Pope appoints new cardinals as members of dicasteries October 7, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis appointed several recently created cardinals to be members of the dicasteries of the Roman Curia, the Vatican announced. Among the new appointments announced by the Vatican Oct. 7 was Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, who will serve as a member of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life as well as the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. Cardinal McElroy was among the 20 prelates welcomed into the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis Aug. 27. English Cardinal Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, was named a member of the dicasteries for Evangelization, for Bishops and for Culture and Education. The pope named Korean Cardinal Lazarus You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for Clergy, as a member of the dicasteries for Evangelization, for Bishops and for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Pope Francis also appointed new members to the following dicasteries: — Dicastery for Evangelization: Cardinals Filipe Neri Ferrão of Goa, India; and Giorgio Marengo, apostolic prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. — Dicastery for Bishops: Cardinals Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France; and Oscar Cantoni of Como, Italy. — Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life: Cardinals Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State; Leonardo Ulrich Steiner of Manaus, Brazil; and Virgílio do Carmo da Silva of Dili, East Timor. — Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life: Cardinals Peter Ebere Okpaleke of Ekwulobia, Nigeria; and William Goh Seng Chye of Singapore. — Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity: Cardinals Paulo Cezar Costa of Brasília, Brazil; and Richard Kuuia Baawobr of Wa, Ghana. — Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development: Cardinal Anthony Poola of Hyderabad, India. — Pontifical Commission for Latin America: Cardinals Paulo Cezar Costa of Brasília, Brazil; and Adalberto Martínez Flores of Asunción, Paraguay. – – – Follow Arocho on Twitter: @arochoju Read More Vatican News SSPX carries out unauthorized consecration of 4 bishops despite pope’s warningagainst it Pope Leo XIV calls for solidarity, prayers after deadly Venezuela quakes Cardinals reflect on Pope Leo XIV’s June consistory: ‘We’re starting to get to know each other’ Who are the 4 US archbishops receiving the pallium from Pope Leo XIV? Pope Leo tells cardinals war is ‘never blessed by God’ Pope Leo hosts Pulitzer Prize-winning authors at Vatican for discussion on power of written word Copyright © 2022 Catholic News Service/U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Print
