List of dignitaries at the funeral of Pope Francis

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The funeral of Pope Francis on 26 April 2025 was attended by representatives from 142 out of 193 UN member states, along with the Republic of China,[1] Kosovo,[2] Palestine and the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, including 63 heads of state and 26 heads of government. Following Francis's death five days prior, many foreign leaders confirmed their forthcoming attendance at his Requiem Mass, some as early as on the day of his death.[3] Several cardinal electors in the 2025 papal conclave, which elected Francis's successor Leo XIV, also attended the mass, as did representatives of Catholic dioceses, representatives of other Christian denominations, and leaders from other religions.

National representatives

Heads of state

Delegation statePerson (accompanied by)Head of state positionRef.
AlbaniaBajram Begaj (with Armanda Begaj)President of Albania[4][5]
AndorraJoan Enric Vives i SicíliaCo-Princes of Andorra[6]
Emmanuel Macron (with Brigitte Macron)[7]
AngolaJoão Lourenço (with Ana Dias Lourenço)President of Angola[8][4]
ArgentinaJavier MileiPresident of Argentina[9]
ArmeniaVahagn KhachaturyanPresident of Armenia[10][11]
AustriaAlexander Van der Bellen (with Doris Schmidauer)President of Austria[12]
BelgiumPhilippe (with Queen Mathilde)King of the Belgians[13]
Bosnia and HerzegovinaŽeljka CvijanovićChairwoman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina[14][15]
Denis BećirovićMember of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
BrazilLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva (with Rosângela Lula da Silva)President of Brazil[16]
Cape VerdeJosé Maria Neves (with Débora Katisa Carvalho)President of Cape Verde[4][17]
Central African RepublicFaustin-Archange TouadéraPresident of the Central African Republic[18]
CroatiaZoran Milanović (with Sanja Musić Milanović)President of Croatia[19]
CyprusNikos ChristodoulidesPresident of Cyprus[20]
Dominican RepublicLuis Abinader (with Raquel Arbaje)President of the Dominican Republic[21]
DR CongoFélix Tshisekedi (with Denise Nyakéru Tshisekedi)President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo[22]
EcuadorDaniel NoboaPresident of Ecuador[23]
EstoniaAlar KarisPresident of Estonia[4][18]
FinlandAlexander StubbPresident of Finland[7]
FranceEmmanuel Macron (with Brigitte Macron)President of France[7]
GabonBrice Oligui Nguema (with Zita Nyangue Oligui)President of Gabon[4][24]
GeorgiaMikheil KavelashviliPresident of Georgia (disputed)[25]
GermanyFrank-Walter Steinmeier (with Elke Büdenbender)President of Germany[26][27]
HondurasXiomara CastroPresident of Honduras[28]
HungaryTamás Sulyok (with Zsuzsanna Nagy)President of Hungary[4][29][30]
IcelandHalla TómasdóttirPresident of Iceland[31]
IndiaDroupadi MurmuPresident of India[7]
IrelandMichael D. Higgins (with Sabina Higgins)President of Ireland[32]
ItalySergio Mattarella (with Laura Mattarella)President of Italy[13]
JordanAbdullah II (with Rania)King of Jordan[33]
KenyaWilliam RutoPresident of Kenya[4]
KosovoVjosa Osmani (with Prindon Sadriu)President of Kosovo[34]
LatviaEdgars RinkēvičsPresident of Latvia[35]
LebanonJoseph Aoun (with Nehmat Aoun)President of Lebanon[36]
LesothoLetsie IIIKing of Lesotho[4]
LithuaniaGitanas Nausėda (with Diana Nausėdienė)President of Lithuania[4][37]
LuxembourgHenri (with Maria Teresa)Grand Duke of Luxembourg[38][39]
MadagascarAndry Rajoelina (with Mialy Rajoelina)President of Madagascar[4][40]
MaltaMiriam Spiteri Debono (with Anthony Spiteri Debono)President of Malta[41][42]
MoldovaMaia SanduPresident of Moldova[18][42]
MonacoAlbert II (with Charlene)Prince of Monaco[7]
MontenegroJakov Milatović (with Milena Milatović)President of Montenegro[4][43]
MozambiqueDaniel Chapo (with Gueta Chapo)President of Mozambique[4]
North MacedoniaGordana Siljanovska-DavkovaPresident of North Macedonia[44][42]
PhilippinesBongbong Marcos (with Liza Araneta Marcos)President of the Philippines[45]
PolandAndrzej Duda (with Agata Kornhauser-Duda)President of Poland[46][47]
PortugalMarcelo Rebelo de SousaPresident of Portugal[48]
RomaniaIlie BolojanActing President of Romania[13]
San MarinoDenise BronzettiCaptains Regent of San Marino[49]
Italo Righi
SeychellesWavel Ramkalawan (with Linda Ramkalawan)President of the Seychelles[50]
Sierra LeoneJulius Maada BioPresident of Sierra Leone[4]
SlovakiaPeter PellegriniPresident of Slovakia[18][42]
SloveniaNataša Pirc Musar (with Aleš Musar)President of Slovenia[18][42]
Sovereign Military Order of MaltaJohn T. DunlapPrince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta[51]
SpainFelipe VI (with Letizia)King of Spain[52]
SwedenCarl XVI Gustaf (with Silvia)King of Sweden[53]
SwitzerlandKarin Keller-Sutter (with Morton Keller)President of Switzerland[13][4]
Timor-LesteJosé Ramos-HortaPresident of Timor-Leste[13]
TogoFaure GnassingbéPresident of Togo[4]
UkraineVolodymyr Zelenskyy (with Olena Zelenska)President of Ukraine[7][54]
United StatesDonald Trump (with Melania Trump)President of the United States[7][55]

Representatives of heads of state

Delegation statePerson (accompanied by)PositionRepresentative ofRef.
AlgeriaAhmed AttafMinister of Foreign Affairs of AlgeriaAbdelmadjid Tebboune (President of Algeria)[56]
AustraliaSam Mostyn (with Simeon Beckett)Governor-General of AustraliaCharles III (King of Australia)[57]
BahrainAbdulla bin Ahmed Al KhalifaMinister of Transportation and Telecommunications of BahrainHamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (King of Bahrain)[58]
Nawaf bin Mohammed Al MaawdaMinister of Justice, Islamic Affairs and Endowments of Bahrain
BelarusIgor SergeenkoSpeaker of the House of Representatives of BelarusAlexander Lukashenko (President of Belarus)[59][60]
BurundiProsper Bazombanza (with Marie Ndenganyo)Vice-President of BurundiÉvariste Ndayishimiye (President of Burundi)[4]
BelizeFroyla Tzalam (with Daniel Mendez)Governor-General of BelizeCharles III (King of Belize)[4]
CameroonPaul Atanga NjiMinister of Territorial Administration of CameroonPaul Biya (President of Cameroon)[61]
CanadaMary Simon (with Whit Fraser)Governor General of CanadaCharles III (King of Canada)[62][63]
ChadMathieu Guibolo FangaMinister of Commerce and Industry of ChadMahamat Déby (President of Chad)[64]
China, Republic of[1]Chen Chien-jen (with Lo Feng-ping)Former Vice President of the Republic of China (2016–2020)Lai Ching-te (President of the Republic of China)[65][42]
ColombiaVerónica AlcocerFirst Lady of ColombiaGustavo Petro (President of Colombia)[66][67]
CubaSalvador Valdés MesaVice President of CubaMiguel Díaz-Canel (First Secretary and President of Cuba)[4]
DenmarkMaryQueen consort of DenmarkFrederik X (King of Denmark)[68]
EgyptOsama al-AzhariMinister of Religious Endowment of EgyptAbdel Fattah el-Sisi (President of Egypt)[69]
El SalvadorFélix Ulloa (with Lilian Alvarengo de Ulloa)Vice President of El SalvadorNayib Bukele (President of El Salvador)[70][71]
Equatorial GuineaConstancia MangueFirst Lady of Equatorial GuineaTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (President of Equatorial Guinea)[72]
EswatiniThuli DladlaDeputy Prime Minister of EswatiniMswati III (King of Eswatini)[73]
The GambiaHenry GomezSpecial Adviser to the President of the GambiaAdama Barrow (President of the Gambia)[42]
GuatemalaLiwy GraziosoMinister of Culture and Sports of GuatemalaBernardo Arévalo (President of Guatemala)[74]
IndonesiaJoko WidodoFormer President of Indonesia (2014–2024)Prabowo Subianto (President of Indonesia)[75]
IraqNechirvan BarzaniPresident of Kurdistan RegionAbdul Latif Rashid (President of Iraq)[76][77]
Ivory CoastGilbert Koné KafanaHigh Representative of the Head of State of Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara (President of Ivory Coast)[78]
LiechtensteinAlois (with Sophie)Hereditary Prince and Regent of LiechtensteinHans-Adam II (Prince of Liechtenstein)[79]
MexicoRosa Icela RodríguezSecretary of the Interior of MexicoClaudia Sheinbaum (President of Mexico)[80]
MoroccoAziz AkhannouchPrime Minister of MoroccoMohammed VI (King of Morocco)[81]
NamibiaSelma Ashipala-MusavyiMinister of International Relations and Trade of NamibiaNetumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (President of Namibia)[82]
NigeriaGodswill AkpabioPresident of the Senate of NigeriaBola Tinubu (President of Nigeria)[83]
NorwayHaakon (with Mette-Marit)Crown Prince of NorwayHarald V (King of Norway)[84]
PanamaJavier Martínez-AchaMinister of Foreign Affairs of PanamaJosé Raúl Mulino (President of Panama)[85]
ParaguayRaúl LatorrePresident of the Chamber of Deputies of ParaguaySantiago Peña (President of Paraguay)[86]
PeruElmer SchialerMinister of Foreign Affairs of PeruDina Boluarte (President of Peru)[87]
RussiaOlga LyubimovaMinister of Culture of RussiaVladimir Putin (President of Russia)[88]
Saudi ArabiaAdel Al-JubeirMinister of State for Foreign Affairs, Cabinet Member, and Climate Envoy of Saudi ArabiaSalman (King of Saudi Arabia)[89][90]
SenegalJean Baptiste TineMinister of Interior and Public Security of SenegalBassirou Diomaye Faye (President of Senegal)[91][92]
South KoreaYu In-chonMinister of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South KoreaHan Duck-soo (Acting President of South Korea)[93]
South SudanMonday Semaya KumbaMinister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of South SudanSalva Kiir Mayardit (President of South Sudan)[94]
SyriaHind KabawatMinister of Social and Labour Affairs of SyriaAhmed al-Sharaa (President of Syria)[95][96]
TanzaniaPhilip MpangoVice-President of TanzaniaSamia Suluhu Hassan (President of Tanzania)[97]
TunisiaMohamed Ali NaftiMinister of Foreign Affairs of TunisiaKais Saied (President of Tunisia)[98]
UgandaAnita AmongSpeaker of the Parliament of UgandaYoweri Museveni (President of Uganda)[99]
United Arab EmiratesKhaled bin Mohamed Al NahyanCrown Prince of Abu DhabiMohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (President of the United Arab Emirates)[4]
United KingdomWilliamPrince of WalesCharles III (King of the United Kingdom)[100]
UruguayMario LubetkinMinister of Foreign Affairs of UruguayYamandú Orsi (President of Uruguay)[101]
VenezuelaYván GilMinister of Foreign Affairs of VenezuelaNicolás Maduro (President of Venezuela)[102]
ZambiaMulambo HaimbeMinister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of ZambiaHakainde Hichilema (President of Zambia)[103][104]
ZimbabweConstantino ChiwengaFirst Vice-President of ZimbabweEmmerson Mnangagwa (President of Zimbabwe)[105]

Heads of government

Delegation statePerson (accompanied by)Head of government positionRef.
AndorraXavier Espot ZamoraPrime Minister of Andorra[6]
AustriaChristian StockerChancellor of Austria[12]
BangladeshMuhammad YunusChief Adviser of Bangladesh[106]
BelgiumBart De WeverPrime Minister of Belgium[13]
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBorjana KrištoChair of Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina[107]
BulgariaRosen ZhelyazkovPrime Minister of Bulgaria[108]
CroatiaAndrej Plenković (with Ana Maslać Plenković)Prime Minister of Croatia[19]
Czech RepublicPetr Fiala (with Jana Fialová)Prime Minister of the Czech Republic[109]
GermanyOlaf ScholzChancellor of Germany[46]
GreeceKyriakos Mitsotakis (with Mareva Grabowski-Mitsotakis)Prime Minister of Greece[110]
HungaryViktor Orbán (with Anikó Lévai)Prime Minister of Hungary[111][112]
IrelandMicheál MartinTaoiseach of Ireland[32]
ItalyGiorgia MeloniPrime Minister of Italy[7]
KosovoAlbin Kurti (with Rita Augestad Knudsen)Prime Minister of Kosovo[113]
LuxembourgLuc Frieden (with Marjolijne Droogleever Fortuyn)Prime Minister of Luxembourg[38][42]
MaltaRobert Abela (with Lydia Abela)Prime Minister of Malta[41]
NetherlandsDick SchoofPrime Minister of the Netherlands[114]
New ZealandChristopher LuxonPrime Minister of New Zealand[115]
PalestineMohammad MustafaPrime Minister of Palestine[116]
PortugalLuís MontenegroPrime Minister of Portugal[48]
QatarMohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al ThaniPrime Minister of Qatar[4]
RomaniaMarcel CiolacuPrime Minister of Romania[4]
SerbiaĐuro MacutPrime Minister of Serbia[117]
SloveniaRobert Golob (with Tina Gaber)Prime Minister of Slovenia[42]
SwedenUlf KristerssonPrime Minister of Sweden[53]
United KingdomKeir Starmer (with Victoria Starmer)Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[7]

Ambassadors

Unless otherwise stated, all listed ambassadors are accredited to the Holy See.

Delegation statePerson (accompanied by)StatusRef.
AndorraCarles Álvarez MarfanyAmbassador[6]
ArmeniaBoris SahakyanAmbassador[4]
AustraliaKeith PittAmbassador-designate[118]
Azerbaijanİlqar MuxtarovAmbassador[4]
BahamasJoseph Curry (with Terez Curry)Ambassador[42]
BahrainEssam bin Abdulaziz Al JassimAmbassador to France and non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See[58]
BelarusYury AmbrazevichAmbassador[59]
Kirill PetrovskyChargé d'affaires to Italy[59]
BelgiumBruno van der PluijmAmbassador[4]
BelizeJaime BriceñoAmbassador[42]
BoliviaTeresa Susana SubietaAmbassador[42]
BulgariaKostadin KodzhabashevAmbassador[108]
ColombiaAlberto Ospina CarreñoAmbassador[66]
Costa RicaFederico ZamoraAmbassador[119]
Czech RepublicPavel SvobodaAmbassador[42]
DenmarkSusanne ShineAmbassador[4]
EcuadorJorge Edmundo Uribe PérezAmbassador[4]
EgyptOmar GhobashAmbassador[42]
El SalvadorJulieta Anabella MachucaAmbassador[71]
FranceFlorence ManginAmbassador[42]
HaitiLilas DesquironAmbassador to UNESCO[42]
Gandy ThomasAmbassador-designate to Italy[42]
HungaryEduard Habsburg-LothringenAmbassador[120]
IranMohammad Hossein MokhtariAmbassador[42]
IraqRahman Farhan Abdullah AlaameriAmbassador[42]
IrelandFrances CollinsAmbassador[42]
IsraelYaron SidemanAmbassador[121][122]
Ivory CoastVhangha Patrice KoffiAmbassador[78]
JamaicaRichard BrownAmbassador[42]
KuwaitNasser AlqahtaniAmbassador[42]
KyrgyzstanTaalai BazarbaevAmbassador to Italy and non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See[42]
MalawiJoseph MpinganjiraAmbassador[123]
MaltaFrank ZammitAmbassador[42]
MexicoAlberto Barranco ChavarríaAmbassador[4]
MongoliaDavaasuren GerelmaaAmbassador[42]
MoroccoRajae Naji MekkaouiAmbassador[4]
MyanmarHmway Hmway Khyne (with Hla Moe)Ambassador[42]
NamibiaMartin AndjabaAmbassador to Germany and non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See[82]
NetherlandsAnnemieke RuigrokAmbassador[4]
NicaraguaMaurizio Gelli (with Farah Gutiérrez)Ambassador to Spain[124][125]
Mónica RobeloAmbassador to Italy[124][125]
OmanNazar bin Al Julanda bin Majid Al SaidAmbassador[42]
Papua New GuineaJoseph VaroAmbassador to Belgium[126][42]
ParaguayRomina Taboada ToninaAmbassador[4]
María José Argaña MateuAmbassador to Italy[4]
RwandaIgor CésarAmbassador to Germany and non-resident Ambassador to the Holy See[42]
QatarAsma Naji Al-AmriAmbassador[4]
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesWafic SaïdAmbassador[42]
San MarinoMaria Alessandra AlbertiniAmbassador[49]
Saudi ArabiaPrince Faisal bin Sattam Al SaudAmbassador to Italy[89][90]
SlovakiaJuraj PriputenAmbassador[42]
SloveniaFranc ButAmbassador[42]
SudanSalah Mohamed Ishag RahamaChargé d'affaires[42]
Mohamed Elmouataz Jafar Eltayeb OsmanChargé d'affaires to Italy[42]
SwedenPer HolmströmAmbassador[4]
SwitzerlandManuela LeimgruberAmbassador[42]
United Arab EmiratesOmar GhobashAmbassador[42]
United KingdomChristopher J. TrottAmbassador[42]
UzbekistanFarrouk TursunovAmbassador[42]
VanuatuBernard LeclercAmbassador[42]
VietnamDương Hải HưngAmbassador[42]

Other officials

Argentina

  • Karina Milei, General Secretary of the Presidency of the Argentine Nation[127]
  • Guillermo Francos, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina[127]
  • Gerardo Werthein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentina[127]
  • Patricia Bullrich, Minister of Security of Argentina[127]
  • Sandra Pettovello, Minister of Human Capital of Argentina[127]
  • Manuel Adorni, Spokesperson and Communications Officer of the Government of Argentina[127]

Australia

  • Don Farrell, Special Minister of State and Minister for Trade and Tourism of Australia[57]
  • Michael McCormack, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia[57]

Brazil

  • Dilma Rousseff, former President of Brazil (2011–2016)[16]
  • Davi Alcolumbre, President of the Federal Senate of Brazil[128]
  • Hugo Motta, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil[128]
  • Luís Roberto Barroso, President of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil[128]
  • Mauro Vieira, Minister of Foreign Relations of Brazil[16]
  • Ricardo Lewandowski, Minister of Justice and Public Safety of Brazil[16]

Bulgaria

  • Atanas Zafirov, Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria[108]
  • Grozdan Karadzhov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Communications of Bulgaria[108]
  • Georg Georgiev, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria[108]

Canada

  • Richard Wagner, Chief Justice of Canada[4]
  • Raymonde Gagné, Speaker of the Senate of Canada[63]
  • Martine Biron, Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie of Quebec (Canada)[62]
  • David Chartrand, President of the Manitoba Métis Federation (Canada)[62]

Chile

  • Manuel José Ossandón, President of the Senate of Chile[129]
  • José Miguel Castro, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile[129]
  • Alberto van Klaveren, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile[129]

Czech Republic

  • Marian Jurečka, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of the Czech Republic
  • Petr Hladík, Minister of Environment of the Czech Republic

France

Georgia

  • Maka Bochorishvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia[131]
  • Ketevan Kvinikadze, Chief of Staff of the President of Georgia[131]

Germany

Honduras

  • Héctor Zelaya Castro, Private Secretary of the Presidency of Honduras[28]
  • Eduardo Enrique Reina, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras[28]

Hungary

  • Zsolt Semjén, Deputy Prime Minister of Hungary[111][30]
  • Miklós Soltész, Secretary of State for Churches, Minorities and Civil Affairs of Hungary
  • László György Lukács, Member of the National Assembly of Hungary[133]
  • Péter Magyar, Member of the European Parliament for Hungary[134]

India

  • Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs of India[135]
  • George Kurian, Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of India[136]
  • Joshua De Souza, Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly[135]
  • Roshy Augustine, Minister of Water Resources representing Government of Kerala[137]
  • S. M. Nasar, Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare of Tamil Nadu[138]
  • Inigo S. Irudayaraj, Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly[138]

Indonesia

  • Natalius Pigai, Minister of Human Rights of Indonesia[75]
  • Thomas Djiwandono, Deputy Minister of Finance of Indonesia[75]
  • Ignasius Jonan, former Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (2016–2019), former Minister of Transportation of Indonesia (2014–2016), and Chairman of the Committee of the Apostolic Visit in Indonesia (September 2024), appointed by the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia (KWI).[75][139]

Italy

  • Matteo Renzi, former Prime Minister of Italy (2014–2016)[140]
  • Paolo Gentiloni, former Prime Minister of Italy (2016–2018)[140]
  • Giuseppe Conte, former Prime Minister of Italy (2018–2021)[140]
  • Mario Draghi, former Prime Minister of Italy (2021–2022)[140]
  • Ignazio La Russa, President of the Senate of Italy[140]
  • Lorenzo Fontana, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy[140]
  • Luciano Violante, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy (1996–2001)[140]
  • Pier Ferdinando Casini, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy (2001–2006)[140]
  • Fausto Bertinotti, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy (2006–2008)[140]
  • Laura Boldrini, former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy (2013–2018)[140]
  • Giovanni Amoroso, President of the Constitutional Court of Italy[140]
  • Antonio Tajani, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy[140]
  • Matteo Salvini, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport of Italy[140]
  • Giancarlo Giorgetti, Minister of Economy and Finance of Italy[140]
  • Adolfo Urso, Minister of Business and Made in Italy[141]
  • Francesco Lollobrigida, Minister of Agriculture of Italy[141]
  • Alessandro Giuli, Minister of Culture of Italy[141]
  • Giuseppe Valditara, Minister of Education of Italy[141]
  • Anna Maria Bernini, Minister of University and Research of Italy[141]
  • Alfredo Mantovano, Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Italy[140]
  • Elly Schlein, Member of the Chamber of Deputies of Italy[140]
  • Michele Emiliano, President of Apulia[142]
  • Michele De Pascale, President of Emilia-Romagna[142]
  • Francesco Rocca, President of Lazio[140]
  • Stefania Proietti, President of Umbria[142]
  • Roberto Gualtieri, Mayor of Rome[140]

Malaysia

  • Ewon Benedick, Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives of Malaysia[143]
  • Azalina Othman Said, Minister of Law and Institutional Reform of Malaysia[143]

Mali

  • Moussa Ag Attaher, Minister for Malians Living Abroad and African Integration of Mali[42]
  • Daniel Siméon Kelema, Minister of Agriculture of Mali[42]

Poland

Portugal

  • José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal[48]
  • Paulo Rangel, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal[48]

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Spain

  • María Jesús Montero, First Deputy Prime Minister of Spain[52]
  • Yolanda Díaz, Second Deputy Prime Minister of Spain[52]
  • Félix Bolaños, Minister of the Presidency and Justice of Spain[52]
  • Alberto Núñez Feijóo, Leader of the Opposition in the Congress of Deputies of Spain[52]

United Kingdom

  • David Lammy, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom[146]
  • Michelle O'Neill, First Minister of Northern Ireland[147]
  • John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland[148]

United States

Other countries

Delegation statePerson (accompanied by)StatusRef.
AngolaTete AntónioMinister of Foreign Affairs[8]
AzerbaijanSahiba GafarovaPresident of the National Assembly[152]
Belarus (opposition)Dzianis KuchynskiDiplomatic advisor to opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya[153]
Burkina FasoKaramoko Jean-Marie TraoréMinister of Foreign Affairs[42]
Central African RepublicSylvie Baïpo-TemonMinister of Foreign Affairs[4]
China, Republic of[1]Wu Chih-chungDeputy Minister of Foreign Affairs[42]
ColombiaLaura SarabiaMinister of Foreign Affairs[66]
Dominican RepublicAlfredo PachecoPresident of the Chamber of Deputies[4]
EcuadorGabriela SommerfeldMinister of Foreign Affairs[4]
Equatorial GuineaTeodoro Nguema Obiang MangueVice President[4]
EswatiniPhila ButheleziMinister of Labour and Social Security[73]
GabonBrigitte OnkanowaMinister of National Defense[24]
IcelandÞorgerður Katrín GunnarsdóttirMinister of Foreign Affairs[154]
IranAbbas SalehiMinister of Culture[155]
IrelandSimon HarrisTánaiste and former Taoiseach of Ireland (2024–2025)[32]
Ivory CoastAnne Désirée OulotoMinister of State and Public Service[78]
JapanTakeshi IwayaMinister for Foreign Affairs[156]
KenyaMoses Wetang'ulaSpeaker of the National Assembly[157]
KyrgyzstanAyaz BaetovMinister of Justice[42]
MaltaBernard GrechLeader of the Opposition[41]
MauritiusGavin Glover (with Marie Glover)Attorney General[158][42]
MongoliaBattsetseg BatmunkhMinister of Foreign Affairs[42]
NetherlandsCaspar VeldkampMinister of Foreign Affairs[114]
NigeriaBianca Odumegwu-OjukwuMinister of State for Foreign Affairs[83]
North MacedoniaTimčo MucunskiMinister of Foreign Affairs[4]
NorwayEspen Barth EideMinister of Foreign Affairs[18]
PakistanChaudhry Salik HussainMinister for Human Resources Development[159]
San MarinoLuca BeccariSecretary for Foreign and Political Affairs[49]
SeychellesSylvestre RadegondeMinister of Foreign Affairs and Tourism[50]
SingaporeMaliki OsmanMinister in the Prime Minister's Office, Second Minister for Education, and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs[160]
Sri LankaVijitha HerathMinister of Foreign Affairs[161]
ThailandChousak SirinilMinister of the Prime Minister's Office[162]
Timor-LesteBendito FreitasMinister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation[163]
TurkeyNuman KurtulmuşSpeaker of the Grand National Assembly[164]
United Arab EmiratesSheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al NahyanMinister of Tolerance and Coexistence[159]
UzbekistanSodiq SafoyevFirst Deputy Chairperson of the Senate[42]
VenezuelaCarmen MeléndezMayor of Caracas[102]
ZambiaCharles MilupiMinister of Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development[103][104]

International organizations

Council of Europe

  • Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe[4]
  • Theodoros Roussopoulos, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe[4]

European Union

  • António Costa, President of the European Council[13]
  • Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission[165]
  • Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament[13]
  • Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy[166]

International Fund for Agricultural Development

  • Álvaro Lario, President of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development[4]
  • Gérardine Mukeshimana, Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development[4]

World Council of Churches

  • Jerry Pillay, Secretary General of the World Council of Churches[167]
  • Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches[167]

Other organizations

  • Gianni Infantino, President of FIFA[168]
  • Maurizio Martina, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization[4]
  • Gilbert Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization[4]
  • Amy E. Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration[4]
  • Pia Kauma, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe[4]
  • António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations[18]
  • Chiara Cardoletti, UNHCR Representative for Italy[4]
  • Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Program[4]
  • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization[4]

Descendants of deposed royal families

Religious representatives

Catholic Church

Archbishops

Bishops

Other

Eastern Catholic churches

Patriarchs

Major Archbishops

Metropolitan Archbishops

Bishops

Anglican communion

Archbishops

  • Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York and Primate of England[220]
  • Philip Freier, former Archbishop of Melbourne and Primate of Australia[220]
  • Hosam Naoum, Archbishop in Jerusalem, President Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and Vice-Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council[220]

Bishops

  • Marinez Santos Bassotto, Bishop of the Amazon and Primate of the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil[220]
  • Robert Innes, Bishop in Europe[220]
  • Dame Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London[220]

Other

  • Anthony Ball, Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome and Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See[220]
  • Anthony Poggo, Secretary General of the Anglican Communion[220]
  • Canon Maggie Swinson, Chair of the Anglican Consultative Council[220]
  • Canon Dr. Christopher Wells, Director of Unity, Faith and Order, Anglican Communion Office[220]

Eastern Orthodox churches

  • Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople[221][222]
  • Metropolitan John, Archbishop of Albania[185]
  • Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, Primate of the Patriarchal Exarchate in Western Europe and Chairman of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate[223][222][224]
  • Metropolitan Gerasime, Eparch of Zugdidi and Tsaishi and Chairman of the Patriarchate's Department for External Relations, Georgian Orthodox Church[225]
  • Metropolitan Rastislav Gont, Archbishop of Prešov of the Czech Lands and Slovakia[226]
  • Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze, Rector of the Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary[225]

Lutheran churches

  • Pastor Michael Jonas, representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy
  • Dirk Lange, Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations, Lutheran World Federation[227]
  • Martin Modéus, Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of Sweden[228]
  • Henrik Stubkjær, Bishop of Viborg and President of the Lutheran World Federation[227]

Methodist churches

  • Edgardo Colón-Emeric, Methodist Co-Chair of the Joint Dialogue Between the World Methodist Council and the Roman Catholic Church and Chair of the Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations Committee of the World Methodist Council[229]
  • Casely Essamuah, ordained minister of the Methodist Church Ghana and Secretary of the Global Christian Forum[229]
  • Sarah Mae Gabuyo, Pastor of Ponte Sant'Angelo Methodist Church in Rome[229]
  • Matthew A. Laferty, Representative of the World Methodist Council to the Holy See and Director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome[229]
  • Reynaldo Ferreira Leão Neto, General Secretary of the World Methodist Council[229]
  • Bishop Debra Wallace-Padgett, President of the World Methodist Council[229]

Oriental Orthodox churches

  • Ignatius Aphrem II, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East[230]
  • Barnaba, Coptic Bishop of Turin and Rome (representing Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria)[231] Angaelos, Coptic Bishop of London[231]; Antonio, Coptic Bishop of Milan[231]; Kyrillos, Coptic Bishop of Los Angeles[231]
  • Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians[232][222]
  • Aram I, Armenian Catholicos of Cilicia[226]

Other Christian denominations

Other religions

  • Nader Akkad, imam of the mosque of Rome[234]
  • Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome[235][122]
  • Yassine Lafram, President of Union of Islamic Communities and Organisations in Italy[236]
  • Hajji Baba Mondi, Dedebaba of Bektashism[237]
  • Bujar Spahiu, Grand Mufti of Albania[5]

Absences

Heads of state and government

The following heads of state and government were noted in media coverage for not attending the Requiem Mass:

CountryPersonPositionReason for absenceRef.
AustraliaAnthony Albanese[238]Prime Minister of AustraliaOngoing election campaign[239]
CanadaMark Carney[238]Prime Minister of CanadaOngoing election campaign[62]
ChinaXi JinpingGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and President of ChinaNo formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See[240]
Republic of the CongoDenis Sassou NguessoPresident of the Republic of the CongoAttended a Requiem Mass at the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-du-Congo in Brazzaville in Francis' honour[241]
GermanyFriedrich Merz[238]Chancellor–designate of Germany and Leader of the Opposition in the BundestagUndisclosed[132][242]
IsraelBenjamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of IsraelForeign travel limited by an International Criminal Court arrest warrant; decline in Holy See–Israel relations amid the Gaza war[243][122]
MalawiLazarus ChakweraPresident of MalawiAttended a Requiem Mass at Maula Cathedral in Lilongwe in Francis' honour[244]
MexicoClaudia SheinbaumPresident of MexicoCited risk of criticism of a potential visit to the Vatican due to the separation of church and state[245]
NetherlandsWillem-AlexanderKing of the NetherlandsCelebrations of Koningsdag[18][114]
ParaguaySantiago Peña[238]President of ParaguayVisited the United States on the day of the funeral[246]
PeruDina Boluarte[238]President of PeruDenied permission to attend by the Congress of the Republic of Peru[247]
RussiaVladimir PutinPresident of RussiaForeign travel limited by an International Criminal Court arrest warrant[248]
United KingdomCharles IIIKing of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realmsThe British monarchs normally do not attend the funerals of foreign heads of state; instead, other royals represent them. Charles attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II as Prince of Wales in 2005.[249]

Eastern Catholic representatives

The following Eastern Catholic hierarchs were noted in media coverage for not attending the Supplicatio Ecclesiae Orientalium:

Family members

Most immediate members of the Pope's family did not attend, including his sister, who was in poor health, niece Cristina Bergoglio, and other nieces, nephews, and their descendants. Some family members reportedly chose not to attend the funeral out of respect for his view that their resources would be better spent charitably.[254]

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  2. 2.The Republic of Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and has attained partial international recognition, is not officially recognized by the Holy See. See also Political status of Kosovo.
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