Pope Francis appoints Cardinal Okpaleke member of Discastery for Laity, Family and Life

Pope Francis has appointed some recently created Cardinals to be members of dicasteries of the Roman Curia, the Vatican announced.

Among the new appointments announced by the Vatican on Wednesday, October 7, was His Eminence, Peter Ebere Cardinal Okpaleke, the Bishop, Catholic Bishop of Ekwulobia; who will serve as a member for the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life.

Recall that Cardinal Okpaleke was among the 20 prelates welcomed into the College of Cardinals by Pope Francis on Aug. 27, 2022.

Other Cardinals appointed into new Dicasteries were Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego who will equally serve as a member of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life as well as the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.

Cardinal Arthur Roche of Britain, the 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 Supreme Pontiff 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.

The Pope 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 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.