VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
YEAR XXII - # 140
DATE 24-07-2015

Summary:
- 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".

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 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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