Crescenzio Sepe is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Naples from 2006 to 2020. He served in the Roman Curia as Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from 2001 to 2006. He was made a cardinal in 2001. Before that he spent 25 years in increasingly important positions in the Roman Curia.
Joseph Nathaniel Perry is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1998 to 2023.
In the Catholic Church, a bishop is an ordained minister who holds the fullness of the sacrament of holy orders and is responsible for teaching doctrine, governing Catholics in his jurisdiction, sanctifying the world and representing the Church. Catholics trace the origins of the office of bishop to the apostles, who it is believed were endowed with a special charism and office by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Catholics believe this special charism and office has been transmitted through an unbroken succession of bishops by the laying on of hands in the sacrament of holy orders.
Antonieto Dumagan Cabajog, often known as Bishop Yiet or Monsignor Yiet, is a Filipino Roman Catholic bishop from Bohol, Philippines, as of 2012 bishop of the Diocese of Surigao.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santiago de Veraguas is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Panamá. Appointed in April 2013, the current bishop is Audilio Aguilar Aguilar.
Patabendige Albert Malcolm Ranjith, known as Malcolm Ranjith, is a Sri Lankan prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Colombo, Sri Lanka, since 2009. He was made a cardinal in 2010.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ribeirão Preto is an archdiocese located in the city of Ribeirão Preto in Brazil.
The canonical situation of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX), a group founded in 1970 by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, is unresolved.
The Pontifical Mission Societies (TPMS), known in some countries as Missio, is the name of a group of Catholic missionary societies that are under the jurisdiction of the Pope. These organizations include the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, the Society of St. Peter the Apostle, the Holy Childhood Association and the Missionary Union of Priests and Religious.
Barthélemy Adoukonou is a Beninese Catholic bishop. He is the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture since his appointment by Pope Benedict XVI on 3 December 2009. He was previously Secretary-General both of the Conférence Épiscopale Régionale de l'Afrique de l'Ouest Francophone and of the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Anglophone West Africa, and a consultor of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. As well as the languages of the two West African international conferences, he speaks Italian and German.
Protase Rugambwa is a Tanzanian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been metropolitan archbishop of the Archdiocese of Tabora since November 2023, after serving as coadjutor there for seven months. He was a secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples from November 2017 to April 2023. He previously served as that congregation's adjunct secretary and president of the Pontifical Mission Societies from 2012 to 2017. Pope Francis made him a cardinal on 30 September 2023.
James Francis Checchio is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic church. Checchio served as rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 2005 until 2016. On March 8, 2016, Pope Francis named Checchio as bishop of the Diocese of Metuchen in New Jersey to succeed Bishop Paul Bootkoski. Checchio was consecrated as bishop of Metuchen on May 3, 2016.
Robert Charles Evans is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Providence in Rhode Island from 2009 to 2022.
Ilson de Jesus Montanari is a Brazilian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been secretary of the Congregation for Bishops since 12 October 2013 and Vice Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church since 1 May 2020.
John Fleming is an Irish Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Killala since 2002.
Soane Patita Paini Mafi is the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Tonga. At the age of 53, on 14 February 2015, he was appointed by Pope Francis as the first ever cardinal from Tonga and he became on that date the youngest member of the College of Cardinals with the title of cardinal priest assigned to the titular church of Santa Paola Romana.
Bishop James Romen Boiragi is a Bangladeshi Roman Catholic bishop serving as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Khulna, Bangladesh.
Egidio Miragoli is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been bishop of Mondovì since September 2017.
Francesco Alfano is an Italian Catholic archbishop. He is currently the Archbishop of Sorrento-Castellammare di Stabia and previously served as Archbishop of Sant'Angelo dei Lombari-Conza-Nusco-Bisaccia.
Enrico Feroci is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church, currently serving as the parish priest of Shrine of Our Lady of Divine Love in Rome, Italy. He has spent his career in the Diocese of Rome, fulfilling pastoral assignments and contributing to the administration of the diocese. From 2009 to 2017 he led the diocesan arm of Caritas, which oversees social service and relief programs.
