(Vatican Radio) – Pope Benedict XVI has named the Synod Fathers for the XIII Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which will take place 7 to 28 October 2012 on the theme "The New Evangelization for the Transmission of the Christian Faith". The list of Synod Fathers was published Tuesday and includes: Cardinals: Angelo SODANO, Dean of the College of Cardinals; Joachim MEISNER, Archbishop of Cologne, Germany; Vinko PULJIČ, Archbishop of Vrhbosna (Bosnia ed Erzegovina); Polycarp PENGO, Archbishop of Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Presidente of the Symposium des Conférences Episcopales d’Afrique et de Madagascar (S.C.E.A.M.); Christoph SCHÖNBORN, O.P., Archbishop of Vienna (Austria); George PELL, Archbishop of Sydney (Australia); Josip BOZANIĆ, Archbishop of Zagreb (Croatia); Péter ERDŐ, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest (Hungary), President of the Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (C.C.E.E.); Agostino VALLINI, Vicar General for the diocese of Rome; Lluís MARTÍNEZ SISTACH, Archbishop of Barcelona (Spain); André VINGT-TROIS, Archbishop of Paris (France); Oswald GRACIAS, Archbishop of Mumbai (India), Secretary General of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (F.A.B.C.); Archbishops: Francesco MORAGLIA, Patriarch of Venice; John Olorunfemi ONAIYEKAN, Archbishop of Abuja (Nigeria); Héctor Rubén AGUER, Archbishop of La Plata (Argentina); Antonio ARREGUI YARZA, Archbishop of Guayaquil (Ecuador), President of the Conferencia Episcopal Ecuatoriana ; John Atcherley DEW, Archbishop of Wellington (New Zealand), President of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania (F.C.B.C.O.); José Octavio RUIZ ARENAS, Archbishop emeritus of Villavicencio, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation ; José Horacio GÓMEZ, Archbishop of Los Angeles (USA); Carlos AGUIAR RETES, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Messico), President of the Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.AM.); Bernard LONGLEY, Archbishop of Birmingham (Great Britain); Ricardo Antonio TOBÓN RESTREPO, Archbishop of Medellín (Colombia); Luis Antonio G. TAGLE, Archbishop of Manila (Philippines); Filippo SANTORO, Archbishop of Taranto (Italy). Bishops: Javier ECHEVARRÍA RODRÍGUEZ, titular bishop of Cilibia, Prelate of the personal Prelature of Opus Dei; Dominique REY, bishop of Fréjus-Toulon (France); Menghesteab TESFAMARIAM, M.C.C.J., Eparch of Asmara (Eritrea); Benedito Beni DOS SANTOS, bishop of Lorena (Brazil); Santiago Jaime SILVA RETAMALES, titular bishop of Bela, Auxiliary of Valparaiso (Chile), Secretary General of Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (C.E.L.AM.); Luigi NEGRI, bishop of San Marino-Montefeltro (Italy); Alberto Francisco María SANGUINETTI MONTERO, bishop of Canelones (Uruguay); Enrico DAL COVOLO, S.D.B., titular bishop of Eraclea, Rector of the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. Reverend Fathers: Julián CARRÓN, President of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation; Renato SALVATORE, M.I., Superior General of the Clerks Regular, Ministers to the sick, (Camillians); Heinrich WALTER, Superior General of the Schönstatt Fathers; Jose PANTHAPLAMTHOTTIYIL, C.M.I., Prior General of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate....