In addition to Pope Francis, who served as president of the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which met on 5–19 October 2014, there were 15 other classes of participants. Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri served as Secretary General, Cardinal Péter Erdő was the Relator General, and Archbishop Bruno Forte was the Special Secretary. The delegate presidents Cardinals André Vingt-Trois, Luis Antonio G. Tagle, and Raymundo Damasceno Assis. The Commission for the Message had Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi as president and Archbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández as secretary. Bishop Fabio Fabene, undersecretary of the Synod of Bishops, also participated.
Eastern Catholic Churches The Eastern Catholic Churches were represented by NameSeeChurchCountryPatriarch Nerses Bedros XIX TarmouniCiliciaArmenian Catholic ChurchExarch Christo ProykovSofiaBulgarian Greek Catholic ChurchPatriarch Louis Raphaël I SakoBabylonChaldean Catholic ChurchPatriarch Ibrahim Isaac SidrakAlexandriaCoptic Catholic ChurchCardinal Berhaneyesus SouraphielAddis AbabaEthiopian Catholic ChurchPatriarch Gregory III Laham, BSAntiochMelkite Greek Catholic ChurchCardinal Lucian MureșanFăgăraș and Alba IuliaRomanian Greek Catholic ChurchArcheparch William C. SkurlaPittsburghRuthenian Greek Catholic ChurchArcheparch Ján Babjak, SJPrešovSlovak Greek Catholic ChurchCardinal Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-RahiAntiochSyriac Maronite ChurchPatriarch Ignatius Joseph III YonanAntiochSyriac Catholic ChurchMajor Archbishop George AlencherryErnakulam-AngamalySyro-Malabar Catholic ChurchMajor Archbishop Baselios CleemisTrivandrumSyro-Malankara Catholic ChurchMajor Archbishop Sviatoslav ShevchukKiev–GaliciaUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
Representatives of episcopal conferences
The Synod statues provided for the heads of 114 episcopal conferences to participate as voting delegates.
Africa NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop Gabriel MbilingiLubangoEpiscopal Conference of Angola and São ToméBishop Eugène Cyrille HoundékonAbomeyEpiscopal Conference of BeninArchbishop Paul Yembuado OuédaraogoBobo-DioulassoConference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of NigerBishop Gervais BanshimiyubusaNgoziConference of Catholic Bishops of BurundiArchbishop Samuel KledaDoualaNational Episcopal Conference of CameroonCardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, CSSpBanguiCentral African Episcopal ConferenceBishop Jean-Claude Bouchard, OMIPalaEpiscopal Conference of ChadBishop Louis Portella MbuyuKinkalaEpiscopal Conference of the CongoBishop Nicolas Djomo LolaTshumbeEpiscopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the CongoBishop Alexis Touabli YouloAgbovilleEpiscopal Conference of the Côte d'IvoireBishop Juan Matogo Oyana, CMFBataEpiscopal Conference of Equatorial GuineaArcheparch Berhaneyesus Souraphiel, CMAddis AbabaAssembly of Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia and EritreaBishop Mathieu Madega LebouakehanMouilaEpiscopal Conference of GabonBishop Joseph Osei-BonsuKonongo–MampongGhana Catholic Bishops' ConferenceBishop Emmanuel FélémouKankanEpiscopal Conference of GuineaCardinal John NjueNairobiKenyan Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Gerard Tlali Lerotholi, OMIMaseruLesotho Catholic Bishops' ConferenceBishop Anthony Fallah BorwahGbarngaCatholic Bishops' Conference of LiberiaArchbishop Désiré TsarahazanaToamasinaEpiscopal Conference of MadagascarBishop Joseph Mukasa ZuzaMzuzuEpiscopal Conference of MalawiBishop Jean-Baptiste TiamaSikassoEpiscopal Conference of MaliBishop Maurice Piat, CSSpPort LouisEpiscopal Conference of the Indian OceanArchbishop Vincent Landel, SCI de BéthRabatRegional Episcopal Conference of North AfricaBishop Lucio Andrice MuandulaXai-XaiEpiscopal Conference of MozambiqueArchbishop Liborius Nashenda, OMIWindhoekNamibian Catholic Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Ignatius Ayau KaigamaJosCatholic Bishops' Conference of NigeriaBishop Smaragde MbonyintegeKabgayiConference of Catholic Bishops of RwandaArchbishop Benjamin NdiayeDakarConference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea BissauBishop Patrick Daniel KoromaKenemaInter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of The Gambia and Sierra LeoneArchbishop Stephen BrislinCape TownSouthern African Catholic Bishops' ConferenceCardinal Gabriel Zubeir WakoKhartoumSudan Catholic Bishops' ConferenceBishop Tarcisius NgalalekumtwaIringaTanzania Episcopal ConferenceBishop Benoît Comlan Messan AlowonouKpaliméEpiscopal Conference of TogoArchbishop John Baptist OdamaGuluUganda Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Ignatius ChamaKasamaZambia Episcopal ConferenceBishop Michael Dixon BhaseraMasvingoZimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference
The Americas NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop José María ArancedoSanta Fe de la Vera CruzArgentine Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Patrick PinderNassauAntilles Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Oscar Omar Aparicio CéspedesMilitary Ordinariate of BoliviaBolivian Episcopal ConferenceCardinal Raymundo Damasceno AssisAparecidaNational Conference of Bishops of BrazilArchbishop Paul-André DurocherGatineauCanadian Conference of Catholic BishopsCardinal Ricardo Ezzati AndrelloSantiago de ChileEpiscopal Conference of ChileArchbishop Luis Augusto Catro Quiroga, IMCTunjaEpiscopal Conference of ColombiaBishop Oscar Gerardo Fernández GuillénPuntarenasEpiscopal Conference of Costa RicaArchbishop Dionisio Guillermo García IbáñezSantiago de CubaConference of Catholic Bishops of CubaBishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña RodríguezNuestra Señora de la Altagracia in HigüeyConference of the Dominican EpiscopateArchbishop Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, OFMQuitoEcuadorian Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop José Luis Escobar AlasSan SalvadorEpiscopal Conference of El SalvadorBishop Rodolfo Valenzuela NúñezVerapazEpiscopal Conference of GuatemalaCardinal Chibly LangloisLes CayesEpiscopal Conference of HaitiCardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDBTegucigalpaEpiscopal Conference of HondurasCardinal Francisco Robles OrtegaGuadalajaraMexican Episcopal ConferenceBishop Sócrates René Sándigo JirónJuigalpaEpiscopal Conference of NicaraguaArchbishop José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, OSAPanamáEpiscopal Conference of PanamaBishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, ISchCaacupéParaguayan Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-CalderónAyacuchoPeruvian Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Roberto González Nieves, OFMSan Juan de Puerto RicoPuerto Rican Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Joseph Edward KurtzLouisvilleUnited States Conference of Catholic BishopsBishop Rodolfo WirzMaldonado-Punta del EsteEpiscopal Conference of UruguayArchbishop Diego PadrónCumanáVenezuelan Episcopal Conference
Asia NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop Patrick D'Rozario, CSCDhakaCatholic Bishops' Conference of BangladeshBishop Basílio do NascimentoBaucauEpiscopal Conference of TimorCardinal Oswald GraciasBombayConference of Catholic Bishops of IndiaArchbishop Ignatius Suharyo HardjoatmodjoJakartaBishops' Conference of IndonesiaArcheparch Thomas MeramUrmyāIranian Episcopal ConferencePatriarch Fouad TwalJerusalemAssembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy LandArchbishop Peter Takeo OkadaTokyoCatholic Bishops' Conference of JapanArchbishop Tomasz PetaAstanaEpiscopal Conference of KazakhstanBishop Louis-Marie Ling MangkhanekhounPakséEpiscopal Conference of Laos and CambodiaArchbishop John Ha Tiong HockKuchingCatholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and BruneiBishop Felix Lian Khen ThangKalayCatholic Bishops' Conference of MyanmarArchbishop Joseph CouttsKarachiCatholic Bishops' Conference of PakistanArchbishop Socrates VillegasLingayen-DagupanCatholic Bishops' Conference of the PhilippinesBishop Peter Kang U-ilChejuCatholic Bishops' Conference of KoreaCardinal Malcolm RanjithColomboCatholic Bishops' Conference of Sri LankaArchbishop John Hung Shan-Chuan, SVDTapeiChinese Regional Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Louis Chamniern SantisukniramThare and NonsengCatholic Bishops' Conference of ThailandArchbishop Ruggero Franceschini, OFMCapİzmirEpiscopal Conference of TurkeyArchbishop Paul Bùi Văn ĐọcHo Chi Minh CityCatholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam
Europe NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop Angelo Massafra, OFMShkodër-PultEpiscopal Conference of AlbaniaCardinal Christoph Schönborn, OPViennaAustrian Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Tadeusz KondrusiewiczMinsk-MohilevConference of Catholic Bishops of BelarusArchbishop André-Joseph LéonardMechelen-BrusselsEpiscopal Conference of BelgiumBishop Franjo KomaricaBanja LukaBishops' Conference of Bosnia and HerzegovinaExarch Christo ProykovSofiaEpiscopal Conference of BulgariaCardinal Josip BozanićZagrebCroatian Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Jan GraubnerOlomoucCzech Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Georges PontierMarseilleBishops' Conference of FranceCardinal Reinhard MarxMunich and FreisingGerman Bishops' ConferenceBishop Frangiskos Papamanolis, OFMCapSyros and Milos (emeritus)Holy Synod of Catholic Bishops of GreeceCardinal Péter ErdőEsztergom-BudapestCatholic Bishops' Conference of HungaryArchbishop Diarmuid MartinDublinIrish Catholic Bishops' ConferenceCardinal Angelo BagnascoGenoaItalian Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Zbigņevs StankevičsRigaLatvian Bishops' ConferenceBishop Rimantas NorvilaVilkaviškisLithuanian Bishops' ConferenceBishop Mario GrechGozoMaltese Episcopal ConferenceCardinal Wim EijkUtrechtBishops' Conference of the NetherlandsArchbishop Stanisław GądeckiPoznańPolish Episcopal ConferencePatriarch Manuel IIILisbonPortuguese Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Ioan RobuBucharestRomanian Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Paolo Pezzi, FSCBMoscowConference of Catholic Bishops of the Russian FederationArchbishop Philip TartagliaGlasgowBishops' Conference of ScotlandArchbishop Zef Gashi, SDBBarInternational Bishops' Conference of Saints Cyril and MethodiusArchbishop Stanislav ZvolenskýBratislavaConference of Slovak BishopsBishop Andrej GlavanNovo MestoSlovenian Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Ricardo BlázquezValladolidSpanish Episcopal ConferenceBishop Anders Arborelius, OCDStockholmScandinavian Bishops ConferenceBishop Markus BüchelSaint GallenSwiss Bishops ConferenceArchbishop Mieczysław MokrzyckiLvivUkrainian Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Vincent NicholsWestminsterCatholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
Oceania NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop Denis HartMelbourneAustralian Catholic Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop John DewWellingtonNew Zealand Catholic Bishops' ConferenceBishop Arnold OrowaeWabagCatholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon IslandsCardinal Soane Patita Paini MafiTongaEpiscopal Conference of the Pacific
Superiors General Three delegates from the leadership of the Union of Superiors General were added to represent those in religious life. NameOfficeCountryRev. Adolfo Nicolás, SJSuperior General of the Society of JesusRev. Mauro Jöhri, OFMCapMinister General of the Order of Friars Minor CapuchinRev. Mario Aldegani, CSISuperior General of the Congregation of Saint Joseph (Josephites of Murialdo)
Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia The 25 heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia served as delegates as provided for in the Synod statutes.