List of participants at the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops
In addition to Pope Francis, who served as president of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which met on 5–19 October 2014, there were 15 other classes of participants.[1][2] Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri served as Secretary General, Cardinal Péter Erdő was the Relator General, and Archbishop Bruno Forte was the Special Secretary.[3] The delegate presidents Cardinals André Vingt-Trois, Luis Antonio G. Tagle, and Raymundo Damasceno Assis.[4] The Commission for the Message had Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi as president and Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández as secretary.[5] Bishop Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, also participated.
Eastern Catholic Churches[]
The Eastern Catholic Churches were represented by
Name | See | Church | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni | Cilicia | Armenian Catholic Church | Lebanon |
Exarch Christo Proykov | Sofia | Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church | Bulgaria |
Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako | Babylon | Chaldean Catholic Church | Iraq |
Patriarch Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak | Alexandria | Coptic Catholic Church | Egypt |
Cardinal Berhaneyesus Souraphiel | Addis Ababa | Ethiopian Catholic Church | Ethiopia |
Patriarch Gregory III Laham, BS | Antioch | Melkite Greek Catholic Church | Israel |
Cardinal Lucian Mureșan | Făgăraș and Alba Iulia | Romanian Greek Catholic Church | Romania |
Archeparch William C. Skurla | Pittsburgh | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church | United States |
Archeparch Ján Babjak, SJ | Prešov | Slovak Greek Catholic Church | Slovakia |
Cardinal Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi | Antioch | Syriac Maronite Church | Lebanon |
Patriarch Ignatius Joseph III Yonan | Antioch | Syriac Catholic Church | Israel |
Major Archbishop George Alencherry | Ernakulam-Angamaly | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church | India |
Major Archbishop Baselios Cleemis | Trivandrum | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church | India |
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk | Kiev–Galicia | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | Ukraine |
Representatives of episcopal conferences[]
The Synod statues provided for the heads of 114 episcopal conferences to participate as voting delegates.[5]
Africa[]
Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Archbishop Gabriel Mbilingi | Lubango | Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé | Angola |
Bishop | Abomey | Episcopal Conference of Benin | Benin |
Archbishop | Bobo-Dioulasso | Conference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of Niger | Burkina Faso |
Bishop | Ngozi | Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi | Burundi |
Archbishop | Douala | National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon | Cameroon |
Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, CSSp | Bangui | Central African Episcopal Conference | Central African Republic |
Bishop Jean-Claude Bouchard, OMI | Pala | Episcopal Conference of Chad | Chad |
Bishop Louis Portella Mbuyu | Kinkala | Episcopal Conference of the Congo | Congo |
Bishop | Tshumbe | Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo | DR Congo |
Bishop | Agboville | Episcopal Conference of the Côte d'Ivoire | Ivory Coast |
Bishop , CMF | Bata | Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea |
Archeparch Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, CM | Addis Ababa | Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia and Eritrea | Ethiopia |
Bishop | Mouila | Episcopal Conference of Gabon | Gabon |
Bishop | Konongo–Mampong | Ghana | |
Bishop Emmanuel Félémou | Kankan | Episcopal Conference of Guinea | Guinea |
Cardinal John Njue | Nairobi | Kenyan Episcopal Conference | Kenya |
Archbishop Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, OMI | Maseru | Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference | Lesotho |
Bishop | Gbarnga | Liberia | |
Archbishop Désiré Tsarahazana | Toamasina | Episcopal Conference of Madagascar | Madagascar |
Bishop Joseph Mukasa Zuza | Mzuzu | Episcopal Conference of Malawi | Malawi |
Bishop | Sikasso | Episcopal Conference of Mali | Mali |
Bishop Maurice Piat, CSSp | Port Louis | Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean | Mauritius |
Archbishop , SCI de Béth | Rabat | Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa | Morocco |
Bishop | Xai-Xai | Episcopal Conference of Mozambique | Mozambique |
Archbishop Liborius Nashenda, OMI | Windhoek | Namibian Catholic Bishops' Conference | Namibia |
Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama | Jos | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria | Nigeria |
Bishop Smaragde Mbonyintege | Kabgayi | Conference of Catholic Bishops of Rwanda | Rwanda |
Archbishop | Dakar | Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau | Senegal |
Bishop Patrick Daniel Koroma | Kenema | Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone |
Archbishop Stephen Brislin | Cape Town | Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference | South Africa |
Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako | Khartoum | Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference | Sudan |
Bishop | Iringa | Tanzania Episcopal Conference | Tanzania |
Bishop | Kpalimé | Episcopal Conference of Togo | Togo |
Archbishop John Baptist Odama | Gulu | Uganda Episcopal Conference | Uganda |
Archbishop | Kasama | Zambia Episcopal Conference | Zambia |
Bishop | Masvingo | Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference | Zimbabwe |
The Americas[]
Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Archbishop | Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz | Argentine Episcopal Conference | Argentina |
Archbishop Patrick Pinder | Nassau | Antilles Episcopal Conference | Bahamas |
Archbishop | Military Ordinariate of Bolivia | Bolivian Episcopal Conference | Bolivia |
Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis | Aparecida | National Conference of Bishops of Brazil | Brazil |
Archbishop Paul-André Durocher | Gatineau | Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops | Canada |
Cardinal Ricardo Ezzati Andrello | Santiago de Chile | Episcopal Conference of Chile | Chile |
Archbishop , IMC | Tunja | Episcopal Conference of Colombia | Colombia |
Bishop | Puntarenas | Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
Archbishop | Santiago de Cuba | Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba | Cuba |
Bishop | Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia in Higüey | Conference of the Dominican Episcopate | Dominican Republic |
Archbishop , OFM | Quito | Ecuador | |
Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas | San Salvador | Episcopal Conference of El Salvador | El Salvador |
Bishop | Verapaz | Episcopal Conference of Guatemala | Guatemala |
Cardinal Chibly Langlois | Les Cayes | Haiti | |
Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | |
Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega | Guadalajara | Mexican Episcopal Conference | Mexico |
Bishop | Juigalpa | Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
Archbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, OSA | Panamá | Episcopal Conference of Panama | Panama |
Bishop , ISch | Caacupé | Paraguayan Episcopal Conference | Paraguay |
Archbishop | Ayacucho | Peruvian Episcopal Conference | Peru |
Archbishop Roberto González Nieves, OFM | San Juan de Puerto Rico | Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference | Puerto Rico |
Archbishop Joseph Edward Kurtz | Louisville | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | United States |
Bishop Rodolfo Wirz | Maldonado-Punta del Este | Episcopal Conference of Uruguay | Uruguay |
Archbishop Diego Padrón | Cumaná | Venezuelan Episcopal Conference | Venezuela |
Asia[]
Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Archbishop Patrick D'Rozario, CSC | Dhaka | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh | Bangladesh |
Bishop Basílio do Nascimento | Baucau | East Timor | |
Cardinal Oswald Gracias | Bombay | Conference of Catholic Bishops of India | India |
Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo | Jakarta | Bishops' Conference of Indonesia | Indonesia |
Archeparch | Urmyā | Iran | |
Patriarch Fouad Twal | Jerusalem | Israel | |
Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada | Tokyo | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan | Japan |
Archbishop Tomasz Peta | Astana | Kazakhstan | |
Bishop Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun | Paksé | Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia | Laos |
Archbishop John Ha Tiong Hock | Kuching | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei | Malaysia |
Bishop | Kalay | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar | Myanmar |
Archbishop Joseph Coutts | Karachi | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan | Pakistan |
Archbishop Socrates Villegas | Lingayen-Dagupan | Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines | Philippines |
Bishop | Cheju | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea | South Korea |
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith | Colombo | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
Archbishop John Hung Shan-Chuan, SVD | Tapei | Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference | Taiwan |
Archbishop Louis Chamniern Santisukniram | Thare and Nonseng | Thailand | |
Archbishop Ruggero Franceschini, OFMCap | Izmir | Episcopal Conference of Turkey | Turkey |
Archbishop Paul Bùi Văn Đọc | Ho Chi Minh City | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam | Vietnam |
Europe[]
Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Archbishop Angelo Massafra, OFM | Shkodër-Pult | Episcopal Conference of Albania | Albania |
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, OP | Vienna | Austrian Bishops' Conference | Austria |
Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz | Minsk-Mohilev | Conference of Catholic Bishops of Belarus | Belarus |
Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard | Mechelen-Brussels | Episcopal Conference of Belgium | Belgium |
Bishop Franjo Komarica | Banja Luka | Bishops' Conference of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Exarch Christo Proykov | Sofia | Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
Cardinal Josip Bozanić | Zagreb | Croatian Bishops' Conference | Croatia |
Archbishop Jan Graubner | Olomouc | Czech Bishops' Conference | Czech Republic |
Archbishop Georges Pontier | Marseille | Bishops' Conference of France | France |
Cardinal Reinhard Marx | Munich and Freising | German Bishops' Conference | Germany |
Bishop Frangiskos Papamanolis, OFMCap | Syros and Milos (emeritus) | Holy Synod of Catholic Bishops of Greece | Greece |
Cardinal Péter Erdő | Esztergom-Budapest | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Hungary | Hungary |
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin | Dublin | Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference | Ireland |
Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco | Genoa | Italian Episcopal Conference | Italy |
Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs | Riga | Latvian Bishops' Conference | Latvia |
Bishop | Vilkaviškis | Lithuanian Bishops' Conference | Lithuania |
Bishop Mario Grech | Gozo | Maltese Episcopal Conference | Malta |
Cardinal Wim Eijk | Utrecht | Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands | Netherlands |
Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki | Poznań | Polish Episcopal Conference | Poland |
Patriarch Manuel III | Lisbon | Portuguese Episcopal Conference | Portugal |
Archbishop Ioan Robu | Bucharest | Romanian Episcopal Conference | Romania |
Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, FSCB | Moscow | Conference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian Federation | Russia |
Archbishop Philip Tartaglia | Glasgow | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | Scotland |
Archbishop Zef Gashi, SDB | Bar | International Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and Methodius | Serbia |
Archbishop Stanislav Zvolenský | Bratislava | Conference of Slovak Bishops | Slovakia |
Bishop Andrej Glavan | Novo Mesto | Slovenian Bishops' Conference | Slovenia |
Archbishop Ricardo Blázquez | Valladolid | Spanish Episcopal Conference | Spain |
Bishop Anders Arborelius, OCD | Stockholm | Scandinavian Bishops Conference | Sweden |
Bishop Markus Büchel | Saint Gallen | Swiss Bishops Conference | Switzerland |
Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki | Lviv | Ukrainian Episcopal Conference | Ukraine |
Archbishop Vincent Nichols | Westminster | Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales | United Kingdom |
Oceania[]
Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
---|---|---|---|
Archbishop Denis Hart | Melbourne | Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference | Australia |
Archbishop John Dew | Wellington | New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference | New Zealand |
Bishop Arnold Orowae | Wabag | Papua New Guinea | |
Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi | Tonga | Episcopal Conference of the Pacific | Tonga |
Superiors General[]
Three delegates from the leadership of the were added to represent those in religious life.[5]
Name | Office | Country |
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Rev. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ | Superior General of the Society of Jesus | Spain |
Rev. Mauro Jöhri, OFMCap | Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Switzerland |
Rev. , CSI | Superior General of the (Josephites of Murialdo) | Italy |
Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia[]
The 25 heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia served as delegates as provided for in the Synod statutes.[5]
Name | Office | Country |
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Cardinal Pietro Parolin | Cardinal Secretary of State | Italy |
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, PSS | Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops | Canada |
Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski | Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education | Poland |
Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB | Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Italy |
Cardinal Beniamino Stella | Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy | Italy |
Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller | Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | Germany |
Cardinal Fernando Filoni | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | Italy |
Cardinal João Braz de Aviz | Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life | Brazil |
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | Italy |
Cardinal Mauro Piacenza | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Italy |
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke | Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | United States |
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture | Italy |
Cardinal Robert Sarah | President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum | Guinea |
Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia | President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | Italy |
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran | President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue | France |
Cardinal Peter Turkson | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | Ghana |
Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko | President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | Poland |
Cardinal Francesco Coccopalmerio | President of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts | Italy |
Cardinal Antonio Maria Vegliò | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerants | Italy |
Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers | Poland |
Cardinal Kurt Koch | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | Switzerland |
Archbishop Rino Fisichella | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization | Italy |
Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli | President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications | Italy |
Cardinal Domenico Calcagno | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Italy |
Cardinal Giuseppe Versaldi | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Italy |
Members of the Ordinary Council[]
The 15 members of the Ordinary Council of the Synod also attended:
Name | Office | Country |
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan | Archbishop of New York | United States |
Cardinal Péter Erdő | Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest | Hungary |
Archbishop Rino Fisichella | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization | Italy |
Archbishop Bruno Forte | Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto | Italy |
Cardinal Oswald Gracias | Archbishop of Bombay | India |
Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya | Archbishop of Kinshasa | DR Congo |
Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, OFM | Archbishop of Durban | South Africa |
Cardinal George Pell | Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy | Australia |
Bishop | Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso | Chile |
Cardinal Odilo Scherer | Archbishop of São Paulo | Brazil |
Cardinal Christoph Schönborn | Archbishop of Vienna | Austria |
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk | Major Archbishop of Kiev–Galicia | Ukraine |
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle | Archbishop of Manila | Philippines |
Cardinal Peter Turkson | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | Ghana |
Cardinal Donald Wuerl | Archbishop of Washington | United States |
Papal appointees[]
There were 26 additional members appointed by Pope Francis.[5]
Name | Office | Country |
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Cardinal Fernando Sebastián Aguilar, CMF | Archbishop emeritus of Pamplona y Tudela | Spain |
Cardinal Giuseppe Bertello | President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State | Italy |
Cardinal Carlo Caffarra | Archbishop of Bologna | Italy |
Rev. , CMF | Professor of Canon Law, Pontifical Lateran University | Spain |
Archbishop Anil Joseph Thomas Couto | Archbishop of Delhi | India |
Cardinal Godfried Danneels | Archbishop emeritus of Mechelen-Brussels | Belgium |
Rev. François-Xavier Dumortier, SJ | Rector of the Pontifical Gregorian University | France |
Archbishop | Rector of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina | Argentina |
Cardinal John Tong Hon | Bishop of Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
Cardinal Walter Kasper | President emeritus of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity | Germany |
Bishop Edgard Madi | Bishop of Our Lady of Lebanon of São Paulo | Brazil |
Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli | Archbishop of Ancona-Osimo | Italy |
Cardinal Philippe Ouédraogo | Archbishop of Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
Bishop | Dean of the Tribunal of the Roman Rota | Italy |
Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes | Archbishop of Tlalnepantla | Mexico |
Cardinal Elio Sgreccia | President emeritus of the Pontifical Academy for Life | Italy |
Cardinal Lluís Martínez Sistach | Archbishop of Barcelona | Spain |
Cardinal Angelo Scola | Archbishop of Milan | Italy |
Cardinal Angelo Sodano | Dean of the College of Cardinals | Italy |
Bishop | Bishop of Parma | Italy |
Cardinal Andrew Yeom Soo-jung | Archbishop of Seoul | South Korea |
Rev. Antonio Spadaro, SJ | Editor-in-chief of La Civiltà Cattolica | Italy |
Cardinal Orani João Tempesta, OCist | São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
Archbishop Giovanni Tonucci | Territorial Prelate of Loreto | Italy |
Bishop | Bishop of Piedras Negras | Mexico |
Cardinal André Vingt-Trois | Archbishop of Paris | France |
Other participants[]
Collaborators of the Special Secretary[]
The following were appointed to be collaborators of the Special Secretary:
Name | Office | Country |
---|---|---|
Tony Anatrella | Consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Family
Consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers |
France |
Rev. Gérard Berliet | Professor of Sacred Scripture,
Head of Pastoral Care of Divorced and Remarried Faithful for the Diocese of Dijon |
France |
Rev. Bruno Esposito, OP | Professor of Canon Law, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas | Italy |
Rev. Alfonso Fernández Benito | Professor of Moral Theology and the Sacrament of Marriage,
Director of the Institute for Religious Sciences of Santa Maria of Toledo |
Spain |
Rev. Arul Gali, CSC | National Director of Holy Cross Family Ministries | India |
Jeffrey Goh | Professor Systematic Theology, , Kuching
Judge of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Kuching |
Malaysia |
Rev. Maurizio Gronchi | Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Pontifical Urban University
Consultant of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
Italy |
Rodrigo Guerra López | Director-General of the Centro de Investigación Social Avanzada | Mexico |
Jocelyne Khoueiry | Member of the Episcopal Commission for the Family and Life of the | Lebanon |
Helen Kyung Soo Kwon | Member of the Executive Committee of the Helen Kim Scholarship Foundation, Ewha Womans University | South Korea |
Rev. Sabatino Majorano, CSSR | Professor of Systematic Moral Theology, Alphonsian Academy | Italy |
Christopher Laurence Meney | Director of the Centre for Life, Marriage, and the Family of the Archdiocese of Sydney | Australia |
Francesco Miano | Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata
President Emeritus of Catholic Action in Italy |
Italy |
Giuseppina De Simone | Professor of Philosophy, San Luigi Papal Theological Seminary of Southern Italy | Italy |
Carmen Peña García | Professor of Canon Law, Comillas Pontifical University
Defendor of the Bond and Promoter of Justice at the Metropolitan Tribunal of Madrid |
Spain |
Rev. Georges-Henri Ruyssen, SJ | Professor of Canon Law, Pontifical Oriental Institute | Belgium |
Auditors[]
The auditors included 14 married couples named by Pope Francis.[6]
Name | Office | Country |
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Arturo As Zamberline
Hermelinda As Zamberline |
Heads of Équipe Notre-Dame | Brazil |
Riyadh Albeer Naoom Azzo
Sanaa Namir Ibrahim Habeeb |
Witnesses of Christian family life in an Islamic context | Iraq |
León Botolo Kisanga Sosawe
Marie Valentine Kisanga Sosawe |
Founders of the Communauté Famile Chétienne | DR Congo |
Zelmira María Bottini De Rey | Director of the Institute for Couples and Families, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina
President of the Latin American Network of Institutes for the Family in Catholic Universities |
Argentina |
George Campos
Cynthia Campos |
Director of Couples for Christ
Member of Couples for Christ |
Philippines |
Inácio Amândio Chaúque | Formator of young couples | Mozambique |
Joan Clements | Director of the Managing Board of the World Organisation Ovulation Method Billings | Australia |
Stephen Conway
Sandra Conway |
Regional heads of Africa de Retrouvailles | South Africa |
Ute Eberl | Head of Pastoral Care for the Family and Marriage in Berlin | Germany |
Pilar Escudero de Jensen | Member of the Vicariate General of Pastoral Care for the Archdiocese of Santiago
Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Member of the Schoenstatt Institute for Families |
Chile |
Luis Jensen Acuña | Member of the Bioethical Centre of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
President of the Fundación Médico Cultural Porta Vitae Member of the Schoenstatt Institute for Families |
Chile |
Jean Dieudonné Gatsinga
Emerthe Gatsinga Tumuhayimpundu |
Heads of young families in the Focolari Movement | Rwanda |
Jeffrey Heinzen
Alice Heinzen |
Director of Natural Family Planning in the Diocese of La Crosse
Member of the Natural Family Planning Advisory Board of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops |
United States |
Iva Myriam Hoyos Castañeda | Delegate Procurator for the Defense of Rights of Childhood, Adolescence, and the Family | Colombia |
Sélim Khoury
Rita Khoury |
Heads of the Office of Family Pastoral Care in the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch | Lebanon |
Rev. Cajetan Menezes | Director of the Apostolate for the Family of the Archdiocese of Bombay | India |
Sr. Margaret Muldoon | Superior General emeritus of the | Ireland |
María Lacalle Noriega | Director of the Francisco de Vitoria Centre for Family Studies and Social and Economic Studies
Secretary-General of the Spanish Society for Bioethics and Biojustice |
Spain |
Francisco Padilla | Head of Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life | Philippines |
Giuseppe Petracca Ciavarella
Lucia Miglionico |
Members of the National Advisory Council for Family Pastoral Care | Italy |
Algirdas Petronis | Vice President of the International Federation for Catholic Families
Director of the Family Center of the Archdiocese of Vilnius |
Lithuania |
Romano Pirola
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Directors of the Australian Catholic Marriage and Family Council | Australia |
Olivier Roussy
Xristilla Roussy |
Heads of the apostolic branch of Amour et Vérité | France |
Steve Schultz
Claudia Schultz |
Members of the International Catholic Engaged Encounter | United States |
Michèle Taupin | President of the Movement Espérance et Vie | France |
Jeannette Touré | National President of the Association of Catholic Women in the Côte d'Ivoire | Ivory Coast |
Fraternal delegates[]
Name | Profession | Religion | Country |
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Metropolitan of Belgium | Eastern Orthodox (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) | Belgium | |
Hilarion | Metropolitan of Volokolamsk | Eastern Orthodox (Russian Orthodox Church) | Russia |
Metropolitan of Damietta, Kafr Elsheikh and Elbarari | Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria | Egypt | |
Archbishop of Zhale and Bekau | (Syriac Orthodox) (Patriarchate of Antioch) | Lebanon | |
Paul Butler | Bishop of Durham | Anglican Communion (Church of England) | United Kingdom |
President of the Lutheran Evangelical Church | Lutheranism (Lutheran Evangelical Church) | South Africa | |
President of the Nigeria Communion of Reformed Churches | Calvinism (Nigeria Reformed Church) | Nigeria | |
Professor of Biblical Exegesis, Institut Catholique de Paris | Baptist World Alliance | France |
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- ^ "Pope Francis Appoints Presidents-Delegates for Upcoming Synod on the Family". Zenit. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
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