POPE Francis assigned Manila Archbishop Jose Cardinal Advincula to be the 14th member of the Dicastery of Bishops, according to the Holy See Press Office in Vatican.
The Dicastery assists the Pontiff in the evaluation of bishops from various countries in the world.
It can be recalled that Cardinal Advincula was also assigned as part of the Congregation for the Clergy last 2020.
Among the new members are the first female appointees to the department, according to the Vatican News.
Aside from Cardinal Advincula, the new member of the Dicastery are the following:
– Cardinal Anders Arborelius, OCD, Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)
– Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Archivist and Librarian of the Holy Roman Church
– Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops
– Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
– Cardinal-elect Lazzaro You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy
– Cardinal-elect Jean-Marc Aveline, Archbishop of Marseille (France)
– Cardinal-elect Oscar Cantoni, Bishop of Como (Italy)
Archbishop Dražen Kutleša, Archbishop of Split-Makarska (Croatia)
– Bishop Paul Desmond Tighe, Secretary of the former Pontifical Council for Culture
– Father Dom Donato Ogliari , OSB, Abbot of the Abbey of San Paolo fuori le Mura and Apostolic Administrator of the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino (Italy)
– Sister Raffaella Petrini, FSE, Secretary General of the Governorate of the Vatican City State
– Sister Yvonne Reungoat, FMA, former Superior General of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians
Dr. Maria Lia Zervino, President of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organizations.