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24-07-2015 - Year XXII - Num. 140
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| - New members and substitutes for the upcoming Synod on the Family | |||
- Other Pontifical Acts
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| New members and substitutes for the upcoming Synod on the Family Vatican City, 24 July 2015 (VIS) – With regard to the Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to take place in the Vatican from 4 to 25 October on the theme “The vocation and mission of the family in the Church and contemporary world”, we publish a further list of the members and substitutes elected by the various Episcopal Conferences and confirmed by the Holy Father. AFRICA Cote d’Ivoire Member: Bishop Ignace Bessi Dogbo of Katiola, president of the National Episcopal Commission for the Lay Apostolate. Equatorial Guinea Member: Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F., of Bata. Sudan Member: Archbishop Paulino Lukudu Loro, M.C.C.J., of Juba; Substitute: Bishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria of El Obeid. Zimbabwe Member: Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani of Gweru. AMERICA Paraguay Member: Bishop Miguel Angel Cabello Almada of Concepcion en Paraguay; Substitute: Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp., of San Pedro. ASIA India 2nd Substitute: Bishop Lawrence Pius Dorairaj of Dharmapuri. Iran Member: Archbishop Ramzi Garmou of Teheran of the Chaldeans, patriarchal administrator of Ahwaz of the Chaldeans; Substitute: Archbishop Neshan Karakeheyan, patriarchal administrator of Ispahan, Esfaan of the Armenians. Thailand Member: Bishop Silvio Siripong Charatsri of Chanthaburi; Substitute: Archbishop Louis Chamniern Santisukniran of Thare and Nonseng. East Timor Member: Bishop Basilio Do Nascimento of Baucau, president of the Episcopal Conference; Substitute: Bishop Norberto Do Amaral of Maliana. EUROPE International Episcopal Conference of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Member: Bishop Ladislav Nemet, S.V.D., of Zrenjanin, Serbia. Latvia Member: Archbishop Zbignevs Stankevics of Riga; Substitute: Bishop Janis Bulis of Rezekne-Aglona, president of the Episcopal Conference. Scandinavia Member: Bishop Teemu Sippo, S.C.I., of Helsinki, Finland; Substitute: Bishop Czeslaw Kozon of Copenhagen, Denmark. OCEANIA Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands Member: Bishop Anton Bal of Kundiawa, representing the “Commission for Family Life”. |
| Other Pontifical Acts Vatican City, 24 July 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Victor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid as bishop of Cucuta (area 2,200, population 891,383, Catholics 804,236, priests 166, permanent deacons 8, religious 212), Colombia. He succeeds Bishop Julio Cesar Vidal Ortiz, whose resignation from the pastoral care of the same diocese in accordance with canon 401 para. 2 of the Code of Canon Law, was accepted by the Holy Father. |
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23-07-2015 - Year XXII - Num. 139
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| The Patriarch of Baghdad awarded the international “La Traglia” prize Vatican City, 23 July 2015 (VIS) – His Beatitude Louis Raphael I Sako, Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans, Baghdad, Iraq, will receive the international “La Traglia – Ethnic Groups and Communities” award from the Italian city of Jelsi on 27 July. The prize, in its eighth edition this year, is awarded to those who played a distinguished role in the promotion and attention to tradition, the environment, the defence of human rights and the cultural and religious identity of small communities and ethnic groups. Previous winners include the Sioux-Lakota chief Birgil Kills Straight, Tara Gandhi, the Dalai Lama and Gino Strada (founder of Emergency). In 2015, a year after Pope Francis' visit to the Italian region of Molise, where Jelsi is located, and reflecting his concern over the conflicts in the Middle East, the organisers of “La Traglia” wished to draw attention to the contemporary martyrdom of Christians in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Egypt, by presenting the award to Patriarch Sako, for his commitment to interreligious dialogue in favour of unity with the other Churches present in Iraq and with the Christians of the Middle East. |
| Other Pontifical Acts Vatican City, 23 July 2015 (VIS) – The Holy Father has appointed Fr. John Moon Hee Jong as auxiliary of the diocese of Suwon (area 5,371, population 7,721,286, Catholics 825,735, priests 481, religious 1,703), Korea. The bishop-elect was born in Gyeonggi-do, Korea in 1966 and was ordained a priest in 1994. He holds a licentiate in liturgy from the St. Anselm Pontifical Athenaeum, Rome, and has served in a number of pastoral roles in the diocese of Suwon, including parish vicar, parish priests and spiritual director of the Catholic University (major seminary). He is currently diocesan director of the department for evangelisation, lecturer at the major seminary and parish priest. |
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