Here is the list of participants Benedict XVI appointed for the 12th General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to be held Oct. 5-26 in the Vatican.The theme is "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church."
The Vatican press office published the list Saturday.
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Members
-- Cardinal Angelo Sodano, dean of the College of Cardinals.
-- Cardinal Joachim Meisner, archbishop of Cologne, Germany.
-- Cardinal Polycarp Pengo, archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, and president of the "Symposium des Conferences Episcopales d'Afrique et de Madagascar" (SCEAM).
-- Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., archbishop of Tegucigalpa Honduras.
-- Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, archbishop of Cape Coast, Ghana, and president of the Association of West African Episcopal Conferences (ACEAO).
-- Cardinal George Pell, archbishop of Sydney, Australia.
-- Cardinal Josip Bozanic, archbishop of Zagreb, Croatia.
-- Cardinal Peter Erdo, archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, Hungary, and president of the "Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae" (CCEE).
-- Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., archbishop of Quebec, Canada.
-- Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop of Krakow, Poland.
-- Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze--kiun, S.D.B., bishop of Hong Kong, China.
-- Cardinal Andre Vingt--Trois, archbishop of Paris, France.
-- Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer, archbishop of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
-- Cardinal Agostino Vallini, vicar general of His Holiness for the diocese of Rome.
-- Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza of Montezemolo, archpriest of the papal basilica of St. Paul's Outside the Walls, Rome.
-- Cardinal Albert Vanhoye, S.J., rector emeritus of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome.
-- Cardinal Giovanni Lajolo, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate of Vatican City State.
-- Cardinal Raffaele Farina, S.D.B., archivist and librarian of Holy Roman Church.
-- Archbishop Orlando B. Quevedo O.M.I. of Cotabato, Philippines, secretary general of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC).
-- Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuja, Nigeria.
-- Archbishop Thomas Menamparampil S.D.B. of Guwahati, India.
-- Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis of Aparecida, Brazil, president of the "Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano" (CELAM).
-- Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life and rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
-- Bishop Peter William Ingham of Wollongong, Australia, president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops' Conferences of Oceania (FCBCO).
-- Bishop Javier Echevarría Rodriguez, prelate of the personal prelature of Opus Dei, Rome.
-- Bishop Michael Ernest Putney of Townsville, Australia.
-- Bishop Filippo Santoro of Petropolis, Brazil.
-- Bishop Vincenzo Paglia of Terni-Narni-Amelia, Italy, president of the Catholic Biblical Federation.
-- Bishop Jose Lai Hung-Seng of Macao, China.
-- Bishop Kidane Yebio of Keren, Eritrea.
-- Father Adolfo Nicolas S.J., superior general of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
-- Father Julian Carron, president of "Comunione e Liberazione".
EXPERTS
-- Mauro Agosto, professor of Latin at the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome.
-- Fr. Peter Damian Akpunonu, professor of biblical exegesis at the University of Our Lady of The Lake, Chicago, U.S.A., and member of the International Theological Commission.
-- Father Nicolas Antiba, archimandrite of the Greek-Melkite Catholic "Eglise Saint Julien-Le-Pauvre", Paris, France.
-- Father Enzo Bianchi, prior of the monastic community of Bose, Italy.
-- Father Cesare Bissoli S.D.B., professor emeritus of biblical studies and catechesis at the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome.
-- Father Joseph Bou Raad O.A.M., professor of Holy Scripture at the "Antonine Hadath" University of Baabda, Lebanon.
-- Sr. Sara Butler M.S.B.T., professor of dogmatic theology at St. Joseph's Seminary, New York, U.S.A.
-- Sr. Nuria Calduch Benages M.H.S.F.N., professor of the biblical theology of the Old Testament at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
-- Father Waldemar Chrostowski, professor at the "Cardinal Wyszynski" State University, Warsaw, Poland.
-- Father Fidel Onoro Consuegra C.I.M., director of the Biblical Pastoral Centre for Latin America (CEBIPAL), Colombia.
-- Bruna Costacurta, professor of the biblical theology of the Old Testament at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
-- Father Luis Henrique da Silva, co-ordinator of biblical revision and assessor of the Episcopal Pastoral Commission for the Doctrine of the Faith of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.
-- Father Luc Devillers O.P., professor at the "Ecole Biblique De Jerusalem" and editor for the New Testament of the "Revue Biblique", Israel.
-- Father Raul Duarte Castillo, rector of the diocesan seminary of Zamora, Mexico.
-- Father Jorge Juan Fernandez Sangrador, director of the Library of Christian Authors (BAC), Spain.
-- Father Juan Javier Flores Arcas O.S.B., director of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St. Anselm, Rome.
-- Father Marc Girard, professor of biblical exegesis at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi, Canada, and member of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.
-- Msgr. Pedro Hidalgo Diaz, rector of the "Facultad De Teologia Pontificia y Civil" of Lima, Peru.
-- Father Johan Maria Herman Konings S.J., professor of Holy Scripture at the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
-- Marguerite Lena, professor of philosophy at the Madelaine Danielou Centres, and director for the theological formation of young people at the Saint Francois Xavier Community of Paris, France.
-- Msgr. Ermenegildo Manicardi, rector of the "Almo Collegio Capranica" and professor at the Pontifical Biblical Instiute, Rome.
-- Father Frederic Manns O.F.M., professor of New Testament exegesis and of ancient Hebrew literature at the "Studium Biblicum Franciscanum", Israel.
-- Father Paolo Martinelli O.F.M. Cap., president of the Franciscan institute of spirituality at the Antonianum Pontifical Athenaeum, and professor of fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
-- Father Fiorello Mascarenhas S.J., president of the Catholic Bible Institute, Mumbai, India.
-- Father Jean-Bosco Matand Bulembat, rector of the Catholic Faculties of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
-- Father Vincent Nguyen Van Ban, professor of Holy Scripture and director of the formation of seminarians at the major seminary of Sao Bien in Nha Trang, Vietnam.
-- Sr. Mary Jerome Obiorah I.H.M., professor of Holy Scripture at the University of Nigeria and at the major seminary of the archdiocese of Onitsha, Nigeria.
-- Father Godfrey Onah, professor of philosophy at the Pontifical Urban University, Rome.
-- Father Salvador Pie Ninot, professor of fundamental and ecclesial theology at the Faculty of Theology of Catalonia, Barcelona, and professor of fundamental theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome.
-- Father Stephen F. Pisano S.J., rector of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome.
-- Father Marko Rupnik S.J., director of the Ezio Aletti Study and Research Centre, Rome.
-- Alexander Schweitzer, secretary general of the Catholic Bible Federation, Germany.
-- Thomas Soding, professor of biblical theology at the "Bergische" University of Wuppertal, Germany, and a member of the International Theological Commission.
-- Father Klemens Stock S.J., secretary of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and professor emeritus of New Testament exegesis at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome.
-- Sr. Germana Strola O.C.S.O., nun of the Trappist convent of Vitorchiano, Italy.
-- Father Zeljko Tanjic, professor of fundamental theology at the faculty of theology in the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
-- Father Cyril Vasil, S.J., rector of the Pontifical Oriental Institute and dean of the faculty of Eastern Canon Law, Rome.
-- Msgr. Timothy Verdon, professor of sacred art at the Theological Faculty of Central Italy, Florence, Italy.
-- Michael Waldstein, professor of New Testament studies at the International Theological Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family, Gaming, Austria.
-- Father Giorgio Zevini S.D.B., dean of the faculty of theology and professor of biblical studies at the Pontifical Salesian University, Rome.
-- Father Victor Zinkuratire S.S.S., professor of biblical theology at the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA), Nairobi, Kenya.
AUDITORS
-- Carl Albert Anderson, supreme knight of the Knights of Columbus, U.S.A.
-- Rigoberto Angarita, professor at the St. Joseph Institute of the Salesian Fathers in San Cristobal, Venezuela.
-- Ponpuzhakotayil Cherian Aniyankunju, spokesperson of the archdiocese of Changanacherry of the Syro-Malabars, India.
-- Sr. M. Viviana Ballarin O.P., superior general of the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena, and president of the Union of Superiors Major of Italy (USMI).
-- Sr. Euphrasie Beya, president of the "Union Des Superieurs Majeures" (USUMA), Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
-- Daniele Boscaro, head of the Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts (AGESCI), Padua, Italy.
-- Sr. Maria Antonietta Bruscato F.S.P., superior general of the Pious Society of the Daughters of St. Paul, Italy.
-- Rafael Chainarong Monthienvichienchai, vice chancellor of St. John's University, Bangkok, Thailand.
-- Moyses Lauro de Azevedo Filho, founder and moderator general of the "Shalom" Catholic community, Brazil.
-- Father Ari Luis Do Valle Ribeiro, professor of theology at the diocesan seminary of Santo Amaro, Brazil.
-- Natalja Fedorova Borovskaja, professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities and at the Russian Academy for Fine Arts, Russia.
-- Luis Fernando Figari, superior general of the "Sodalitium Vitae Christianae", Peru.
-- Sr. Evelyne Franc F.D.C., superior general of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, France.
-- Hanna-Barbara Gerl-Falkowitz, professor of the philosophy of religion and of the comparative history of religions at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany.
-- Elvira Go, assistant for biblical pastoral care, Philippines.
-- Francisco Jose Gomez Arguello Wirtz, cofounder of the NeoCatechumenal Way, Spain.
-- Ricardo Grzona, president of the "Fundacion Ramon Pane" of Honduras, and Catholic consultor of the United Bible Societies of the Americas, U.S.A.
-- Thomas Hong-Soon Han, professor of economics at the College of Business and Economics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, and president of the Apostolate of Lay Catholics, Korea.
-- Sr. Jocelyne Huot S.F.A., president of the movement "Les Brebis de Jesus", Quebec, Canada.
-- Father Michel Jorrot O.S.B., abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Clervaux, Luxembourg.
-- Father Daniel Pablo Kerber Mas, professor of biblical theology at the Faculty of Theology of Uruguay, director of the Pastoral Institute for Catechesis of the archdiocese of Montevideo, and pastor of St. Alexander and St. Peter Claver, Uruguay.
-- Sr. Marija Ana Kustura S.M.I., superior general of the Handmaidens of the Child Jesus, president of the Union of Superiors Major of Croatia. - Ewa Kusz, president of the World Conference of Secular Institutes (CMIS), Poland.
-- Nikolaus Lobkowicz, rector emeritus of the University of Munich and first rector of the Catholic University of Eichstatt, director of the Centre for Studies on Eastern and Central Europe, Germany.
-- Fidele Mabegle, director of the School of Theology for the Laity of the archdiocese of Yaounde, Cameroon.
-- Sr. Louise Madore F.D.L.S., president of the International Union of Superiors General (UISG).
-- Sr. M. Clare Millea A.S.C.J., superior general of the Sisters Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rome.
-- Michelle Moran, president of the International Catholic Charismatic Renewal Services (ICCRS), Great Britain.
-- Andrea Riccardi, founder of the Sant'Egidio Community, Italy.
-- Silvia Sanchini, national female president of the Italian Catholic University Federation (FUCI), Italy.
-- Armel Diockel Sarr, catechist of the archdiocese of Dakar, Senegal.
-- Sr. Apollinaris Shimura Yuriko C.S.M., superior general of the Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki, Japan.
-- Agnes Shun-Ling Lam, president of the Catholic Biblical Association of Hong Kong, and associate professor at the English Centre of the University of Hong Kong, China.
-- Sr. Janice Soluk S.A.M.I., superior general of the Handmaidens of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate, Rome.
-- Maria Voce, president of the "Focolari" movement, Italy.
-- Father Kamil William, director of the Higher Institute for Social Sciences and professor of Holy Scripture, Cairo, Egypt.
-- Teresa Maria Wilsnagh, regional director of the Catholic Bible Foundation (CBF) of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa.
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