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 STANKEVI?S, of Riga
Substitute: Bishop J?nis BULIS, of R?zekne-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”