New members and substitutes for the upcoming Synod on the Family

Vatican City, 24 July 2015 (VIS) – With regard to the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to take place in the Vatican from 4 to 25 October on the theme “The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and contemporary world”, we publish a further list of the members and substitutes elected by the various Episcopal Conferences and confirmed by the Holy Father.

AFRICA

Cote d’Ivoire

Member: Bishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of Katiola, president of the National Episcopal Commission for the Lay Apostolate.

Equatorial 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 Angel Cabello Almada of Concepcion en 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: Archbishop Neshan Karakeheyan, patriarchal administrator of Ispahan, Esfaan of the Armenians.

Thailand

Member: Bishop Silvio Siripong Charatsri of Chanthaburi;

Substitute: Archbishop Louis Chamniern Santisukniran of Thare and Nonseng.

East Timor

Member: Bishop Basilio Do Nascimento of Baucau, president of the Episcopal Conference;

Substitute: Bishop Norberto Do Amaral of Maliana.

EUROPE

International Episcopal Conference of Sts. Cyril and Methodius

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

Latvia

Member: Archbishop Zbignevs Stankevics of Riga;

Substitute: Bishop Janis Bulis of Rezekne-Aglona, president of the Episcopal Conference.

Scandinavia

Member: Bishop Teemu Sippo, S.C.I., of Helsinki, Finland;

Substitute: Bishop Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen, Denmark.

OCEANIA

Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Member: Bishop Anton Bal of Kundiawa, representing the “Commission for Family Life”.