Msgr. Duarte Nuno Queiroz De Barros Da Cunha, secretary general of the   
   Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.), Portugal   
    Mr. Leopold Djogbede, professor at the University of Abomey-Calavi and at the   
   Higher Institute Specialist Teacher Training, Benin   
    Fr. Bruno Esposito, O.P., ordinary professor of canon law at the Pontifical   
   University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Italy   
    Dr. John Grabowski, Spain, professor of moral theology at the School of   
   Theology and Religious Studies, Catholic University of America, United States   
   of   
   America   
    Fr. Jose Granados, D.C.J.M., deputy director of the Pontifical John Paul II   
   Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family   
    Fr. Maurizio Gronchi, ordinary professor of dogmatic at the Pontifical Urban   
   University in Rome, Italy   
    Dr. John Kleinsman, director of the Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics, New   
   Zealand   
   Catholic Bishops' Conference, New Zealand   
    Fr. Sabatino Majorano, C.SS.R., professor of systematic moral theology at the   
   Alphonsianum Academy in Rome, Italy   
    Msgr. Michele Giulio Masciarelli, lecturer in dogmatic theology at the   
   Marianum   
   Faculty in Rome, and in fundamental theology at the Theological Institute of   
   Abruzzo and Molise in Chieti, Italy   
    Professor Pia Matthews, lecturer at St. Mary's University College, London,   
   Great Britain   
    Professor Paolo Moneta, former lecturer in canon and ecclesiastical law at the   
   Faculty of Law of the University of Pisa, Italy   
    Fr. Antonio Moser, O.F.M., professor emeritus of moral and ethical theology at   
   the Franciscan Theological Institute of Petropolis, Brazil   
    Fr. Aimable Musoni, S.D.B., Rwanda, lecturer in systematic theology,   
   ecclesiology and ecumenism at the Pontifical Salesian University in Rome   
    Fr. Georges Henri Ruyssen, S.J., Belgium, lecturer in the Faculty of Canon Law   
   at the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome   
    Fr. Peter Paul Saldanha, India, lecturer in ecclesiology at the Pontifical   
   Urban University in Rome   
    Fr. Pierangelo Sequeri, director and lecturer in theology at the Theological   
   Faculty of Northern Italy, member of the International Theological Commission,   
   Italy   
    Mr. and Mrs Miano, Italy:   
    Professor Giuseppina De Simone in Miano, lecturer in philosophy at the   
   Theological Faculty of Southern Italy in Naples   
    Professor Francesco Miano, lecturer in moral philosophy at the University of   
   Rome (Tor Vergata).   
    II. AUDITORS   
    Mr. Jacob Mundaplakal Abraham, advisor for the Apostolate of the Family and   
   Lay   
   Organisations in the dioceses of Kerala, India   
    Dr. Anca Maria Cernea, physician at the Victor Babes Centre for Diagnosis and   
   Treatment and president of the Association of Catholic Doctors of Bucharest,   
   Romania   
    Ms. Sharron Cole, president of the Parents Centres New Zealand, New Zealand   
    Ms. Agnes Offiong Erogunaye, national president of the Catholic Women's   
   Organisation of Nigeria, Nigeria   
    Fr. Garas Boulos Garas Bishay, pastor of the Virgin Mary Queen of Peace   
   parish,   
   Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt   
    Professor Giovanni Giacobbe, member of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists,   
   Italy   
    Ms. Maria Gomes, head of parish family pastoral ministry in Dubai, United Arab   
   Emirates   
    Ms. Maria Harries, national director for family pastoral care and preparation   
   for marriage; member of the National Commission for Abuse of Minors, Australia   
    S. Maureen Kelleher, religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, member of the   
   International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), United States of America   
    Mr. Brenda Kim Nayoug, pastoral worker for young people and young married   
   couples, Korea   
    Professor Maria Marcela Mazzini, lecturer in theology at the Faculty of   
   Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina   
    Ms. Moira McQueen, director of the Canadian Catholic Institute of Bioethics,   
   Canada   
    Ms. Therese Nyirabukeye, advisor and formator for the African Federation of   
   Family Action (FAAF), Rwanda   
    S. Berta Maria Porras Fallas, head of Family Pastoral Care of the Tertiary   
   Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, Member of the International Union of   
   Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), Costa Rica   
    S. Carmen Sammut, S.M.N.D.A., president of the International Union of   
   Superiors   
   General (U.I.S.G.), Malta   
    Professor Lucia Scaraffia, former lecturer in contemporary history at the   
   University of Rome La Sapienza; coordinator of the monthly of the L'Osservatore   
   Romano "Donne Chiesa Mondo", Italy   
    Dr. Edgar Humberto Tejada Zeballos, physician and specialist in bioethics;   
   member of the Episcopal Commission for the Family of the Peruvian Episcopal   
   Conference, Peru.   
    Mr. and Mrs. Bajaj, India   
    Mrs. Penny and Mr. Ishwar Bajaj, Hindu-Christian couple from the diocese of   
   Mumbai, India   
    Mr. and Mrs. Buch, Germany   
    Sig.ra Petra Buch, diocesan family pastoral worker   
    Dr. Aloys Johann Buch, professor of moral theology at the Interdiocesan Major   
   Seminary of St. Lambert; permanent deacon of the diocese of Aachen   
    Mr. and Mrs. Diaz Victoria, Colombia   
    Mrs. Isabel Botia de Diaz and Mr. Humberto Diaz Victoria, members of the   
   National Commission for the Family of the Episcopal Conference; pastoral   
   directors of the Hombres y Mujeres de futuro Foundation   
    .   
    Mr. and Mrs. Galindo, Mexico   
    Mrs. Gertrudiz Clara Rubio De Galindo and Mr. Andres Salvador Galindo Lopez,   
   executive secretaries of the Episcopal Commission for the Family of the   
   Episcopal Conference; secretaries of CELAM for the Mexico-Central America zone   
    Mr. and Mrs. Gay Montalvo, Spain   
    Mrs. María Monserrat Rosell Torrus De Gay Montalvo, member of the marriage   
   group of the parish of St. Francis de Sales in Barcelona   
    Mr. Eugenio Gay Montalvo, former Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of   
   Spain; former member of the diocesan Pastoral Council of Barcelona   
    Mr. and Mrs. Kola, Cameroon   
    Mrs. Aicha Marianne Kenne Sob Kola and Mr. Irenee KOLA, members of the African   
   Federation of Family Action (FAAF); marriage and family counsellors   
    Mr. and Mrs. Marqus Odeesho, Iraq   
    Mrs. Suhaila Salim Toma and Mr. Wisam Marqus Odeesho, pastoral workers in the   
   Chaldean parish of St. George in Baghdad   
    Mr. and Mrs. Matassoni, Italy   
    Mrs. Marialucia Zecchini and Mr. Marco Marassoni, members of the Commission   
   for   
   family pastoral care in the archdiocese of Trento   
    Mr. and Mrs. Mignonat, France   
    Mrs. Nathalie Mignonat and Mr. Christian Mignonat, members of the movement   
   Equipes Reliance for remarried divorcees, founder members of the group SEDIRE   
   for receiving and accompanying civilly married couples   
    Mr. and Mrs. Nkosi, South Africa   
    Mrs. Buysile Patronella Nkosi and Mr. Meshack Jabulani Nkosi, members of the   
   Advisory Committee for the National Family Desk of the Southern African   
   Episcopal Catholic Bishops' Conference.   
    Mr. and Mrs. Paloni, Italy   
    Mrs. Patrizia Calabrese and Mr. Massimo Paloni, couple involved in family   
   missionary pastoral work   
    Mr. and Mrs. Pulikowski, Poland   
    Mrs. Jadwiga Pulikowska and Mr. Jacek Pulikowski, advisors of the Council for   
   Family Pastoral Care of the archdiocese of Poznan   
    Mr. and Mrs. De Rezende, Brazil   
    Mrs. Ketty Abaroa De Rezende and Dr. Pedro Jussieu De Rezende, lecturers at   
   the   
   Universidade Estadual de Campinas, engaged in family pastoral work   
    Mr. and Mrs. Rojas, Colombia   
    Mrs. Maria Angelica Rojas, engaged in family pastoral work, and Mr. Luis Haydn   
   Rojas Martinez, director of the department of Ethics and Humanity at the La   
   gran   
   Colombia University   
    Mr. and Mrs. Salloum, Lebanon   
    Mrs. Souheila Rizk Salloum, lecturer in psychology at the USEK.   
    Mr. Georges Fayez Salloum, expert on the Maronite Patriarchal Synod   
    Mr. and Mrs. Villafania, Philippines   
    Mrs. María Socorro Ocampo Villafania, former lecturer in theology at the   
   Assumption College; collaborator with the Salesian Sisters in the preparation   
   of   
   catechists   
    Mr. Nelson Silvestre Villafania, collaborator with the Evangelion Foundation   
   in   
   Manila   
    Mr. and Mrs. Witczak, United States of America   
    Mrs. Catherine Wally Witczak and Mr. Anthony Paul Witczak, directors of   
   Worldwide Marriage Encounter International Ecclesial Team.   
    III. GENERAL SECRETARIAT OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS   
    Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops   
    Bishop Fabio Fabene   
    Msgr. John Anthony Abruzzese   
    Msgr. Etienne Brocard   
    Msgr. Daniel Estivill   
    Fr. Ambrogio Ivan Samus   
    Fr. Raffaele Lanzilli, S.J.   
    Fr. Pasquale Bua   
    Ms. Paola Volterra Toppano   
    Dr. Federica Vivian   
    Mr. Pietro Camilli   
    Mr. Andrea Cimino   
    COLLABORTORS OF THE GENERAL SECRETARIAT   
    Msgr. Zvonimir Sersic of the diocesis of Krk, Croatia   
    Fr. Giuseppe Deodato of the diocesis of Rome, Italy   
    ASSISTANTS   
    Fr. Edouard Akom, Cameroon   
    Sem. Francesco Argese, Italy   
    Fr. Emmanuel Ayo, Philippines   
    Fr. Alexis Bavugamenshi, Burundi   
    Fr. Diac. Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu, France   
    Fr. Zvonko Brezovski, Croatia   
    Fr. Diac. Vincent Chretienne, France   
    Fr. Emmanuel De Ruyver, Belgium   
    Fr. Gabriele Di Martino, Italy   
    Fr. William Donovan, United States of America   
    Fr. Kim D'Souza, Canada   
    Fr. Georges Eko, Cameroon   
    Fr. Edgar Estrada, Mexico   
    Fr. Jonathan Flemings, L.C., United States of America   
    Fr. Cesar Garcia Salazar, Mexico   
    Fr. Javier Gaxiola Loustaunau, L.C., Mexico   
    Fr. Tiago Gurgel Do Vale, Brazil   
    Fr. Juan Iniesta Saez, Spain   
    Fr. Miroslaw Juchno, Poland   
    Fr. Thomas Kallikat, India   
    Fr. P. Laurent Mazas, F.S.J., France   
    Fr. Boniface Mungai, Kenya   
    Fr. Brian Needles, United States of America   
    Fr. Stephen Prisk, United States of America   
    Fr. Luis Ramirez Almanra, L.C., Mexico   
    Fr. Carlos Rodriguez Blanco, Spain   
    Fr. Roberto Secchi, Italy   
    Sem. Mattia Seu, Italy   
    Fr. Jhonny Tannoury, Lebanon   
    Sem. Liviu-Nicolae Ursu, Romania   
    Sem. Gabriele Vecchione, Italy   
    Fr. Biasgiu Virgitti, France.   
    IV. HEADS OF NEWS COMMUNICATION   
    Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, Vatican   
   City   
    Fr. Ciro Benedettini, C.P., deputy director of the Holy See Press Office,   
   Vatican City   
    English   
    Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., Chief Executive Officer of the Salt and Light   
   Catholic Media Foundation, Canada   
    French   
    Ms. Romilda Ferrauto, director of the French Section of Vatican Radio   
    German   
    Fr. Bernard Hagenkord, S.J., director of the German Section of Vatican Radio   
    Spanish   
    Fr. Manuel Dorantes, parish priest, archdiocese of Chicago, United States of   
   America.   
    C. LIST OF FRATERNAL DELEGATES   
    Ecumenical Patriarchate   
    His Eminence Stephanos, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Estonia, Estonia   
    Patriarchate of Moscow   
    His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Volokolamsk, president of the   
   Department   
   for External Relations of the Patriarchate of Moscow, Russian Federation   
    Serbian Patriarchate   
    His Eminence Andrej, Metropolitan of Austria-Switzerland, Austria   
    Orthodox Church of Romania   
    His Eminence Iosif, Metropolitan of Western Europe, France   
    Orthodox Church of Albania   
    Bishop Andon of Kruja, Albania   
    Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria   
    His Eminence Bishoy, Metropolitan of Damietta, Kafr Elsheikh and Elbarari,   
   Egypt   
    Syriac-Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East   
    His Eminence Mar Youstinos Boulos, archbishop of Zahle and Bekaa, Lebanon   
    Anglican Communion   
    The Very Reverend Timothy Thornton, Bishop of Truro, Great Britain   
    World Lutheran Federation   
    The Very Reverend Ndanganeni Petrus Phaswana, bishop emeritus of the   
   Evangelical Church in South Africa, South Africa   
    World Methodist Council   
    Rev. Dr. Tim MacQuiban, director of the ecumenical office of the Methodist   
   Church in Rome, Italy   
    Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)   
    Rev. Dr. Robert K. Welsh, president of the Council of the Christian Church   
   (Disciples of Christ), United States of America   
    World Baptist Alliance   
    Rev. Dr. A. Roy Medley, general secretary of the Baptist Churches in the   
   United   
   States of America, United States of America   
    Ecumenical Council of Churches   
    Rev. Dr. Walter Altmann, Brazil   
    World Evangelical Alliance   
    The Very Reverend Thomas Schirrmacher, president of the Theological Commission   
   of the World Evangelical Alliance, Germany.   
      
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    Other Pontifical Acts   
    Vatican City, 15 September 2015 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop   
   James Vann Johnston of Springfield-Cape Girardeau, United States of America, as   
   bishop of Kansas City-Saint Joseph (area 39,361, population 2,524,329,   
   Catholics   
   130,500, priests 171, permanent deacons 62, religious 276), United States of   
   America.   
      
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