New members and substitutes for the upcoming Synod on the Family

July 24, 2015
By Ss. Peter & Paul

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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’IvoireMember: 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.
SudanMember: Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., of Juba;Substitute: Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria of El Obeid.
ZimbabweMember: Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani of Gweru.

AMERICA
ParaguayMember: Bishop Miguel Angel Cabello Almada of Concepcion en Paraguay;Substitute: Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp., of San Pedro.

ASIA
India2nd Substitute: Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj of Dharmapuri.
IranMember: 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.
ThailandMember: Bishop Silvio Siripong Charatsri of Chanthaburi;Substitute: Archbishop Louis Chamniern Santisukniran of Thare and Nonseng.
East TimorMember: 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 MethodiusMember: Bishop Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., of Zrenjanin, Serbia.
LatviaMember: Archbishop Zbignevs Stankevics of Riga;Substitute: Bishop Janis Bulis of Rezekne-Aglona, president of the Episcopal Conference.
ScandinaviaMember: Bishop Teemu Sippo, S.C.I., of Helsinki, Finland;Substitute: Bishop Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen, Denmark.

OCEANIA
Papua New Guinea and the Solomon IslandsMember: Bishop Anton Bal of Kundiawa, representing the “Commission for Family Life”.

Source:: Vatican Information Service