(Vatican Radio) – 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); EnricoDAL
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.