The Holy Father appoints bishops from around the world to join various dicasteries (offices) of the Holy See as members. This is one way that the Catholic Church strengthens collegiality—a spirit of communion and collaboration—among bishops and thus unites the whole Church throughout the world. Depending on the dicastery, priests, deacons, or laity may also be appointed as members.
PCID currently has about forty bishop members from six continents. Through being members of PCID, bishops can express their ideas, initiatives, and concerns to the Holy Father and those who carry out the mission of interreligious dialogue led by him.
Cardinal Leonardo Sandri | Prefect of Congregation for the Eastern Churches | Vatican City |
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle | Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | Vatican City |
Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ | Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development | Vatican City |
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture | Vatican City |
Cardinal Kurt Koch | President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity | Vatican City |
Cardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero | Archbishop of Rabat | Morocco |
Cardinal Baselios Cleemis Thottunkal | Major Archbishop of Trivandrum for Syro-Malankaras | India |
Cardinal Joseph Coutts | Archbishop Emeritus of Karachi | Pakistan |
Cardinal Philippe Nakellentuba Ouedraogo | Archbishop of Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso |
Cardinal Louis Raphael I Sako | Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans | Iraq |
Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes | Archbishop of Mexico | Mexico |
Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo | Archbishop of Jakarta | Indonesia |
Cardinal Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun, IVD | Vicar Apostolic of Vientiane | Loas |
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, SJ | Archbishop of Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
Cardinal Dieudonné Nzapalainga, CSSp | Archbishop of Bangui | Central African Republic |
Archbishop Hyginus Kim Hee-Joong | Archbishop of Gwangiu | Korea |
Archbishop Jean Benjamin Sleiman, OCD | Archbishop of Baghdad of the Latins | Iraq |
Bishop Joseph Chusak Sirisut | Bishop of Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand |
Bishop Sebastian Francis Shaw | Archbishop of Lahore | Pakistan |
Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria | Archbishop of Khartoum | Sudan |
Archbishop Tomo Vuksic | Archbishop of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
Archbishop Felix Anthony Machado | Archbishop of Vasai | India |
Bishop Denis Isizoh | Auxiliary Bishop of Onitsha | Nigeria |
Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline | Archbishop of Marseille | France |
Bishop Michael Joseph McKenna | Bishop of Bathurst | Australia |
Bishop Joseph Dinh Duc Dao | Bishop Emeritus of Xuan Loc | Vietnam |
Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka | Bishop of Kyoto | Japan |
Archbishop Raphy Manjaly | Archbishop of Agra | India |
Archbishop Thomas Chung An-Zu | Archbishop of Taipei | Taiwan |
Bishop Patrick Joseph McKinney | Bishop of Nottingham | United Kingdom |
Bishop Ambrogio Spreafico | Bishop of Frosinone-Veroli-Ferentino | Italy |
Archbishop Paul Desfarges, SJ | Archbishop Emeritus of Algiers | Algeria |
Archbishop Mark Tin Win | Archbishop of Mandalay | Myanmar |
Archbishop Lawrence Huculak, OSBM | Archbishop of Winnipeg of the Ukrainians | Canada |
Bishop William Hanna Shomali | Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem | Jerusalem |
Archbishop George Frendo, OP | Archbishop Emeritus of Tirane-Durres | Albania |
Bishop James Massa | Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn | United States of America |