Elected by Episcopal Conferences
Africa ====North Africa
(C.E.R.N.A.)==== Member:Bishop
Jean-Paul Vesco,
OP,
Bishop of Oran (Algeria) Angola and Sao Tome Member: Bishop
Emílio Sumbelelo,
Bishop of Uíje (Angola) Benin Member: Bishop
Eugène Cyrille Houndékon,
Bishop of Abomey,
Vice President of the Episcopal Conference Botswana, South Africa And Swaziland Members: Archbishop
Stephen Brislin,
Archbishop of Cape Town, Kaapstad,
President of the Episcopal Conference (South Africa) Bishop
Zolile Peter Mpambani,
SCI,
Bishop of Kokstad (South Africa) Burkina Faso And Niger Member: Bishop
Joseph Sama,
Bishop of Nouna (Burkina Faso) Burundi Member: Bishop
Gervais Bashimiyubusa, of
Ngozi, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Substitute: Bishop
Joachim Ntahondereye of
Muyinga.
Cameroon Members: Archbishop
Joseph Atanga,
SI,
Archbishop of Bertoua Archbishop
Samuel Kleda,
Archbishop of Douala,
President of the Episcopal Conference Central African Republic Member: Bishop
Cyr-Nestor Yapaupa,
Bishop of Alindao Chad Member: Bishop
Henri Coudray,
SI, Titular
Bishop of Silli,
Apostolic Vicar of Mongo Congo (Rep. of) Member: Bishop
Urbain Ngassongo,
Bishop of Gamboma, President of the
Episcopal Commission for Family Ministry Congo (Democratic Rep. of) Members: Bishop
Nicolas Djomo Lola,
Bishop of Tshumbe Bishop
Philibert Tembo Nlandu,
CICM,
Bishop of Budjala Ethiopia and Eritrea Member: Bishop
Tsegaye Keneni Derera,
apostolic vicar of Soddo, Ethiopia. Substitute: Bishop
Markos Gebremedhin,
C.M.,
apostolic vicar of Jimma-Bonga, Ethiopia.
Gabon Member: Bishop
Mathieu Madega Lebouakehan,
Bishop of Mouila, President of the Episcopal Conference
Gambia and Sierra Leone Member: Bishop
Charles Allieu Matthew Campbell,
Bishop of Bo (Sierra Leone)
Ghana Member: Archbishop
Charles Gabriel Palmer- Buckle, of
Accra. Substitute: Bishop
Anthony Kwami Adanuty of
Keta-katsi.
Guinea Member: Bishop
Raphael Balla Guilavogui,
Bishop of N'Zérékoré Equatorial Guinea Member: Bishop
Juan Matogo Oyana,
CMF,
Bishop of Bata3 ====Indian Ocean
(C.E.D.O.I.)==== Member: Bishop
Maurice Piat CSSp.,
Bishop of Port-Louis (Mauritius), President of the
Episcopal Conference Ivory Coast Member: Bishop
Ignace Bessi Dogb,
Bishop of Katiola, President of the
Episcopal Commission Nationale de l'Apostolat des laïcs Kenya Members: Cardinal
John Njue,
Archbishop of Nairobi, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Bishop
James Maria Wainaina Kungu of
Muranga. Substitute: Bishop
Emanuel Barbara,
O.F.M. Cap. of
Malindi.
Lesotho Member: Archbishop
Gerard Tlali Lerotholi,
OMI,
Archbishop of Maseru,
President of the Episcopal Conference Liberia Member:Bishop
Anthony Fallah Borwah,
Bishop of Gbarnga Madagascar Member: Bishop
Desire Tsarahazana of
Toamasina, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Substitute: Bishop
Jean de Dieu Raoelison, auxiliary of
Antananarivo.MALAWI
Malawi Member: Archbishop
Thomas Luke Msusa,
SMM,
Archbishop of Blantyre,
President of the Episcopal Conference Mali Member: Bishop Jonas Dembele,
Bishop of Kayes Mozambique Member: Archbishop
Francisco Chimoio,
O.F.M. Cap.,
Archbishop of Maputo, President of the
Episcopal Commission for the Family Namibia Member: Bishop
Phillip Pöllitzer,
OMI,
Bishop of Keetmanshoop Nigeria Members: Archbishop
Matthew Man-oso Ndagoso,
Archbishop of Kaduna Bishop
Camillus Archibong Etokudoh Umoh,
Bishop of Ikot Ekpene Bishop
Jude Ayodeji Arogundade,
Bishop of Ondo Rwanda Member: Bishop
Antoine Kambanda of
Kibungo. Substitute: Bishop
Smaragde Mbonyintege of
Kabgayi, president of the
Episcopal Conference.
Senegal, Mauritania, Capo Verde and Guinea-Bissau Member: Archbishop
Benjamin Ndiaye,
Archbishop of Dakar (Senegal),
President of the Episcopal Conference Sudan Member: Archbishop
Paulino Lukudu Loro MCCJ,
Archbishop of Juba Tanzania Members: Bishop
Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa,
Bishop of Iringa,
President of the Episcopal Conference Bishop
Renatus Leonard Nkwande,
Bishop of Bunda Togo Member: Bishop
Jacques Danga Longa,
Bishop of Kara Uganda Members: Archbishop
John Baptist Odama,
Archbishop of Gulu,
President of the Episcopal Conference Bishop
Joseph Anthony Zziwa,
Bishop of Kiyinda-Mityana,
Vice President of the Episcopal Conference Zambia Member: Bishop
Benjamin S. Phiri,
Titular Bishop of Nachingwea, Auxiliary of Chipata
Zimbabwe Member: Bishop
Xavier Munyongani Xavier Johnsai MUNYONGANI,
Bishop of Gweru Americas Argentina Members: Bishop
Pedro María Laxague, auxiliary of
Bahia Blanca. Archbishop
Jose Maria Arancedo of
Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Cardinal
Mario Aurelio Poli, archbishop of
Buenos Aires. Substitutes: Archbishop
Andres Stanovnik,
O.F.M. Cap. of
Corrientes. Archbishop
Hector Ruben Aguer of
La Plata. BOLIVIA His Ecc.za Rev.ma Mgr. Braulio SÁEZ García, OCD, Titular Bishop of Satin, auxiliary of Santa Cruz de la Sierra His Ecc.za Rev.ma Mons. Krzysztof Janusz BIAASIK WAWROWSKA, SVD, Bishop of Oruro
Brazil Members: Archbishop
Sérgio da Rocha,
Archbishop of Brasilia,
President of the Episcopal Conference Bishop
João Carlos Petrini,
Bishop of Camaçari Archbishop
Geraldo Lyrio Rocha,
Archbishop of Mariana Cardinal Archbishop
Odilo Pedro Scherer,
Archbishop of São Paulo Canada Members: Archbishop
Paul-André Durocher,
Archbishop of Gatineau,
President of the Episcopal Conference Bishop
Noël Simard,
Bishop of Valleyfield Archbishop
Thomas Christopher Collins,
Archbishop of Toronto Archbishop
Richard William Smith,
Archbishop of Edmonton Chile Members: Bishop
Bernardo Miguel Bastres Florence,
S.D.B. of
Punta Arenas. Cardinal
Ricardo Ezzati Andrello,
S.D.B., archbishop of
Santiago de Chile, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Substitute: Bishop
Cristian Contreras Villarroel of
Melipilla, general secretary of the
Episcopal Conference.
Colombia Members: Bishop
Pablo Emir Salas Anteliz,
Bishop of Armenia Cardinal Archbishop
Rubén Salazar Gómez,
Archbishop of Bogota,
President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM.) Archbishop
Oscar Urbina Ortega,
Archbishop of Villavicencio Costa Rica Member: Bishop
José Francisco Ulloa Rojas,
Bishop of Cartago, President of the
Episcopal Comisión para la Pastoral Familiar Cuba Member: Bishop
Marcelo Arturo Gonzalez Amador of
Santa Clara.
Dominican Republic Member: Bishop
Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez,
Bishop of Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia en Higüey,
President of the Episcopal Conference Ecuador Members: Archbishop
Antonio Arregui Yarza of
Guayaquil. Archbishop
Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera,
O.F.M. of
Cuenca. Substitutes: Bishop
Julio Parrilla Diaz of
Riobamba. Bishop
Marcos Aurelio Perez Caicedo of
Babahoyo, vice president of the
Episcopal Conference.
El Salvador Member: Bishop
Constantino Barrera Morales,
Bishop of Sonsonate Guatemala Member: Bishop
Rodolfo Valenzuela Núñez,
Bishop of Vera Paz, Coban,
President of the Episcopal Conference Haiti Member: Bishop
Yves-Marie Péan,
CSC,
Bishop of Gonaïves Honduras Member: Bishop
Luis Sole Fa,
C.M. of
Trujillo. Substitute: Bishop
Angel Garachana Perez,
C.M.F. of
San Pedro Sula.
Mexico Members: Bishop
Rodrigo Aguilar Martinez of
Tehuacan. Cardinal
Norberto Rivera Carrera, archbishop of
Mexico. Bishop
Alfonso Gerardo Miranda Guardiola, auxiliary of
Monterrey. Cardinal
Francisco Robles Ortega, archbishop of
Guadalajara, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Substitutes: Bishop
Jose Francisco Gonzalez Gonzalez of
Campeche.
Nicaragua Member: Bishop
César Bosco Vivas Robelo,
Bishop of León en Nicaragua Panama Member: Bishop
Aníbal Saldaña Santamaría,
OAR,
Bishop Prelate of Bocas del Toro Paraguay Member: Bishop
Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada,
Bishop of Concepción en Paraguay Peru Member: Archbishop
Salvador Piñeiro,
Archbishop of Ayacucho or Huamanga,
President of the Episcopal Conference Archbishop
Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte,
OFM,
Archbishop of Trujillo Puerto Rico Member: Archbishop
Roberto González Nieves,
OFM,
Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico,
President of the Episcopal Conference United States Members: Archbishop
Joseph Edward Kurtz of
Louisville, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Archbishop
Charles Joseph Chaput,
O.F.M. Cap. of
Philadelphia. Cardinal
Daniel N. Di Nardo, archbishop of
Galveston-Houston, vice president of the
Episcopal Conference. Archbishop
José Horacio Gómez of
Los Angeles. Substitutes: Archbishop
Blase J. Cupich of
Chicago. Archbishop
Salvatore Joseph Cordileone of
San Francisco.
Uruguay Member: Bishop
Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martin of
Minas. Substitute:Bishop
Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer of
Maldonado-Punta del Este, president of the
Episcopal Conference.
Venezuela Members: Cardinal Archbishop
Jorge Urosa,
Archbishop of Caracas, Santiago de Venezuela Archbishop
Diego Padrón,
Archbishop of Cumana,
President of the Episcopal Conference West Indies Member: Bishop
Francis Dean Alleyne OSB,
Bishop of Georgetown Asia Arab Countries Member: Patriarch
Fouad Twal,
Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Latins (Jerusalem),
President of the Episcopal Conference Bangladesh Member: Bishop
Paul Ponen Kubi,
CSC,
Bishop of Mymensingh, President of the
Episcopal Family Life Commission Cambodia and Laos Member: Bishop
Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, Titular Bishop of Acque new Proconsulari,
Apostolic Vicar of Pakse (Laos)
China Member: Bishop
John Baptist Lee Keh-mien,
Bishop of Hsinchu East Timor Member: Bishop
Basilio do Nascimento,
Bishop of Baucau, President of the Episcopal Conference ====India
(C.C.B.I.)==== Members: Cardinal Archbishop
Oswald Gracias,
Archbishop of Bombay,
President of the Episcopal Conference Patriarch
Filipe Neri Ferrão,
Archbishop of Goa and Damao and
Patriarch of the East Indies Bishop
Selvister Ponnumuthan,
Bishop of Punalur Archbishop
Dominic Jala,
SDB,
Archbishop of Shillong Indonesia Members: Archbishop
Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo,
Archbishop of Jakarta,
President of the Episcopal Conference Bishop
Franciscus Kopong Kung,
Bishop of Larantuka Iran Member:
Ramzi Garmou,
Archbishop of Tehran of the Chaldeans, Patriarchal Administrator of Ahwaz the Chaldeans,
President of the Episcopal Conference Japan Member: Archbishop
Joseph Mitsuaki Takami,
PSS,
Archbishop of Nagasaki,
Vice President of the Episcopal Conference Korea Member: Bishop
Peter Woo-il Kang,
Bishop of Cheju Kazakhstan Member: Archbishop
Tomasz Peta,
Archbishop of Maria Santissima in Astana,
President of the Episcopal Conference Malaysia – Singapore – Brunei Member: Archbishop
John Wong Soo Kau,
Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)
Myanmar Member: Cardinal Archbishop
Charles Maung Bo,
SDB,
Archbishop of Yangon Pakistan Member: Bishop
Joseph Arshad of
Faisalabad. Substitute: Archbishop
Sebastian Francis Shaw of
Lahore.
Philippines Members: Archbishop
Romulo Valles,
Archbishop of Davao Archbishop
Jose Serofia Palma,
Archbishop of Cebu Bishop Gilbert A. Garcera,
Bishop of Daet Sri Lanka Member: Bishop
Harold Anthony Perera,
Bishop of Kurunegala Thailand Member: Bishop
Silvio Siripong Charatsri,
Bishop of Chanthaburi Vietnam Members: Archbishop
Paul Bui Van Doc of
Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh, Hochiminh Ville, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Bishop
Joseph Dinh Duc Dao, auxiliary of
Xuan Loc. Substitute: Bishop
Pierre Nguyen Van Kham of
My Tho.
Europe Albania Member: Bishop
George Frendo,
O.P. Auxiliary of
Tirane-Durrës. Substitute: Bishop
Ottavio Vitale,
R.C.J. of
Lezhe, Lesh.
Austria Member: Bishop
Benno Elbs of
Feldkirch. Substitute: Bishop
Kalus Kung of
Sankt Polten.
Belarus Member: Archbishop
Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of
Minsk-Mohilev,
President of the Episcopal Conference Belgium Member: Bishop
Johan Bonny,
Bishop of Antwerp, Antwerp
Bosnia and Herzegovina Member: Bishop
Tomo Vuksic,
military ordinary of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Substitute: Bishop
Marko Semren,
O.F.M. auxiliary of
Banja Luka.
Bulgaria Member: Bishop
Gheorghi Ivanov Jovcev,
Bishop of Sofia and Plovdiv Croatia Member: Bishop
Antun Škvorčević,
Bishop of Požega Czech Republic Member: Bishop
Jan Vokál,
Bishop of Hradec Kralove ====
Episcopal Conference of the International SS. Cyril and Methodius==== Member: Bishop
László Német,
SVD,
Bishop of Zrenjanin (Serbia)
France Members: Archbishop
Georges Pontier of
Marseille, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Cardinal
Andre Vingt-Trois, archbishop
Paris. Bishop
Jean-Luc Brunin of
Le Havre. Bishop
Jean-Paul James of
Nantes. Substitutes: Bishop
Olivier de Germay of
Ajaccio. Bishop
Bruno Feillet, auxiliary of
Reims.
Germany Members: Cardinal Archbishop
Reinhard Marx,
Archbishop of Munich and Freising Archbishop
Heiner Koch,
Archbishop of Berlin Bishop
Franz-Josef Hermann Bode,
Bishop of Osnabrück Greece Member: Bishop
Fragkiskos Papamanolis,
O.F.M. Cap. emeritus of
Syros, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Substitute: Archbishop
Nikolaos Foskolos, emeritus of
Athenai.
Hungary Bishop
András Veres,
Bishop of Szombathely Ireland Members: Archbishop
Diarmuid Martin of
Dublin. Archbishop
Eamon Martin of
Armagh, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Substitute: Archbishop
Kieran O'Reilly,
S.M.A. of
Cashel.
Italy Members: Cardinal Archbishop
Angelo Bagnasco,
Archbishop of Genoa,
President of the Episcopal Conference Cardinal Archbishop
Angelo Scola,
Archbishop of Milan Bishop
Franco Giulio Brambilla,
Bishop of Novara Bishop
Enrico Solmi,
Bishop of Parma Latvia Member: Archbishop
Zbigņevs Stankevičs,
Archbishop of Riga Lithuania Member: Cardinal
Audrys Jouzas Backis, archbishop emeritus of
Vilnius. Substitute: Bishop
Rimantas Norvila of
Vilkaviskis.
Malta Member: Bishop
Mario Grech,
Bishop of Gozo,
President of the Episcopal Conference Netherlands Member: Cardinal
Willem Jacobus Eijk, archbishop of
Utrecht. Substitute: Bishop
Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen of
Breda.
Poland Members: Archbishop
Stanisław Gądecki,
Archbishop of Poznan,
President of the Episcopal Conference Archbishop
Henryk Hoser,
SAC,
Archbishop-Bishop of Warsaw-Prague Bishop
Jan Franciszek Wątroba,
Bishop of Rzeszów Portugal Members: Cardinal Patriarch
Manuel Clemente,
Patriarch of Lisbon,
President of the Episcopal Conference Bishop
Antonino Eugénio Fernandes Dias,
Bishop of Portalegre-Castelo Branco, President of the
Episcopal Comissão do Laicado and Família Romania Member: Bishop
Petru Gherghel,
Bishop of Iași Russian Federation Member: Archbishop
Paolo Pezzi,
FSCB,
Archbishop of Mother of God in Moscow,
President of the Episcopal Conference Scandinavia Member: Bishop
Teemu Sippo,
SCI,
Bishop of Helsinki Slovakia Member: Archbishop
Stanislav Zvolenský,
Archbishop of Bratislava,
President of the Episcopal Conference Slovenia Member: Archbishop
Stane Zore,
OFM,
Archbishop of Ljubljana Spain Members: Cardinal
Ricardo Blazquez Perez, archbishop of
Valladolid, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Bishop
Mario Iceta Gavicagogeascoa of
Bilbao. Archbishop
Carlos Osoro Sierra of
Madrid. Substitute: Bishop
Juan Antonio Reig Pla of
Alcala de Henares.
Switzerland Member: Bishop
Jean-Marie Lovey,
CRB,
Bishop of Sion Turkey Member: Archbishop
Lévon Boghos Zékiyan,
Archbishop of Istanbul Ukraine Member: Archbishop
Mieczysław Mokrzycki,
Archbishop of Lviv of the Latins,
President of the Episcopal Conference United Kingdom England and Wales Members: Cardinal
Vincent Gerard Nichols, archbishop of
Westminster, president of the
Episcopal Conference. Bishop
Peter John Haworth Doyle of
Northampton. Substitute: Bishop
Philip Anthony Egan of
Portsmouth.
Scotland Member: Archbishop
Philip Tartaglia,
Archbishop of Glasgow,
President of the Episcopal Conference Oceania Australia Members: Bishop
Daniel Eugene Hurley of
Darwin. Archbishop
Mark Benedict Coleridge of
Brisbane. Substitute: Archbishop
Philip Edward Wilson of
Adelaide.
New Zealand Member: Bishop
Charles Edward Drennan of
Palmerston North. Substitute: Cardinal
John Dew, archbishop of
Wellington, president of the
Episcopal Conference. ====Pacific
(CEPAC)==== Member: Archbishop
Peter Loy Chong,
Archbishop of Suva Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands Member: Bishop Anton Bal,
Bishop of Kundiawa, the
Independent Commission for Family Life ==Elected representatives of the Union of Superiors General==
Collaborators with the Special Secretary
Members: Fr.
Matías Auge Benet,
C.M.F., Consultor of the
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, (Spain) Professor
Giacomo Bertolini, associate professor of
canon and ecclesiastical law at the
University of Padua, Treviso Section; visiting professor at the
Pontifical Urban University in Rome, (Italy) Fr.
Giuseppe Bonfrate, lecturer at the Faculty of Theology of the
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, (Italy) Msgr.
Philippe Bordeyne, rector of the
Institut Catholique de Paris, (France) Msgr.
Lluis Clavell, ordinary member of the
Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas, (Spain) Msgr.
Duarte Nuno Queiroz De Barros Da Cunha, secretary general of the
Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.), (Portugal) Mr.
Leopold Djogbede, professor at the
University of Abomey-Calavi and at the Higher Institute Specialist Teacher Training (Benin) Fr.
Bruno Esposito,
O.P., ordinary professor of canon law at the
Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, (Italy) Dr.
John Grabowski, Spain, professor of moral theology at the
School of Theology and Religious Studies,
Catholic University of America, (United States of America) Fr. Jose Granados,
D.C.J.M., deputy director of the
Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family Fr.
Maurizio Gronchi, ordinary professor of dogmatic at the
Pontifical Urban University in Rome, (Italy) Dr.
John Kleinsman, director of the Nathaniel Centre for Bioethics,
New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, (New Zealand) Fr.
Sabatino Majorano,
C.SS.R., professor of systematic moral theology at the
Alphonsian Academy in Rome, (Italy) Msgr.
Michele Giulio Masciarelli, lecturer in dogmatic theology at the
Marianum Faculty in Rome, and in fundamental theology at the Theological Institute of Abruzzo and Molise in Chieti, Italy Professor
Pia Matthews, lecturer at
St. Mary's University College, London, (Great Britain) Professor
Paolo Moneta, former lecturer in canon and ecclesiastical law at the Faculty of Law of the
University of Pisa, Italy Fr.
Antonio Moser,
O.F.M., professor emeritus of moral and ethical theology at the
Franciscan Theological Institute of Petropolis, (Brazil) Fr.
Aimable Musoni,
S.D.B., lecturer in systematic theology, ecclesiology and ecumenism at the
Pontifical Salesian University in Rome, (Rwanda) Fr.
Georges Henri Ruyssen,
S.J., lecturer in the Faculty of Canon Law at the
Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, (Belgium) Fr.
Peter Paul Saldanha, lecturer in ecclesiology at the
Pontifical Urban University in Rome, India Fr.
Pierangelo Sequeri, director and lecturer in theology at the
Theological Faculty of Northern Italy, member of the
International Theological Commission, (Italy) Mr. and Mrs Miano, (Italy): Professor
Giuseppina De Simone in Miano, lecturer in philosophy at the
Theological Faculty of Southern Italy in Naples Professor
Francesco Miano, lecturer in moral philosophy at the
University of Rome. ==Auditors==
Auditors
Mr. Jacob Mundaplakal Abraham, advisor for the Apostolate of the Family and Lay Organisations in the dioceses of Kerala, India Dr. Anca Maria Cernea, physician at the Victor Babes Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment and president of the Association of Catholic Doctors of Bucharest, Romania Ms. Sharron Cole, president of the Parents Centres New Zealand, New Zealand Ms. Agnes Offiong Erogunaye, national president of the Catholic Women's Organisation of Nigeria, Nigeria Fr. Garas Boulos Garas Bishay, pastor of the Virgin Mary Queen of Peace parish, Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt Professor Giovanni Giacobbe, member of the Union of Italian Catholic Jurists, Italy Ms. Maria Gomes, head of parish family pastoral ministry in Dubai, United Arab Emirates Ms. Maria Harries, national director for family pastoral care and preparation for marriage; member of the National Commission for Abuse of Minors, Australia S. Maureen Kelleher, religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary, member of the International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), United States of America Mr. Brenda Kim Nayoug, pastoral worker for young people and young married couples, Korea Professor Maria Marcela Mazzini, lecturer in theology at the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, Argentina Ms. Moira McQueen, director of the Canadian Catholic Institute of Bioethics, Canada Ms. Therese Nyirabukeye, advisor and formator for the African Federation of Family Action (FAAF), Rwanda S. Berta Maria Porras Fallas, head of Family Pastoral Care of the Tertiary Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, Member of the International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), Costa Rica S. Carmen Sammut, S.M.N.D.A., president of the International Union of Superiors General (U.I.S.G.), Malta Professor Lucia Scaraffia, former lecturer in contemporary history at the University of Rome La Sapienza; coordinator of the monthly of the L'Osservatore Romano "Donne Chiesa Mondo", Italy Dr. Edgar Humberto Tejada Zeballos, physician and specialist in bioethics; member of the Episcopal Commission for the Family of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, Peru. Mr. and Mrs. Bajaj, India Mrs. Penny and Mr. Ishwar Bajaj, Hindu-Christian couple from the diocese of Mumbai, India Mr. and Mrs. Buch, Germany Sig.ra Petra Buch, diocesan family pastoral worker Dr. Aloys Johann Buch, professor of moral theology at the Interdiocesan Major Seminary of St. Lambert; permanent deacon of the diocese of Aachen Mr. and Mrs. Diaz Victoria, Colombia Mrs. Isabel Botia de Diaz and Mr. Humberto Diaz Victoria, members of the National Commission for the Family of the Episcopal Conference; pastoral directors of the Hombres y Mujeres de futuro Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Galindo, Mexico Mrs. Gertrudiz Clara Rubio De Galindo and Mr. Andres Salvador Galindo Lopez, executive secretaries of the Episcopal Commission for the Family of the Episcopal Conference; secretaries of CELAM for the Mexico-Central America zone Mr. and Mrs. Gay Montalvo, Spain Mrs. María Monserrat Rosell Torrus De Gay Montalvo, member of the marriage group of the parish of St. Francis de Sales in Barcelona Mr. Eugenio Gay Montalvo, former Magistrate of the Constitutional Court of Spain; former member of the diocesan Pastoral Council of Barcelona Mr. and Mrs. Kola, Cameroon Mrs. Aicha Marianne Kenne Sob Kola and Mr. Irenee KOLA, members of the African Federation of Family Action (FAAF); marriage and family counsellors Mr. and Mrs. Marqus Odeesho, Iraq Mrs. Suhaila Salim Toma and Mr. Wisam Marqus Odeesho, pastoral workers in the Chaldean parish of St. George in Baghdad Mr. and Mrs. Matassoni, Italy Mrs. Marialucia Zecchini and Mr. Marco Marassoni, members of the Commission for family pastoral care in the archdiocese of Trento Mr. and Mrs. Mignonat, France Mrs. Nathalie Mignonat and Mr. Christian Mignonat, members of the movement Equipes Reliance for remarried divorcees, founder members of the group SEDIRE for receiving and accompanying civilly married couples Mr. and Mrs. Nkosi, South Africa Mrs. Buysile Patronella Nkosi and Mr. Meshack Jabulani Nkosi, members of the Advisory Committee for the National Family Desk of the Southern African Episcopal Catholic Bishops' Conference. Mr. and Mrs. Paloni, Italy Mrs. Patrizia Calabrese and Mr. Massimo Paloni, couple involved in family missionary pastoral work Mr. and Mrs. Pulikowski, Poland Mrs. Jadwiga Pulikowska and Mr. Jacek Pulikowski, advisors of the Council for Family Pastoral Care of the archdiocese of Poznan Mr. and Mrs. De Rezende, Brazil Mrs. Ketty Abaroa De Rezende and Dr. Pedro Jussieu De Rezende, lecturers at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, engaged in family pastoral work Mr. and Mrs. Rojas, Colombia Mrs. Maria Angelica Rojas, engaged in family pastoral work, and Mr. Luis Haydn Rojas Martinez, director of the department of Ethics and Humanity at the La gran Colombia University Mr. and Mrs. Salloum, Lebanon Mrs. Souheila Rizk Salloum, lecturer in psychology at the USEK. Mr. Georges Fayez Salloum, expert on the Maronite Patriarchal Synod Mr. and Mrs. Villafania, Philippines Mrs. María Socorro Ocampo Villafania, former lecturer in theology at the Assumption College; collaborator with the Salesian Sisters in the preparation of catechists Mr. Nelson Silvestre Villafania, collaborator with the Evangelion Foundation in Manila Mr. and Mrs. Witczak, United States of America Mrs. Catherine Wally Witczak and Mr. Anthony Paul Witczak, directors of Worldwide Marriage Encounter International Ecclesial Team. ==General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops==
General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops
Cardinal
Lorenzo Baldisseri, general secretary of the Synod of Bishops Bishop Fabio Fabene Msgr. John Anthony Abruzzese Msgr. Etienne Brocard Msgr. Daniel Estivill Fr. Ambrogio Ivan Samus Fr. Raffaele Lanzilli, S.J. Fr. Pasquale Bua Ms. Paola Volterra Toppano Dr. Federica Vivian Mr. Pietro Camilli Mr. Andrea Cimino
Collaborators of the General Secretariat Msgr. Zvonimir Sersic of the diocesis of Krk, Croatia Fr. Giuseppe Deodato of the diocesis of Rome, Italy
Assistants Fr. Edouard Akom, Cameroon Sem. Francesco Argese, Italy Fr. Emmanuel Ayo, Philippines Fr. Alexis Bavugamenshi, Burundi Fr. Diac. Jean-Baptiste Bienvenu, France Fr. Zvonko Brezovski, Croatia Fr. Diac. Vincent Chretienne, France Fr. Emmanuel De Ruyver, Belgium Fr. Gabriele Di Martino, Italy Fr. William Donovan, United States of America Fr. Kim D'Souza, Canada Fr. Georges Eko, Cameroon Fr. Edgar Estrada, Mexico Fr. Jonathan Flemings, L.C., United States of America Fr. Cesar Garcia Salazar, Mexico Fr. Javier Gaxiola Loustaunau, L.C., Mexico Fr. Tiago Gurgel Do Vale, Brazil Fr. Juan Iniesta Saez, Spain Fr. Miroslaw Juchno, Poland Fr. Thomas Kallikat, India Fr. P. Laurent Mazas, F.S.J., France Fr. Boniface Mungai, Kenya Fr. Brian Needles, United States of America Fr. Stephen Prisk, United States of America Fr. Luis Ramirez Almanra, L.C., Mexico Fr. Carlos Rodriguez Blanco, Spain Fr. Roberto Secchi, Italy Sem. Mattia Seu, Italy Fr. Jhonny Tannoury, Lebanon Sem. Liviu-Nicolae Ursu, Romania Sem. Gabriele Vecchione, Italy Fr. Biasgiu Virgitti, France. ==Heads of news communication==
Heads of news communication
Fr. Federico Lombardi, S.J., director of the Holy See Press Office, Vatican City Fr. Ciro Benedettini, C.P., deputy director of the Holy See Press Office, Vatican City English Fr. Thomas Rosica, C.S.B., Chief Executive Officer of the Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation, Canada French Ms. Romilda Ferrauto, director of the French Section of Vatican Radio German Fr. Bernard Hagenkord, S.J., director of the German Section of Vatican Radio Spanish Fr. Manuel Dorantes, parish priest, archdiocese of Chicago, United States of America. ==Fraternal delegates==