TWENTY-FIRST GENERAL CONGREGATION

VATICAN CITY, OCT 21, 2005 (VIS) - In the Synod Hall of the Vatican at 4.30 p.m., the Twenty-First General Congregation of the Eleventh Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was held, during which the final list of propositions was read out. The Holy Father was present, as were 243 Synod Fathers, and the president delegate on duty was Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

  Archbishop Nikola Eterovic, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, announced the names of the elected members of the post-synodal council and the names of members appointed by the Holy Father:

AFRICA

1. Cardinal Francis Arinze, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
2. Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and president of the country's episcopal conference.
3. Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, Niger, president of the Episcopal Conference for Niger, and president of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar (S.E.C.A.M.).

AMERICA

1. Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, archbishop of Lima, Peru.
2. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio S.J., archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, vice-president of the country's episcopal conference.
3. Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., archbishop of Quebec, Canada.
4. Bishop Donald William Wuerl of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.

ASIA/OCEANIA

1. Cardinal Telesphore Placidus Toppo, archbishop of Ranchi, India.
2. Cardinal George Poll, archbishop of Sydney, Australia.
3. Bishop Joseph Zen Ze-kiun S.D.B., of Hong Kong, China.
4. Bishop Luis Antonio G. Tagle of Imus, Philippines.

EUROPE

1. Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, archbishop of Westminster, England, president of the country's episcopal conference.
2. Cardinal Angelo Scola, patriarch of Venice, Italy.
3. Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
4. Bishop Djura Dzudzar, apostolic exarch of Serbia and Montenegro for Catholics of Byzantine Rite.
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