Saturday, September 22, 2012

Vatican: Synod Fathers named

Pope Benedict XVI has named the Synod Fathers for the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place 7 to 28 October 2012 on the theme "The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith".

The list of Synod Fathers was published Tuesday and includes:

Cardinals:

 
Angelo SODANO, Dean of the College of Cardinals;Joachim MEISNER, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany;


Vinko PULJIČ, Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia ed Erzegovina); 


Polycarp PENGO, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Presidente of the Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.); 

Christoph SCHÖNBORN, O.P., Archbishop of Vienna (Austria); 


George PELL, Archbishop of Sydney (Australia); 

Josip BOZANIĆ, Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia); Péter ERDŐ, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest (Hungary), President of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.); 


Agostino VALLINI, Vicar General for the diocese of Rome; Lluís MARTÍNEZ SISTACH, Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain); 


André VINGT-TROIS, Archbishop of Paris (France); 


Oswald GRACIAS, Archbishop of Mumbai (India), Secretary General of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.);

Archbishops:


Francesco MORAGLIA, Patriarch of Venice; 


John Olorunfemi ONAIYEKAN, Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria); 

Héctor Rubén AGUER, Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina); 


Antonio ARREGUI YARZA, Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), President of the Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana

John Atcherley DEW, Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.); 


José Octavio RUIZ ARENAS, Archbishop emeritus of Villavicencio, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation;


José Horacio GÓMEZ, Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA); 


Carlos AGUIAR RETES, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Messico), President of the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.AM.); 

Bernard LONGLEY, Archbishop of Birmingham (Great Britain); 


Ricardo Antonio TOBÓN RESTREPO, Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia); 

Luis Antonio G. TAGLE, Archbishop of Manila (Philippines); 


Filippo SANTORO, Archbishop of Taranto (Italy).

Bishops:

 
Javier ECHEVARRÍA RODRÍGUEZ, titular bishop of Cilibia, Prelate of the personal Prelature of Opus Dei; Dominique REY, bishop of Fréjus-Toulon (France); 


Menghesteab TESFAMARIAM, M.C.C.J., Eparch of Asmara (Eritrea); 


Benedito Beni DOS SANTOS, bishop of Lorena (Brazil); 

Santiago Jaime SILVA RETAMALES, titular bishop of Bela, Auxiliary of Valparaiso (Chile), Secretary General of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.AM.); 


Luigi NEGRI, bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro (Italy); 


Alberto Francisco María SANGUINETTI MONTERO, bishop of Canelones (Uruguay); 

Enrico DAL COVOLO, S.D.B., titular bishop of Eraclea, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.

Reverend Fathers:

 
Julián CARRÓN, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation;Renato SALVATORE, M.I., Superior General of the Clerks Regular, Ministers to the sick, (Camillians);


Heinrich WALTER, Superior General of the Schönstatt Fathers;
 

Jose PANTHAPLAMTHOTTIYIL, C.M.I., Prior General of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate.