In addition to Pope Francis, who served as president of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which met on 5–19 October 2014, there were 15 other classes of participants.[1][2] Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri served as Secretary General, Cardinal Péter Erdő was the Relator General, and Archbishop Bruno Forte was the Special Secretary.[3] The delegate presidents Cardinals André Vingt-Trois, Luis Antonio G. Tagle, and Raymundo Damasceno Assis.[4] The Commission for the Message had Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi as president and Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández as secretary.[5] Bishop Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, also participated.
Eastern Catholic Churches
The Eastern Catholic Churches were represented by
Representatives of episcopal conferences
The Synod statues provided for the heads of 114 episcopal conferences to participate as voting delegates.[5]
Africa
The Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania
| Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archbishop Denis Hart | Melbourne | Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference | Australia |
| Archbishop John Dew | Wellington | New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference | New Zealand |
| Bishop Arnold Orowae | Wabag | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands | Papua New Guinea |
| Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi | Tonga | Episcopal Conference of the Pacific | Tonga |
Superiors General
Three delegates from the leadership of the Union of Superiors General were added to represent those in religious life.[5]
| Name | Office | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Rev. Adolfo Nicolás, SJ | Superior General of the Society of Jesus | Spain |
| Rev. Mauro Jöhri, OFMCap | Minister General of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin | Switzerland |
| Rev. Mario Aldegani, CSI | Superior General of the Congregation of Saint Joseph (Josephites of Murialdo) | Italy |
Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia
The 25 heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia served as delegates as provided for in the Synod statutes.[5]
Members of the Ordinary Council
The 15 members of the Ordinary Council of the Synod also attended:
| Name | Office | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal Timothy Dolan | Archbishop of New York | United States |
| Cardinal Péter Erdő | Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest | Hungary |
| Archbishop Rino Fisichella | President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelization | Italy |
| Archbishop Bruno Forte | Archbishop of Chieti-Vasto | Italy |
| Cardinal Oswald Gracias | Archbishop of Bombay | India |
| Cardinal Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya | Archbishop of Kinshasa | DR Congo |
| Cardinal Wilfrid Napier, OFM | Archbishop of Durban | South Africa |
| Cardinal George Pell | Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy | Australia |
| Bishop Santiago Silva Retamales | Auxiliary Bishop of Valparaíso | Chile |
| Cardinal Odilo Scherer | Archbishop of São Paulo | Brazil |
| Cardinal Christoph Schönborn | Archbishop of Vienna | Austria |
| Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk | Major Archbishop of Kiev–Galicia | Ukraine |
| Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle | Archbishop of Manila | Philippines |
| Cardinal Peter Turkson | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | Ghana |
| Cardinal Donald Wuerl | Archbishop of Washington | United States |
Papal appointees
There were 26 additional members appointed by Pope Francis.[5]
Other participants
Collaborators of the Special Secretary
The following were appointed to be collaborators of the Special Secretary:
| Name | Office | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Tony Anatrella | Consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Family Consultant to the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care Workers | France |
| Rev. Gérard Berliet | Professor of Sacred Scripture, Provincial Seminary of Lyon Head of Pastoral Care of Divorced and Remarried Faithful for the Diocese of Dijon | France |
| Rev. Bruno Esposito, OP | Professor of Canon Law, Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas | Italy |
| Rev. Alfonso Fernández Benito | Professor of Moral Theology and the Sacrament of Marriage, San Ildefonso Higher Institute for Theological Studies Director of the Institute for Religious Sciences of Santa Maria of Toledo | Spain |
| Rev. Arul Gali, CSC | National Director of Holy Cross Family Ministries | India |
| Jeffrey Goh | Professor Systematic Theology, St. Peter's College, Kuching Judge of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of Kuching | Malaysia |
| Rev. Maurizio Gronchi | Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Pontifical Urban University Consultant of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | Italy |
| Rodrigo Guerra López | Director-General of the Centro de Investigación Social Avanzada | Mexico |
| Jocelyne Khoueiry | Member of the Episcopal Commission for the Family and Life of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Lebanon | Lebanon |
| Helen Kyung Soo Kwon | Member of the Executive Committee of the Helen Kim Scholarship Foundation, Ewha Womans University | South Korea |
| Rev. Sabatino Majorano, CSSR | Professor of Systematic Moral Theology, Alphonsian Academy | Italy |
| Christopher Laurence Meney | Director of the Centre for Life, Marriage, and the Family of the Archdiocese of Sydney | Australia |
| Francesco Miano | Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Rome Tor Vergata President Emeritus of Catholic Action in Italy | Italy |
| Giuseppina De Simone | Professor of Philosophy, San Luigi Papal Theological Seminary of Southern Italy | Italy |
| Carmen Peña García | Professor of Canon Law, Comillas Pontifical University Defendor of the Bond and Promoter of Justice at the Metropolitan Tribunal of Madrid | Spain |
| Rev. Georges-Henri Ruyssen, SJ | Professor of Canon Law, Pontifical Oriental Institute | Belgium |
Auditors
The auditors included 14 married couples named by Pope Francis.[6]
| Name | Office | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Arturo As Zamberline Hermelinda As Zamberline | Heads of Équipe Notre-Dame | Brazil |
| Riyadh Albeer Naoom Azzo Sanaa Namir Ibrahim Habeeb | Witnesses of Christian family life in an Islamic context | Iraq |
| León Botolo Kisanga Sosawe Marie Valentine Kisanga Sosawe | Founders of the Communauté Famile Chétienne | DR Congo |
| Zelmira María Bottini De Rey | Director of the Institute for Couples and Families, Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina President of the Latin American Network of Institutes for the Family in Catholic Universities | Argentina |
| George Campos Cynthia Campos | Director of Couples for Christ Member of Couples for Christ | Philippines |
| Inácio Amândio Chaúque | Formator of young couples | Mozambique |
| Joan Clements | Director of the Managing Board of the World Organisation Ovulation Method Billings | Australia |
| Stephen Conway Sandra Conway | Regional heads of Africa de Retrouvailles | South Africa |
| Ute Eberl | Head of Pastoral Care for the Family and Marriage in Berlin | Germany |
| Pilar Escudero de Jensen | Member of the Vicariate General of Pastoral Care for the Archdiocese of Santiago Member of the Pontifical Council for the Laity Member of the Schoenstatt Institute for Families | Chile |
| Luis Jensen Acuña | Member of the Bioethical Centre of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile President of the Fundación Médico Cultural Porta Vitae Member of the Schoenstatt Institute for Families | Chile |
| Jean Dieudonné Gatsinga Emerthe Gatsinga Tumuhayimpundu | Heads of young families in the Focolari Movement | Rwanda |
| Jeffrey Heinzen Alice Heinzen | Director of Natural Family Planning in the Diocese of La Crosse Member of the Natural Family Planning Advisory Board of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops | United States |
| Iva Myriam Hoyos Castañeda | Delegate Procurator for the Defense of Rights of Childhood, Adolescence, and the Family | Colombia |
| Sélim Khoury Rita Khoury | Heads of the Office of Family Pastoral Care in the Maronite Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch | Lebanon |
| Rev. Cajetan Menezes | Director of the Apostolate for the Family of the Archdiocese of Bombay | India |
| Sr. Margaret Muldoon | Superior General emeritus of the Sisters of the Holy Family of Burdeos | Ireland |
| María Lacalle Noriega | Director of the Francisco de Vitoria Centre for Family Studies and Social and Economic Studies Secretary-General of the Spanish Society for Bioethics and Biojustice | Spain |
| Francisco Padilla | Head of Couples for Christ Foundation for Family and Life | Philippines |
| Giuseppe Petracca Ciavarella Lucia Miglionico | Members of the National Advisory Council for Family Pastoral Care | Italy |
| Algirdas Petronis | Vice President of the International Federation for Catholic Families Director of the Family Center of the Archdiocese of Vilnius | Lithuania |
| Romano Pirola Mavis Pirola | Directors of the Australian Catholic Marriage and Family Council | Australia |
| Olivier Roussy Xristilla Roussy | Heads of the apostolic branch of Amour et Vérité | France |
| Steve Schultz Claudia Schultz | Members of the International Catholic Engaged Encounter | United States |
| Michèle Taupin | President of the Movement Espérance et Vie | France |
| Jeannette Touré | National President of the Association of Catholic Women in the Côte d'Ivoire | Ivory Coast |
Fraternal delegates
| Name | Profession | Religion | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athenagoras | Metropolitan of Belgium | Eastern Orthodox (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) | Belgium |
| Hilarion | Metropolitan of Volokolamsk | Eastern Orthodox (Russian Orthodox Church) | Russia |
| Bishoy | Metropolitan of Damietta, Kafr Elsheikh and Elbarari | Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria | Egypt |
| Mar Yostinos | Archbishop of Zhale and Bekau | (Syriac Orthodox) (Patriarchate of Antioch) | Lebanon |
| Paul Butler | Bishop of Durham | Anglican Communion (Church of England) | United Kingdom |
| Ndanganeni Petrus Phaswaha | President of the Lutheran Evangelical Church | Lutheranism (Lutheran Evangelical Church) | South Africa |
| Benebo Fubara-Manuel | President of the Nigeria Communion of Reformed Churches | Calvinism (Nigeria Reformed Church) | Nigeria |
| Valérie Duval-Poujol | Professor of Biblical Exegesis, Institut Catholique de Paris | Baptist World Alliance | France |
References
- 1."Synod: The Church assembles for the family". 11 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- 2."Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (5-19 October 2014): List of Participants". 9 September 2014. Archived from the original on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
- 3."Full Text of Cardinal Baldisseri's Opening Report for the Synod". Zenit. 6 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- 4."Pope Francis Appoints Presidents-Delegates for Upcoming Synod on the Family". Zenit. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- 5.[5.2][5.3][5.4][5.5]"Francis makes final nominations for Synod: It will be varied and include married couples". La Stampa. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- 6.Glatz, Carol (9 September 2014). "Pope appoints 14 couples to attend Synod of Bishops on family". National Catholic Reporter. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 16 October 2017.