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SYNOD OF BISHOPS

[Updated: 09.09.2005]


 

The Synod of Bishops was established by Pope Paul Vl by Motu Proprio "Apostolica sollicitudo" of 15 September 1965.  Pope Paul Vl gave the definition of the Synod of Bishops at the Sunday Angelus of 22 September 1974: "It is an ecclesiastic institution, which, on interrogating the signs of the times and as well as trying to provide a deeper interpretation of divine designs and the constitution of the Catholic Church, we set up after Vatican Council II in order to foster the unity and cooperation of bishops around the world with the Holy See. It does this by means of a common study concerning the conditions of the Church and a joint solution on matters concerning Her mission. It is neither a Council nor a Parliament but a special type of Synod".
  • ASSEMBLIES OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS
  • 21 - XI ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY (2-23 OCTOBER 2005)
    "The Eucharist: Source and Summit of the Life and Mission of the Church"

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Francis Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
H. Em. Card. Juan Sandoval Iñiguez, Archbishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)
H. Em. Card. Telesphore Placidus Toppo, Archbishop of Ranchi (India)
Secretary General
H. E. Most Rev. Mons. Nikola Eterović
Relator General
H. Em. Card. Angelo Scola, Patriarch of Venice (Italy)
Special Secretary
H.E. Most Rev. Mons. Roland Minnerath, Archbishop of Dijon (Francia)

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Giovanni Battista Re, Prefect of the Congregation of  Bishops
H. Em. Card. Bernard Agré, Archbishop of Abidjan
H. Em. Card. Ivan Dias, Archbishop of Bombay
Secretary General
H. Em. Card. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M.
Relator
H. Em. Card. Edward Michael Egan, Archbishop of New York
Relator Adjunct
H. Em. Card. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.I., Archbishop of Buenos Aires
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Marcello Semeraro, Bishop of Oria

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Franciszek Macharski, Archbishop of Kraków
H. Em. Card. Joachim Meisner, Archbishop of Köln
H. Em. Card. Paul Poupard, President of the Pontifical Council for Culture
Secretary General
H. Em. Card. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M.
General Relator
H. Em. Card. Antonio María Rouco Varela, Archbishop of Madrid
Special Secretaries
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Józef Mirosław Życiński, Archbishop of Lublin
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Vincent Nichols, Titular Bishop of Othona, Auxiliary of Westminster

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Pio Taofinu’u, S.M., Archbishop of Samoa-Apia
H. Em. Card. Thomas Stafford Williams, Archbishop of Wellington
H. Em. Card. Edward Idris Cassidy, President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity
Secretary General
H. Em. Card. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M.
General Relator
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Barry James Hickey, Archbishop of Perth
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M., Archbishop of Nouméa

  • Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Oceania

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Stephen Kim Sou-Hwan, Archbishop of Seoul
H. Em. Card. Jozef Tomko, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples
H. Em. Card. Julius Riuyadi Darmaatmadja, Archbishop of Jakarta
Secretary General
H. Em. Card. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M.
General Relator
H. Em. Card. Paul Shan Kuo-his, Archbishop of Kaohsiung
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Thomas Menamparamil, Archbishop of Guwahati

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Eugênio De Araújo Sales, Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janiero
H. Em. Card. Roger Michael Mahony, Archbishop of Los Angeles
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy
Secretary General
S.Em.R. il Card. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M.
General Relator
H. Em. Card. Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Archbishop of Guadalajara
Secretari Speciali
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Estanislao Esteban Karli, Archbishop of Paraná
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir, Patriarch of Antioch for the Maronites
H. Em. Card. Achille Silvestrini, Prefect of the Congregation for Oriental Churches
Secretary General
H. Em. Card. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M.
General Relator
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Cyrille Salim Bustros, M.S.S.P., Archbishop of Baalbek for the Greek-Melchites
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Guy Paul Noujaim, Titular Bishop of Cesarea di Filippi, Patriarcal Vicar for Saba of  the Maronites

  • Post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation A New Hope for Lebanon (10 May 1997)
  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the Special Assembly for Lebanon)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Prefect of  the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated  Life and Societies of Apostolic Life
H. Em. Card. John Joseph O’Connor, Archbishop of  New York
H. Em. Card. Edward Bede Clancy, Archbishop of  Sydney
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., Titular Archbishop of  Silli
General Relator
H. Em. Card. George Basil Hume, O.S.B., Archbishop of  Westminster
Special Secretary
Rev. Marcello Zago, O.M.I, Superior General of the Missionary Congregation of the Sons of the Immacolate B.V.M.

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the IX Ordinary General Assembly)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Francis Arinze, President of  the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue
H. Em. Card. Christian Wiyghan Tumi, Archbishop of  Douala
H. Em. Card. Paulos Tzadua, Archbishop of  Addis Abeba
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., Titular Archbishop of  Silli
Relator
H. Em. Card. Hyacinthe Thiandoum, Archbishop of  Dakar
Relator Adjunct
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, Archbishop of  Abuja
Special Secretaries
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jaime Pedro Gonçalves, Archbishop of  Beira
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Robert Sarah, Archbishop of  Conakry

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the Special Assembly for Africa)
    [English: http://www.afrikaworld.net/synod/index.html]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Jean-Marie Lustiger, Archbishop of  Paris
H. Em. Card. Józef Glemp, Archbishop of  Gniezno and Warszawa
H. Em. Card. Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Prefect of  the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., Titular Archbishop of  Silli
Relator
H. Em. Card. Camillo Ruini,Vicar General of  His Holiness
Special Secretaries
H. Em. Card. Miloslav Vlk, Archbishop of  Prague
H. Em. Card. Karl Lehmann, Archbishop of  Mainz

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the I Special Assembly for Europe)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Simon Ignatius Pimenta, Archbishop of  Bombay
H. Em. Card. Christian Wiyghan Tumi, Archbishop of  Garoua
H. Em. Card. Antonio Innocenti, Prefect of  the Congregation for the Clergy
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., Titular Archbishop of  Silli
Relator
H. Em. Card. Lucas Moreira Neves, Archbishop of  São Salvador da Bahia
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Henryk Musziński, Bishop of  Włocławek

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the VIII Ordinary General Assembly)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Eduardo Francisco Pironio, President of  the Pontifical Council for the Laity
H. Em. Card. Joseph Marie Trinh Van Can, Archbishop of  Ha Nôi
H. Em. Card. Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Archbishop Major of  Lviv of  the Ucrainians
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., Titular Archbishop of  Silli
Relator
H. Em. Card. Hyacinthe Thiandoum, Archbishop of  Dakar
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Pierre Eyt, Archbishop Coadiutor of  Bordeaux

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the VII Ordinary General Assembly)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. John Krol, Archbishop of  Philadelphia
H. Em. Card. Joseph Malula, Archbishop of  Kinshasa
H. Em. Card. Johannes Willebrands, President of the Secretariate of  Christian Unity
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jan P. Schotte, C.I.C.M., Titular Archbishop of  Silli
General Relator
H. Em. Card. Godfried Danneels, Archbishop of  Mechelen-Brussel
Special Secretary
Rev. Prof. Walter Kasper, Professor of  Theology at the University of  Tübingen

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the II Extraordinary General Assembly)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Joseph Cordeiro, Archbishop of  Karachi
H. Em. Card. Timothy Manning, Archbishop of  Los Angeles
H. Em. Card. Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of  the Faith
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jozef  Tomko, Titular Archbishop of  Doclea
Relator
H. Em. Card. Carlo M. Martini, Archbishop of  Milano
Special Secretary
Rev. José Saraiva Martins, Chancellor of the Pontifical University Urbaniana

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the VI Ordinary General Assembly)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Raúl Francisco Primatesta, Archbishop of  Córdoba
H. Em. Card. Lawrence Trevor Picachy, Archbishop of  Calcutta
H. Em. Card. Bernardin Gantin, President of the Pontifical Commission Iustitia et Pax and of the Pontifical Counsel Cor Unum
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Jozef  Tomko, Titular Archbishop of  Doclea
Relator
H. Em. Card. Joseph Ratzinger, Archbishop of  München und Freising
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Javier Lozano Barrangán, Titular Bishop of  Tinisa di Numidia, Auxiliary of  Mexico

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the V Ordinary General Assembly)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Sebastiano Baggio, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation of  Bishops
H. Em. Card. Antonio Ribeiro, Patriarch of  Lisbon
H. Em. Card. Hyacinthe Thiandoum, Archbishop of  Dakar
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Ladislao Rubin, Titular Bishop of  Serta
Relator
H. Em. Card. Aloisio Lorscheider, Archbishop of  Fortaleza
Special Secretary
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Titular Bishop of  Tisili, Auxiliary of  Madrid

  • Synodus Episcoporum (Bulletin of the Commission for information of the IV Ordinary General Assembly)
    [English, French, Italian, Spanish]

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Franz König, Archbishop of  Vienna
H. Em. Card. Juan Landazuri Ricketts, Archbishop of  Lima
H. Em. Card. Paul Zoungrana, Archbishop of  Ougadougou
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Ladislao Rubin, Titular Bishop of  Serta

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Duval, Archbishop of Algeria
H. Em. Card. Pablo Munoz Vega, Archbishop of  Quito
H. Em. Card. John Wright, Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy
Secretary General
H.E. Most. Rev. Mons. Ladislao Rubin, Titular Bishop of  Serta

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Valeriano Gracias, Archbishop of  Bombay
H. Em. Card. Agnelo Rossi, Archbishop of  São Paulo
H. Em. Card. Carlo Confalonieri, Curia

Presidents Delegate
H. Em. Card. Villot, Secretary of  State
H. Em. Card. Conway, Archbishop of  Armagh
H. Em. Card. Felici, Curia


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