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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