The Holy Father has appointed
the following as participants
in the Special Assembly for Oceania
of the Synod of Bishops

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VATICAN CITY, SEP 29, 1998 (VIS) - The Holy Father has appointed the following as participants in the Special Assembly for Oceania of the Synod of Bishops:

- As Members: Bishops Alphonsus Augustus SOWADA of Agats, Indonesia; Sean Patrick O'MALLEY of Fall River, U.S.A.; Maurice PIAT of Port-Louis, Mauritius, president of the Episcopal Conference of the Indian Ocean (CEDOI); Manuel VALAREZO LUZURIAGA, apostolic prefect of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; Vincent NICHOLS, auxiliary of Westminister, Britain; John Stephen KNIGHT, auxiliary of Toronto, Canada.

- As "Adiutores" (Experts): Father Jan CZUBA, S.V.D., president, University of the Divine Word, Madang, Papua New Guinea; Msgr. Brian FERME, professor of Canon Law, Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome; Fathers Line FOLAUMOELA, rector, regional seminary of the Pacific, Tonga; Cerone KENNEDY, C.SS.R., professor of Moral Theology, Alphonsianum, Rome; Robert LAUFAOULOU, F.S.C., director of Catholic Education, diocese of Wallis and Futuna, Wallis Islands; Etuale LEALOFI, rector emeritus, regional seminary of the Pacific, Pago Pago, Samoa; Kevin LOGAN, Office for Ecumenism, archdiocese of Perth, Australia; Francis MA'AKA, rector, Holy Spirit diocesan seminary, Bomana, Solomon Islands; Nimo PILIMAI, office for liturgy, archdiocese of Samoa-Apia, Samoa; Jean Colomban POUILLY, O.C.S.O., professor of Biblical Theology, New Caledonia; Philip SMITH, C.P., prefect of studies, Holy Spirit diocesan seminary, Bomana, Solomon Islands; Henare TATE, episcopal vicar for Pastoral Ministry for the Mauris, diocese of Auckland, New Zealand; Neil VANEY, S.M., dean of Theology, Mt. St. Mary's College, diocese of Auckland, New Zealand; Peter WESTERMAN, S.M., assistant general to the Marist Fathers, Rome.

- As Auditors (Observers): Fathers Kelvin CANAVAN, F.M.S., director, Office for Catholic Education, archdiocese of Sydney, Australia; Peter EWART, S.M., executive secretary, New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference, New Zealand; Brian V. FINNIGAN, secretary general, Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference, Australia; Julian HAKUMIN, F.M.S., Apostolate of Catholic Education, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea; Sister Catherine HANNAN, D.O.L.C., superior general, Sisters of Our Lady of Compassion, New Zealand; Elsie HEISS, office for Pastoral Ministry to Aborigines, archdiocese of Sydney, Australia; Manuka HENARIE, anthropologist and historian of the Pacific, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Father Henk KRONENBERG, S.M., secretary general, The Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea; John MOORE, national president, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Australia; Father Patrick MORONEY, O.M.I., provincial superior, Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate, Australia; Ruth SMITHIES, director, Office for Justice and Peace, archdiocese of Wellington, New Zealand; Sr. Patricia STOWERS, S.M.S.M., general superior, Missionary Sisters of the Sociey of Mary, Samoa; Margareth TAYLOR, diocese of Kundiawa, Papua New Guinea; Karl TEAI, permanent deacon, archdiocese of Papeete, Tahiti; Father Arthur TIERNEY, S.S.C., secretary general, Conferentia Episcopalis Pacifici (CEPAC), Suva, Fiji; Pio TULA, permanent deacon, Tokelau Islands, Western Samoa; Tovi'o TUUSOLO, permanent deacon, archdiocese of Samoa-Apia, Samoa; Sisters Mary WRIGHT, I.B.M.V., superior general, Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Australia, and Bernadette YENGO, P.F.M., Congregation of the Little Daughters of Mary, New Caledonia.

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