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”.