Members and substitutes for the Synod of Bishops

Members and substitutes for the Synod of Bishops

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Friday confirmed more members and substitutes for the Fourteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place from October 4-25, 2015, under the theme "The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and in the contemporary world."

For a listing of other members and substitutes confirmed for the Synod on the Family, see our previous posts on 26 March and 16 June.

The following is a list of the members and substitutes appointed by the competent entities and ratified by the Holy Father on 24 July.

AFRICA

Ivory Coast

Member:  Bishop Ignace BESSI DOGBO, of Katiola, President of the National Episcopal Commission for the Apostolate of the Laity

Guinea

Member:  Bishop Juan MATOGO OYANA, C.M.F., of Bata

Sudan

Member:  Archbishop Paulino LUKUDU LORO, M.C.C.J., of Juba

Substitute:  Bishop Michael Didi Adgum MANGORIA, of El Obeid

Zimbabwe

Member:  Bishop Xavier Johnsai MUNYONGANI, of Gweru

AMERICA

Paraguay

Member:  Bishop Miguel Ángel CABELLO ALMADA, of Concepción in Paraguay

Substitute:  Bishop Pierre Laurent JUBINVILLE, C.S.Sp., of San Pedro

ASIA

India

2nd Substitute:  Bishop Lawrence Pius DORAIRAJ, of Dharmapuri

Iran

Member:  Archbishop Ramzi GARMOU, of Teheran of the Chaldeans, Patriarchal Administrator of Ahwaz of the Chaldeans

Substitute:  Titular Archbishop Neshan KARAKÉHÉYAN, of Adana of the Armenians, Patriarchal Administrator of Ispahan, Esfáan of the Armenians

Thailand

Member:  Bishop Silvio Siripong CHARATSRI, of Chanthaburi

Substitute:  Archbishop Louis CHAMNIERN SANTISUKNIRAN, of Thare and Nonseng

East Timor

Member: Bishop Basílio DO NASCIMENTO, of Baucau, President of the Bishop's Conference

Substitute:  Bishop Norberto DO AMARAL, of Maliana

EUROPE

International Bishops' Conference of the Saints Cyril and Methodius

Member:  Bishop Ladislav NEMET, S.V.D., of Zrenjanin in Serbia

Latvia

Member:  Archbishop Zbignevs STANKEVIČS, of Riga

Substitute:  Bishop Jānis BULIS, of Rēzekne-Aglona, President of Bishop’s Conference

Scandinavia

Member:  Bishop Teemu SIPPO, S.C.I., of Helsinki in Finland

Substitute:  Bishop Czeslaw KOZON, of Copenhagen in Denmark

OCEANIA

Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Member:  Bishop Anton BAL, of Kundiawa, “Commission for Family Life”

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