Vatican II, continued

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The 8 speakers at Vatican II who spoke in support of a more positive place for women
in the Church and who submitted written remarks:

1.         Archbishop Paul Hallinan of Atlanta, Georgia, USA (his speech is one you can
download and read in plain English.)
2.         Cardinal Leo Suenens of Malines-Brussels, Belgium
3.         Cardinal Michael Browne OP of the Roman curia
4.         Bishop Michel Vial of Nevers, France
5.         Archbishop Claude Dupuy of Albi, France
6.         Bishop Luigi Civardi of the Roman curia
7.         Archbishop Elie Zoghbi of Egypt
8.         Coadjutor Bishop Herbert Bednorz of Katowice, Poland

(An additional 8 council fathers also made oral speeches demanding a greater role for
women in the Church.)

The number of actual times the council met in session over its four years:

168

The number of public meetings the council held:

10

The number of reports which were read to the council (in Latin):

147

The number of speeches that were made during the course of the four years:

2,212

The number of written comments which the council fathers submitted for amendment:

4,361

The average daily attendance at council meetings:

2,200

The highest attendance at any single meeting:

2,392

The estimated number of ballots cast by the council fathers throughout all the voting in
all the meetings over the four years of the council:

1.5 million

The outcome of the voting on the final versions of the various 16 council documents:

On December 4, 1963
Liturgy: 2,147 yes—4 no
Communications: 1960 yes—164 no

On November 21, 1964
The Church: 2,151 yes—5 no
Ecumenism: 2,137 yes—11 no
Eastern Churches: 2,110 yes—39 no

On October 28, 1965
Non-Christian Religions: 2,221 yes—88 no
Pastoral Duties of Bishops: 2,319 yes—2 no
Renewal of the Life of Religious: 2,321 yes—4 no
Priestly Formation: 2.318 yes—3 no
Christian Education: 2,290 yes—35 no

On November 18, 1965
Divine Revelation: 2,344 yes—6 no
Lay Apostolate: 2,305 yes—2 no

On December 7, 1965
Religious Liberty: 2,308 yes— 70 no
Missions: 2,394 yes—5 no
The Church in the Modern World: 2,309 yes—75 no
Priestly Life and Ministry: 2,390 yes—4 no

The number of council fathers who died during the course of Vatican II:

242

The number of cardinals who died during the council:

12

The number of officially designated experts in theology, canon law, or other fields who
were present during the council:

460

The number of these experts who were diocesan priests:

235

The number of experts who were Jesuits:

45

The number of experts who were Dominicans:

42

The 21 Eastern Catholic Church Rites
and their estimated number of members in the world:

Alexandrian:
1.         Coptic                            170,000
2.         Ethiopian                       130,000

Antiochene:
3.         Syrian                            185,000
4.         Maronite                     2,175,000
5.         Syro-Malankara             300,000

Armenian:
6.         Armenian                       140,000

Chaldean:
7.         Chaldean                       630,000
8.         Malabar                      3,000,000

Byzantine (Constantinopolitan):
9.         Belorussian                     30,000
10.         Bulgarian                       15,000
11.         Greek                              2,300
12.         Hungarian                   250,000
13.         Italo-Albanian               62,000
14.         Melkite                     1,150,000
15.         Romanian                 1,560,000
16.         Ruthenian                   460,000
17.         Slovak                         400,000
18.         Ukrainian                 4,200,000
19.         Krizevci                         49,000
20.         Albanian                   (unknown)
21.         Russian                    (unknown)

The various liturgies of these rites were celebrated during Vatican II on an alternating
basis. Most Catholics in the world observe the Western Rite as Roman Catholics.

The 2 rites of the Eastern Orthodox Church:

Greek Patriarchates
1.         Constantinople
2.         Alexandria
3.         Antioch
4.         Jerusalem

Russian Patriarchates
1.         Moscow

The Eastern Orthodox Church is not in union with Rome and Rome is not in union with
the Eastern Orthodox Church. It was the patriarch of this Church—Athenagoras I—and
the bishop of Rome—Pope Paul VI—who met during the council in Palestine and who
later mutually lifted the excommunication from one another which had been in place
since 1054.

Vatican II!
Tidbits from the Council
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Vatican II!
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