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Vatican City, 25 March 2015 (VIS) – The following is a list of the members and substitutes appointed by the competent entities and ratified by the Holy Father on 17 March.
A) Episcopal Conferences
NORTH AFRICA (C.E.R.N.A.)Member: Bishop Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., of Oran, AlgeriaSubstitute: Archbishop Santiago Agrelo Martinez, O.F.M., of Tangier, Morocco
BOTSWANA, SOUTH AFRICA and SWAZILANDMembers: Archbishop Stephen Brislin, of Cape Town, Kaapstad, president of the Episcopal Conference, South AfricaBishop Zolile Peter Mpambani, S.C.I., of Kokstad, South AfricaSubstitutes: Bishop Dabula Anton Mpako of Queenstown, South AfricaBishop Jan De Groef, M. Afr., of Bethlehem, South Africa
BURKINA FASO and NIGERMember: Bishop Joseph Sama of Nouna, Burkina FasoSubstitute: Archbishop Djalwana Laurent Lompo of Niamey, Niger
CHADMember: Bishop Henri Coudray, S.J., apostolic vicar of MongoSubstitute: Bishop Joachim Kouraleyo Tarounga of Moundou
CONGO (Democratic Republic)Members: Bishop Nicolas Djomo Lola of Tshumbe, president of the Episcopal ConferenceBishop Philibert Tembo Nlandu, C.I.C.M., of BudjalaSubstitute: Bishop Joseph Banga Bane of Buta
GUINEAMember: Archbishop Vincent Coulibaly of ConakrySubstitute: Bishop Raphael Balla Guilavogui of N’Zerekore
LESOTHOMember: Archbishop Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, O.M.I., of Maseru, president of the Episcopal ConferenceSubstitute: Bishop Augustinus Tumaole Bane, O.M.I., of Leribe
LIBERIAMember: Bishop Anthony Fallah Borwah of GbarngaSubstitute: Bishop Andrew Jagaye Karnley of Cape Palmas
MALIMember: Bishop Jonas Dembele of KayesSubstitute: Archbishop Jean Zerbo of Bamako
MOZAMBIQUEMember: Archbishop Francisco Chimoio, O.F.M. Cap., of MaputoSubstitute: Bishop Adriano Langa, O.F.M., of Inhambane
NAMIBIAMember: Bishop Philipp Pollitzer, O.M.I., of KeetmanshoopSubstitute: Bishop Joseph Shipandeni Shikongo, O.M.I., apostolic vicar of Rundu
NIGERIAMembers: Archbishop Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso of KadunaBishop Camillus Raymond Umoh of Ikot EkpeneBishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade of Ondo
Substitutes: Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke of NnewiArchbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama of Jos, president of the Episcopal Conference
TOGOMember: Bishop Jacques Danka Longa of KaraSubstitute: Bishop Benoit Comlan Messan Alowonou of Kpalime
UGANDAMembers: Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, president of the Episcopal Conference Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa of Kiyinda-Mityana, Vice president of the Episcopal ConferenceSubstitutes: Bishop Lambert Bainomugisha, auxiliary of MbararaBishop Sanctus Lino WANOK of Nebbi
AMERICA
ANTILLESMember: Bishop Francis Alleyne, O.S.B., of Georgetown, Co-operative Republic of GuianaSubstitute: Bishop Emmanuel Lafont of Cayenne, French Guiana
BOLIVIAMembers: Bishop Braulio Saez Garcia, O.C.D., auxiliary of Santa Cruz de la SierraBishop Krzysztof Janusz Bialasik Wawrowska, S.V.D., of OruroSubstitute: Bishop Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M., auxiliary La Paz
GUATEMALAMember: Bishop Rodolfo Valenzuela Nunez of Vera Paz, Coban, president of the Episcopal ConferenceSubstitute: Bishop Gonzalo De Villa y Vasquez, S.J., of Solola-Chimaltenango
HAITIMember: Bishop Yves-Marie Pean, C.S.C., of Les GonaivesSubstitute: Archbishop Max Leroy Mesidor of Cap-Haitien
NICARAGUAMember: Bishop Cesar Bosco Vivas Robelo of Leon en NicaraguaSubstitute: Bishop Juan Abelardo Mata Guevara, S.D.B., of Esteli
PANAMAMember: Bishop Aníbal Saldana Santamaria, O.A.R., prelate of Bocas del ToroSubstitute: Cardinal Jose Luis Lacunza Maestrojuan, O.A.R., bishop of David, president of the Episcopal Conference
PERUMembers: Archbishop Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon of Ayacucho, president of the Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Hector Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., of TrujilloSubstitute: Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren Anselmi, S.C.V., of Piura
VENEZUELA Members: Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, archbishop of CaracasArchbishop Diego Rafael Padron Sanchez of Cumana, president of the Episcopal ConferenceSubstitutes: Bishop Fernando Jose Castro Aguayo, auxiliary of Caracas, Santiago de VenezuelaBishop Rafael Ramon Conde Alfonzo of Maracay
ASIACHINAMember: Bishop John Baptist Lee Keh-Mien of HsinchuSubstitute: Bishop Thomas Chung An-Zu of Kiayi
PHILIPPINESMembers: Archbishop Romulo G. Valles of DavaoArchbishop Jose S. Palma of CebuBishop Gilbert A. Garcera of DaetSubstitutes: Bishop Pablo Virgilio S. David, auxiliary of San FernandoArchbishop Antonio J. Ledesma, S.J., of Cagayan de Oro
INDONESIAMembers: Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo of Jakarta, president of the Episcopal Conference, military ordinary for IndonesiaBishop Fransiskus Kopong Kung of LarantukaSubstitute: Bishop Leo Laba Ladjar, O.F.M., of Jayapura
KAZAKHSTANMember: Archbishop Tomash Bernard Peta, of Mary Most Holy in Astana, president of the Episcopal ConferenceSubstitute: Athanasius Schneider, O.R.C., auxiliary of Mary Most Holy in Astana
LAOS and CAMBODIAMember: Bishop Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, apostolic vicar of Pakse, LaosSubstitute: Olivier Michel Marie Schmitthaeusler, M.E.P., apostolic vicar of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, president of the Episcopal Conference
MALAYSIA – SINGAPORE – BRUNEIMember: Archbishop John Wong Soo Kau of Kota Kinabalu, MalaysiaSubstitute: Bishop Sebastian Francis of Penang, Malaysia
MYANMARMember: Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., archbishop of YangonSubstitute: Bishop Felix Lian Khen Thang of Kalay
ARAB STATES (C.E.L.R.A.)Member: His Beatitude Fouad TWAL, Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins, president of the Episcopal ConferenceSubstitute: Archbishop Maroun Elias Lahham, auxiliary and patriarchal vicar for Jerusalem of the Latins for Jordan
EUROPE
BELARUSMember: Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-MohilevSubstitute: Bishop Antoni Dziemianko of Pinsk
CROATIAMember: Bishop Valter Zupan, emeritus of Krk, president of the Council of the Croation Episcopal Conference for the Family and LifeSubstitute: Bishop Antun Skvorcevic of Pozega
RUSSIAN FEDERATIONMember: Archbishop Paolo Pezzi, F.S.C.B., of Mother of God in Moscow, president of the Episcopal ConferenceSubstitute: Bishop Joseph Werth, S.J., of Transfiguration in Novosibirsk
GERMANYMembers: Cardinal Reinhard Marx, archbishop of Munchen und FreisingBishop Heiner Koch of Dresden-MeissenBishop Franz-Josef Hermann Bode of OsnabruckSubstitutes: Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann of SpeyerBishop Wilfried Theising, auxiliary of Munster
GREAT BRITAIN (SCOTLAND)Member: Archbishop Philip Tartaglia of Glasgow, president of the Episcopal Conference of ScotlandSubstitute: Bishop John Keenan of Paisley
PORTUGALMembers: Cardinal Manuel Jose Macario Do Nascimento Clemente, Patriarch of Lisbon, president of the Episcopal ConferenceBishop Antonino Eugenio Fernandes Dias of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, president of the Episcopal Commission for the Laity and the FamilySubstitute: Bishop Antonio Augusto Dos Santos Marto of Leiria-Fatima, vice president of the Episcopal Conference
CZECH REPUBLICMember: Bishop Jan Vokal of Hradec KraloveSubstitute: Bishop Ladislav Hucko, apostolic exarch for Catholic of Byznantine rite in the Czech Republic
SWITZERLANDMember: Bishop Jean-Marie Lovey, C.R.B., of Sion, SittenSubstitute: Bishop Valerio Lazzeri of Lugano
B) “Sui Iuris” Oriental Catholic Churches
Synod of the Syro-Malabar ChurchesMembers:Bishop Joseph Kallarangatt of Palai of the Syro-Malabars, IndiaArchbishop Andrews Thazhath of Trichur of the Syro-Malabars, IndiaSubstitutes: Archbishop Kuriakose Bharanikulangara of Faridabad of the Syro-Malabars, IndiaBishop Thomas Elavanal, M.C.B.S., of Kalyan of the Syro-Malabars, India

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