the elderly or disabled, 1,090 orphanages and nurseries, 981 family advisory
centres and other centres for the protection of life, and 4,295 special centres
for social education or re-education and institutions of other types.

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 Participants in the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
 Vatican City, 15 September 2015 (VIS) - The following is a full and definitive
list of the participants in the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of
Bishops, to be held from 4 to 25 October 2015, on the theme, "The vocation and
mission of the family in the Church and the contemporary world".
 A. LIST OF SYNOD FATHERS ACCORDING TO ROLE
 I. PRESIDENT
 Francis, Supreme Pontiff
 II. SECRETARY GENERAL
 Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri
 III. DELEGATE PRESIDENTS
 Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, archbishop of Paris, France
 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, archbishop of Manila, Philippines
 Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, archbishop of Aparecida, Brazil
 Cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier, O.F.M., archbishop of Durban, South Africa
 IV. RAPPORTEUR GENERAL
 Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, president of the
Episcopal Conference, Hungary, president of the Consilium Conferentiarum
Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.)
 V. SPECIAL SECRETARY
 Archbishop Bruno Forte of Chieti-Vasto, Italy
 VI. COMMISSION FOR INFORMATION
 PRESIDENT
 Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social
Communications, Vatican City
 SECRETARY
 Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, Vatican
City
 VII. FROM THE ORIENTAL CATHOLIC CHURCHES
 Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Ibrahim Isaac Sedrak, Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts, head
of the Synod of the Coptic Catholic Church.
 Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Gregoire III Laham, B.S., Patriarch of Antioch of the
Greek-Melkites, head of the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Catholic Church.
 ex electione
 Archbishop Georges Bacouni of Akka, St. John of Acri, Ptolemaida of the
Greek-Melkites.
 Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Ignace Youssif III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syrians,
head of the Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church
 Synod of the Maronite Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Cardinal Bechara Boutros Rai, O.M.M., Patriarch of Antioch of
the
Maronites, head of the Synod of the Maronite Church.
 ex electione
 Bishop Antoine Nabil Andari, auxiliary and syncellus of Joubbe, Sarba and
Jounieh of the Maronites, president of the Episcopal Commission for the Family
and Life.
 Bishop Antoine Tarabay, O.L.M., of Saint Maron of Sydney of the Maronites.
 Synod of the Chaldean Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans,
head
of the Synod of the Chaldean Church.
 Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Gregoire Pierre XX Ghabroyan, Patriarch of Cilicia of the
Armenians, head of the Synod of the Armenian Catholic Church.
 Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, major archbishop of Kyiv-Halyc, head of the
Synod of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.
 ex electione
 Bishop Hlib Borys Sviatoslav Lonchyna of Holy Family of London of the
Byzantine
Ukrainians.
 Bishop Borys Gudziak of Saint Vladimir-Le-Grand of Paris of the Byzantine
Ukrainians.
 Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Cardinal George Alencherry, major archbishop of
Ernakulam-Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars, president of the Synod of the
Syro-Malabar Church.
 ex electione
 Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of Palai of the Syro-Malabars.
 Archbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars.
 Synod of the Syro-Malankara Church
 ex officio
 His Beatitude Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal, major archbishop of
Trivandrum of the Syro-Malankarites, head of the Synod of the Syro-Malankara
Church.
 Synod of the Romanian Church
 ex designatione
 Bishop Mihai Catalin Fratile of St. Basil the Great of Bucarest of the
Romanians.
 Council of the Ethiopian Church
 ex officio
 Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, C.M., president of the Episcopal
Conference, metropolitan archbishop of Addis Abeba, president of the Council of
the Ethiopian Church.
 Council of the Church Ruthenian, U.S.A.
 ex officio
 Archbishop William Charles Skurla, metropolitan of Pittsburg of the
Byzantines,
president of the council of the Ruthenian Church.
 Council of the Slovak Church
 ex officio
 Archbishop Jan Babjak, S.J., metropolitan of Presov for Catholics of Byzantine
rite, president of the Council of the Slovak Church.
 Council of the Eritrean Church
 ex officio
 Archbishop Menghesteab Tesfamarian, M.C.C.J., metropolitan of Asmara,
president
of the council of the Eritrean Church.
 Council of the Hungarian Church
 ex officio
 Archbishop Fulop Kocsis, metropolitan of Hajdudorog for Catholics of Byzantine
rite, president of the Council of the Hungarian Church.
 VIII. ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES OF THE EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES
 AFRICA
 NORTHERN AFRICA (C.E.R.N.A.)
 Bishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., of Oran, Algeria
 ANGOLA and SAO TOME
 Bishop Emilio Sumbelelo of Uije, Angola
 BENIN
 Bishop Eugene Cyrille Houndekon of Abomey, vice president of the Episcopal
Conference
 BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA and SWAZILAND
 Archbishop Stephen Brislin of Cape Town, Kaapstad, president of the Episcopal
Conference, South Africa
 Bishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I., of Kokstad, South Africa
 BURKINA FASO and NIGER
 Bishop Joseph Sama of Nouna, Burkina Faso
 BURUNDI
 Bishop Gervais Banshimiyubasa of Ngozi, president of the Episcopal Conference
 CAMEROON
 Archbishop Joseph Atanga, S.J., of Bertoua
 Archbishop Samuel Kleda of Douala, president of the Episcopal Conference
 CHAD
 Bishop Henri Coudray, S.J., apostolic vicar of Mongo
 CONGO (Republic)
 Bishop Urbain Ngassongo of Gamboma, president of the Episcopal Commission for
Family Pastoral Ministry
 CONGO (Democratic Republic)
 Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola of Tshumbe
 Bishop Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M., of Budjala
 COTE D'IVOIRE
 Bishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of Katiola, president of the Commission Episcopale
Nationale de l'Apostolat des Laïcs
 ETHIOPIA and ERITREA
 Bishop Tsegaye Keneni Derara, apostolic vicar of Soddo, Ethiopia
 GABON
 Bishop Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan of Mouila, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 GAMBIA and SIERRA LEONE
 Bishop Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell of Bo, Sierra Leone
 GHANA
 Archbishop Gabriel Charles Palmer-Buckle of Accra
 GUINEA
 Bishop Raphael Balla Guilavogui of N'Zerekore
 EQUATORIAL GUINEA
 Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F., of Bata
 KENYA
 Cardinal John NJUE, archbishop of Nairobi
 Bishop James Maria Wainaina Kungu of Muranga
 LESOTHO
 Archbishop Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I., of Maseru, president of the
Episcopal Conference
 LIBERIA
 Bishop Anthony Fallah Borwah of Gbarnga
 MADAGASCAR
 Bishop Desire Tsarahazana of Toamasina, president of the Episcopal Conference
 MALAWI
 Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M., of Blantyre, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 MALI
 Bishop Jonas Dembele of Kayes
 MOZAMBIQUE
 Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap., of Maputo, president of the
Episcopal Commission for the Family
 NAMIBIA
 Bishop Philipp Pollitzer, O.M.I., of Keetmanshoop
 NIGERIA
 Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso of Kaduna
 Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh of Ikot Ekpene
 Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade of Ondo
 INDIAN OCEAN (C.E.D.O.I.)
 Bishop Maurice Piat, C.S.Sp., of Port-Louis, Mauritius, president of the
Episcopal Conference
 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
 Bishop Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa of Alindao
 RWANDA
 Bishop Antoine Kambanda of Kibungo
 SENEGAL, MAURITANIA, CABO VERDE and GUINEA-BISSAU
 Archbishop Benjamin Ndiaye of Dakar, Senegal, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 SUDAN
 Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., of Juba
 TANZANIA
 Bishop Tarcisius J. M. Ngalalekumtwa of Iringa, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 Bishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande of Bunda
 TOGO
 Bishop Jacques Danka Longa of Kara
 UGANDA
 Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, president of the Episcopal Conference
 Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa of Kiyinda-Mityana, vice president of the
Episcopal
Conference
 ZAMBIA
 Bishop Benjamin Phiri, auxiliary of Chipata
 ZIMBABWE
 Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani of Gweru
 AMERICA
 ANTILLES
 Bishop Francis Alleyne, O.S.B., of Georgetown
 ARGENTINA
 Bishop Pedro Maria Laxague, auxiliary of Bahia Blanca, president of the
Comisión Episcopal de Laicos y Familia
 Archbishop Jose Maria Arancedo of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, president of the
Episcopal Conference
 Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, archbishop of Buenos Aires
 BOLIVIA
 Bishop Braulio SAEZ GARCIA, O.C.D., auxiliary of Santa Cruz de la Sierra
 Bishop Krzysztof Janusz BIALASIK WAWROWSKA, S.V.D., of Oruro
 BRAZIL
 Archbishop Sergio Da Rocha of Brasilia, president of the Episcopal Conference
 Bishop Joao Carlos Petrini of Camacari
 Archbishop Geraldo Lyrio Rocha of Mariana
 Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer of Sao Paulo
 CANADA
 Archbishop Paul-Andre Durocher of Gatineau, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 Bishop Noel Simard of Valleyfield
 Cardinal Thomas Christopher Collins, archbishop of Toronto
 Archbishop Richard William Smith of Edmonton
 CHILE
 Bishop Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence, S.D.B., of Punta Arenas
 Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, S.D.B., archbishop of Santiago de Chile,
president of the Episcopal Conference
 COLOMBIA
 Bishop Pablo Emiro Salas Anteliz of Armenia
 Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez, archbishop of Bogota, president of the Latin
American Episcopal Council (C.E.L.AM.)
 Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega of Villavicencio
 COSTA RICA
 Bishop Jose Francisco Ulloa Rojas of Cartago, president of the Comisión
Episcopal para la Pastoral Familiar
 CUBA
 Bishop Marcelo Arturo Gonzalez Amador of Santa Clara
 ECUADOR
 Archbishop Antonio Arregui Yarza of Guayaquil
 Archbishop Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M., of Cuenca
 EL SALVADOR
 Bishop Constantino Barrera Morales of Sonsonate
 GUATEMALA
 Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Nunez of Vera Paz, Coban, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 HAITI
 Bishop Yves-Marie Pean, C.S.C., of Les Gonaives
 HONDURAS
 Bishop Luis Sole Fa, C.M., of Trujillo
 MEXICO
 Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martinez of Tehuacan
 Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop of Mexico
 Bishop Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola, auxiliary of Monterrey
 Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of Guadalajara, president of the
Episcopal Conference
 NICARAGUA
 Bishop Cesar Bosco Vivas Robelo of Leon en Nicaragua
 PANAMA
 Bishop Anibal Saldana Santamaria, O.A.R., prelate of Bocas del Toro
 PARAGUAY
 Bishop Miguel Angel Cabello Almada of Concepcion en Paraguay
 PERU
 Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon of Ayacucho o Huamanga, president
of the Episcopal Conference
 Archbishop Hector Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., of Trujillo
 PUERTO RICO
 Archbishop Roberto Octavio Gonzalez Nieves, O.F.M., of San Juan de Puerto
Rico,
president of the Episcopal Conference
 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
 Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Pena Rodriguez of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en
Higüey, president of the Episcopal Conference
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz of Louisville, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput, O.F.M. Cap., of Philadelphia
 Cardinal Daniel N. Di Nardo, archbishop of Galveston-Houston, Vice president
of
the Episcopal Conference
 Archbishop Jose Horacio Gomez of Los Angeles
 URUGUAY
 Bishop Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martin of Minas
 VENEZUELA
 Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de
Venezuela
 Archbishop Diego Rafael Padron Sanchez of Cumana, president of the Episcopal
Conference
 ASIA
 BANGLADESH
 Bishop Paul Ponen Kubi, C.S.C., of Mymensingh, president of Episcopal Family
Life Commission
 CHINA
 Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-Mien of Hsinchu
 KOREA
 Bishop Peter Kang U-Il of Cheju
 PHILIPPINES
 Archbishop Romulo G. Valles of Davao
 Archbishop Jose S. Palma of Cebu
 Bishop Gilbert A. Garcera of Daet
 JAPAN
 Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami, P.S.S., of Nagasaki, vice president of the
Episcopal Conference
 INDIA (C.C.B.I.)
 Cardinal Oswald Gracias, archbishop of Mumbai, president of Episcopal
Conference
 Archbishop Filipe Neri Antonio Sebastiao Do Rosario Ferrao, archbishop of Goa
and Damao
 Bishop Selvister Ponnumuthan of Punalur
 Archbishop Dominic Jala, S.D.B., of Shillong
 INDONESIA
 Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardojoatmodjo of Jakarta, president of the
Episcopal Conference
 Bishop Fransiskus Kopong Kung of Larantuka
 IRAN

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