Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Mario Grech as a member of the Dicastery for Bishops. The announcement was made by the Holy See Office on Wednesday lunchtime.

He is one of fourteen members. Three women were also appointed by the Pope today – two nuns and a laywoman.

The Dicastery oversees the work of most of the church’s Bishops and the selection of new Bishops.

Cardinal Grech is Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops. He was also recently appointed as a member of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

The other members of the Dicastery for Bishops appointed by Pope Francis are:

Their Eminences Cardinals Anders Arborelius, O.C.D., bishop of Stockholm, Sweden; Jose F. Advincula, archbishop of Manila, Philippines; José Tolentino de Mendonça, archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church; Their Excellencies, whose appointment as cardinal was recently announced: Archbishop Arthur Roche, prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments; Archbishop Lazzaro You Heung-sik, prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy; Archbishop Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseille, France; and Bishop Oscar Cantoni of Como, Italy; Archbishop Dražen Kutleša of Split-Makarska, Croatia, and Bishop Paul Desmond Tighe, secretary of the former Pontifical Council for Culture; the Reverend Fr. Dom Donato Ogliari, O.S.B., abbot of the Abbey of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls and apostolic administrator of the Territorial Abbey of Montecassino, Italy; the Reverend Srs. Raffaella Petrini, F.S.E., secretary general of the Governorate of Vatican City State, and Yvonne Reungoat, F.M.A., former superior general of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians; and the distinguished Dr. Maria Lia Zervino, president of the World Union of Catholic Women’s Organisations.

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