Meeting of Latin Bishops Conference

The Bishops Conference of Arab Region (CELRA) had its annual meeting in Amman (Jordan) on 21-23 of October. Fr. Piotr, the Vicar of St. James is a member of the Conference.

Bishops from the various Latin dioceses in the region participated in the meeting, during which they exchanged updates and news related to the life of the Church, and discussed common issues and pastoral challenges facing the Latin Church in the region.

The bishops present at the meeting came from: Israel, Jordan, Cyprus, Westbank, Egypt, Lebanon, Somalia, and the Gulf Area.

Among the topics discussed during the meeting were: Instrumentum Laboris of the Synod, permanent diaconate, vocation of the Latin Church in the Middle East, Year of Jubilee.

The CELRA Bishops include:

President:

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, O.F.M.

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

Vice-President:

Msgr. Cesar Essayan, O.F.M. Conv

Apostolic Vicar of Beirut for the Latins (Lebanon)

Members:

Msgr. Jamal Khader Daibes

Bishop of Djibouti and Apostolic Administrator of Mogadiscio (Somalia)

Msgr. Paolo Martinelli, O.F.M. Cap

Apostolic Vicar of Southern Arabia (United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen)