Churches and Christian Communions Represented at the Mass Inaugurating the Pontificate of Pope Leo XIV

On the occasion of the Mass inaugurating the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV, numerous Churches, Christian Communions and international ecumenical organisations sent representatives, whose names are listed below. Various messages of congratulations were also received.

ORTHODOX CHURCHES OF BYZANTINE TRADITION

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

• His Holiness BARTHOLOMEW, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch
• His Eminence Polykarpos, Metropolitan of Italy
• His Eminence Job, Metropolitan of Pisidia
• Reverend Deacon Evlogios Tsatsas

PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA AND ALL AFRICA

• His Eminence Serafim, Metropolitan of Zimbabwe and Angola
• His Eminence Gregorios, Metropolitan of Cameroon
• His Eminence Gennadios, Metropolitan of Libya

GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE ORIENT

• His Eminence Basilios, Metropolitan of Akkar and dependencies
• His Eminence Ignatius, Metropolitan of France and Western and Southern Europe

GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM

• His Beatitude THEOPHILOS III, Patriarch
• Dr Nader Elias Moghrabi, Adviser to His Beatitude for External Affairs
• Dr Rami Moghrabi, Adviser to His Beatitude

PATRIARCHATE OF MOSCOW

• His Eminence Metropolitan Nestor, Exarch of Western Europe
• Reverend Father Ambrosij Matzegora, Vicar General of Western Europe

SERBIAN PATRIARCHATE

• His Excellency Ilarion (Lupulović), Auxiliary Bishop
• His Excellency Tihon (Rakićević), Auxiliary Bishop

ROMANIAN PATRIARCHATE

• His Eminence Josif, Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe
• His Excellency Siluan, Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy

PATRIARCHATE OF BULGARIA

• His Eminence Antonii, Metropolitan of Western and Central Europe
• Reverend Ivan Ivanov, Administrator for Italy and Malta, President of the Bulgarian Orthodox Community in Rome

PATRIARCHATE OF GEORGIA

• His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasime Sharashenidze
• Reverend Father Giorgi Zviadadze

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF CYPRUS

• His Eminence Nektarios, Metropolitan of Kition
• His Eminence Vasilios, Metropolitan of Kostantia

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF GREECE

• His Eminence Athenagoras, Metropolitan of Ilion and member of the Synodal Commission for Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Confessional Relations
• Reverend Protopresbyter Emmanouil Papamikroulis, Secretary of the same Synodal Commission

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF ALBANIA

• His Eminence Nikolla, Metropolitan of Apollonia and Fier
  
• Reverend Father Ignat

ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE CZECH LANDS AND SLOVAKIA

• His Eminence Juraj, Archbishop of Michalovce and Košice

ARCHDIOCESE OF OHRID

• His Eminence Metropolitan Pimen
• Reverend Protopresbyter Mihajlo Matevski

ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES

COPTE ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA

• His Excellency Barnaba El Soryani, Bishop of Turin and Rome
• His Excellency Demian, Bishop of Germany
• His Excellency Kyrillos, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles, Co-chair of the International Joint Theological Dialogue Commission between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches
• His Excellency Marc, Bishop of Northern France

SYRO-ORTHODOX PATRIARCHATE OF ANTIOCH AND ALL THE ORIENT

• His Eminence Archbishop Mor Dioscoros Benjamin Atas, Patriarchal Vicar in Sweden
• His Eminence Archbishop Dionysius Issa Gurbuz, Patriarchal Vicar in Switzerland and Austria

ARMENIAN APOSTOLIC CHURCH

Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin

• His Beatitude Sahak II Mashalian, Patriarch of Istanbul and Turkey
• His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian, Representative of the Armenian Apostolic Church to the Holy See – Catholicosate of Etchmiadzin
• Father Drtad Uzunyan

Catholicosate of Cilicia

• His Grace Archbishop Kegham Khajerian, Western Prelature of the Armenian Church in the United States of America
• His Grace Archbishop Anoushavan Tanielian, Eastern Prelature of the Armenian Church in the United States of America

Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem

• His Excellency Goryun (Hovnan) Baghdasaryan, Director of the Real Estate Department of the Patriarchate
• Reverend Archimandrite Aghan (Tatul) Gogchyan

ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH OF ETHIOPIA

• Father Tegestu, Debre Kenean Selasea Church, Rome

ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH OF ERITREA

• His Grace Abune Pawlos, Bishop of the Diocese of Europe
• Reverend Father Zeresenay Solomon, General Administrator of the Diocese of Europe
• Mr Solomon, Assistant to the Bishop of the Diocese of Europe

MALANKARA SYRIAC ORTHODOX CHURCH

• His Eminence Abraham Mar Stephanos, Metropolitan for the United Kingdom and Europe
• His Eminence Zachariah Mar Nicholovos, Metropolitan of the North-East American Diocese
• Reverend Father Aswin Fernandez, Secretary of the Department for Ecumenical Relations

ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST

• His Holiness MAR AWA III, Catholicos Patriarch
• His Grace Archbishop Afram Athneil

CHRISTIAN COMMUNIONS

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF OLD CATHOLIC BISHOPS (IBC)

• Very Reverend Archbishop Bernd Wallet, President of the IBC
• Very Reverend Bishop Frank Peter Bangerter

ANGLICAN COMMUNION

• His Grace Leonard Dawea, Primate of Melanesia
• His Grace Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York and Primate of England
• His Grace John McDowell, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland
• Very Reverend Sean Rowe, Bishop (Presiding Bishop) and Primate of the Episcopal Church

LUTHERAN WORLD FEDERATION (LWF)

• Reverend Anne Burghardt, General Secretary
• Reverend Dirk Lange, Deputy General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations
• Very Reverend Martin Modéus, Archbishop of Uppsala

WORLD COMMUNION OF REFORMED CHURCHES (WCRC)

• Reverend Setri Nyomi, General Secretary
• Reverend Tara Curlewis, Ecumenical Liaison Officer of the WCRC, Rome

WORLD METHODIST COUNCIL (WMC)

• Very Reverend Debra Wallace-Padgett, President
• Reverend Reynaldo Ferreira Leão Neto, General Secretary
• Joshua Rathnam Chinthala, Vice-President

BAPTIST WORLD ALLIANCE (BWA)

• Elijah Brown, General Secretary and CEO
• Orel Rhodes, Executive Assistant to the General Secretary and CEO

DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

• Reverend Paul S. Tche, General Secretary

WORLD PENTECOSTAL FELLOWSHIP

• Reverend David Wells, Chair of the Commission on Christian Unity
• Reverend Opoku Onyinah, Church of Pentecost

WORLD EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE

• Dr Van Der Maas, Head of Inter-Confessional Relations

MENNONITE WORLD CONFERENCE

• Anne-Cathy Graber, Secretary for Ecumenical Relations
• Jürg Bräker, General Secretary of the Swiss Mennonite Conference

FRIENDS COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATION (Quakers)

• Timothy Gee, General Secretary

WORLDWIDE MORAVIAN UNITY

• Reverend Jørgen Bøytler

WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES (WCC)

• Reverend Jerry Pillay, General Secretary
• Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Moderator of the Central Committee

SALVATION ARMY

• Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Morgan, Territorial Leader for Italy and Greece
• Lieutenant Colonel Darlene Morgan, Territorial Leader for Italy and Greece

WORLD CHRISTIAN FORUM (WCF)

• Reverend Casely Essamuah, Secretary

TAIZÉ COMMUNITY

• Brother Matthew (Prior)
• Brother John-Noel
• Brother Claudio

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