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Cardinal-designate and Kalookan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David will be a member of the council that would be implementing the "synodality process and preparing for the next synod," according to a post on the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines website.The CBCP president and leader of the Philippine delegation to the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops was elected by delegates during the 15th General Congregation on Wednesday afternoon.
"Members of the Ordinary Council begin their terms at the conclusion of the Ordinary General Assembly during which they were elected. They become members of the next Ordinary General Assembly, at the end of which their mandates will cease," the CBCP report stated.Under the new synod instruction, the composition of the elected council members is as follows: one from the Eastern Catholic Churches, one from Oceania, and two each from North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
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