By Katrina Gracia Consebido
Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Jose Advincula on Wednesday, July 14, as a member of the Dicastery for Bishops in the Vatican which is responsible for choosing “future bishops globally.”
“The Dicastery for Bishops is the second Vatican office of which Advincula is a member since becoming a cardinal two years ago,” the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) News said in a post.
The Pope had appointed Advincula as a member of the Congregation for Clergy in December 2020.
Various cardinals, archbishops and religious individuals had been appointed by the Pope as Dicastery members, including:
- Cardinal Anders Arborelius, OCD, Bishop of Stockholm (Sweden)
- Cardinal Jose F. Advincula, Archbishop of Manila (Philippines)
- 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
“The members of the dicastery assist in choosing bishops for the dioceses. They analyze position papers, called ponenze, providing an opinion on candidates,” CBCP said. –ag
