond RANJEVA, Vice-President Emeritus of the International Court of Justice (Netherlands), Member of the Pontifical Council Justice and Peace (Vatican City) (MADAGASCAR)
- Mrs. Geneviève Amalia Mathilde SANZE, Responsible of the Work of Mary - Focolari Mouvement, Abidjan,(IVORY COAST)
- Dr. Victor M. SCHEFFERS, Secretary General of the Commission Justice and Peace of Netherlands, The Hague (NETHERLANDS)
- Bro. André SENE, O.H., Responsible of the Pastoral of the Health in the diocese of Thies, (SENEGAL)
- Rev. Sister Bédour Antoun (Irini) SHENOUDA, N.D.A., Provincial Mother of the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, Cairo, (EGYPT)
- Dr. Pierre TITI NWEL, Coordinator Emeritus of the National Service Justice and Peace of the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon (C.E.N.C.), Yaoundé (CAMEROON)
- Mrs. Elisabeth TWISSA, Vice President of the World Union of Catholic Women Organisations (W.U.C.W.O.) (TANZANIA)
- Rev. Sister Maria Ifechukwu UDORAH, D.D.L., Superior General of the "Daughters of Divine Love", Enugu, (NIGERIA)
- Rev. Sister Geneviève UWAMARIYA, Sister of Saint Mary of Namur, (RWANDA)

III. GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS

- H. Exc. Mons. Nikola ETEROVIĆ, Titular Archbishop of Sisak, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops (VATICAN CITY)
- Rev. Mons. Fortunato FREZZA, Under Secretary (VATICAN CITY)
- Rev. Mons. John Anthony ABRUZZESE, Secretary (VATICAN CITY)
- Rev. Mons. Etienne BROCARD, Secretary (VATICAN CITY)
- Rev. Mons. Daniel Emilio ESTIVILL, Assistant Secretary (VATICAN CITY)
- Rev. Zvonimir SERŠIĆ, Worker (VATICAN CITY)
- Rev. F. Ambrogio Ivan SAMUS, Worker (VATICAN CITY)
- Mrs. Paola VOLTERRA TOPPANO, Technical worker (VATICAN CITY)
- Dr. Ermelinda SARACINO, External collaborator of the General Secretariat (ITALY)
- Dr. Federica VIVIAN (ITALY)
- Mr. Pietro CAMILLI (ITALY)

ASSISTANTS

- Rev. Firmino Câncio ADELINO (MOZAMBIQUE)
- Rev. Michael APPAU (GHANA)
- Rev. Jean-Parfait ATEBA (CAMEROON)
- Rev. Jean Floribert AVONYIMA (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Rev. François-Xavier AYISSI (CAMEROON)
- Rev. F. Nicolas BOSSU, L.C. (FRANCE)
- Rev. Felimão Ernesto CHAÚQUE (MOZAMBIQUE)
- Rev. F. Alfonso CORONA, L.C. (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
- Rev. Cristian CRISAN (ROMANIA)
- Rev. Bangisako François GBAKU-MOKE (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Rev. Christopher HIRUTHYA (INDIA)
- Rev. Kingsley IHEJIRIKA (NIGERIA)
- Rev. Paul IJASAN (NIGERIA)
- Rev. Vedaste KAYISABE (RWANDA)
- Rev. Akre Alexandre KOUASSI (IVORY COAST)
- Rev. F. Patrick KWIS, S.M.A. (NIGERIA)
- Rev. Junior Phares LAROSILIERE (HAITI)
- Mr. Diego LOFINO (ITALY)
- Rev. Tolotolo Ferdinand MABANZA (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.)
- Bro. Bonga Thamsanqa MAJOLA, O.M.I. (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Mr. Paolo MARINELLI (ITALY)
- Rev. F. J.-M. Laurent MAZAS, F.S.J. (FRANCE)
- Rev. Georges Bertrand MELOBO (CAMEROON)
- Rev. Kimani Pasquale NJUGUNA (KENYA)
- Bro. Thabang NKADIMENG, O.M.I. (SOUTH AFRICA)
- Rev. Moises RAFAEL (ANGOLA)
- Rev. Baraga Orou Clément SABI (BENIN)
- Rev. Joseph SSEBUNNYA (UGANDA)
- Rev. Philip TABAN (UGANDA)
- Bro. Andreas Sekake THAMAE, O.M.I. (LESOTHO)
- Rev. Amadou Dit Kizito TOGO (MALI)
- Bro. Ndodana TSHUMA, O.M.I. (ZIMBABWE)

IV. PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMMUNICATION OF INFORMATION

- Rev. F. Ciro BENEDETTINI, C.P., Vice Director of the Holy See Press Office (VATICAN CITY)
- Rev. F. Federico LOMBARDI, S.I., Director of the Holy See Press Office (VATICAN CITY)
English Language
- Mr. Festus Abdul TARAWALIE, From the Vatican Radio English Language program for Africa (VATICAN CITY)
French Language
- Rev. Mons. Joseph Bato'ora BALLONG WEN MEWUDA, In charge of the Vatican Radio French Language program for Africa (VATICAN CITY)
Italian Language
- Rev. Mons. Giorgio COSTANTINO, Director of the Regional Office for Social Communications and spokesperson for the Calabria Episcopal Conference (ITALY)
Portugues Language
- Mrs. Maria Dulce ARAUJO EVORA, From the Vatican Radio Portuguese Language program for Africa (VATICAN CITY)

C. LIST OF FRATERNAL DELEGATES

Orthodox Church of Ethiopia
- His Holiness Abuna PAULOS, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church (ETHIOPIA)

Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and
all of Africa
- His Eminence MAKARIOS [Andreas Tilyrides], Archbishop of Kenya and Irinopolis, Orthodox Archbishopric of (KENYA)

Orthodox Copt Church
- His Excellency Barnaba EL SORYANY

Anglican Communion
- His Grace Bernhard NTAHOTURI, Archibishop of the Province of the Anglican Church of Burundi (BURUNDI)

Lutheran World Federation
- His Grace Owdenburg Moses MDEGELLA, Bishop of the Lutheran Diocese of Iringa (TANZANIA)

Methodist Church
- His Grace Michael KEHINDE STEPHEN, Diocese of Ibadan, Archbishop of the Methodist Church of Nigeria (NIGERIA)

D. SPECIAL INVITATIONS

- Mr Rodolphe ADADA, Former Joint Special Representative of the Secretary General of the United Nations and the President of the Commission of the African Union in Darfur (SUDAN)
- Mr. Jacques DIOUF, General Director of F.A.O.

 

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