DELEGATIONS OF THE CHURCHES
AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
AND OTHER RELIGIONS
PRESENT TO THE FUNERAL OF HIS HOLINESS
JOHN PAUL II
Delegations of the Orthodox Churches
Ecumenical Patriarchate
H.H. Bartholomew I, Archbishop of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch
H.E. Gennadios, Archbishop of Italy, Exarch for Eastern Europe [of the Ecumenical Patriarchate]
H.E. Cyril, Metropolitan of Imbros
H.E. Johannis, Metropolitan of Pergamon
Rev. Deacon Dositheos Anagnostopoulos
[Mr Nicholas Manginas, photographer]
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa
H.E. Petros, Metropolitan of Aksum
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem
Rev. Archimandrite Theoktistos Samios, Exarch of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in Athens
Prof. Spyridon Kontoyannis, Lecturer at the University of Athens
Patriarchate of Moscow
H.E. Kirill, Metropolitan of Smolensk and Kaliningrad, President of the Department for Foreign Ecclesiastical Relations of the Patriarchate
Rev. Igor Vyzhanov, Acting Secretary for Relations with the Catholic Church of the Department for Foreign Ecclesiastical Relations of the Patriarchate
Ukrainian Orthodox Church [Patriarchate of Moscow]
H.E. Mitrofan, Archbishop of Pereiaslav-Khmelnitskii, Chargé d'Affaires of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Orthodox Church of Georgia
H.E. Daniel [Datuashvili], Metropolitan of Tskhum-Abkhazia
H.E. Gerasime [Sharashenidze], Bishop of Zugdidi and Tsaishi
Head of Interecclesial Relations of the Orthodox Church of Georgia
Rev. Archpriest Giorgi Zviadadze
Orthodox Patriarchate of Serbia
H.E. Jovan, Metropolitan of Zagreb, Lubiana and All Italy
H.E. Lavrentije, Bishop of Sabac-Valjevo
Orthodox Patriarchate of Romania
H.E. Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina
H.E. Iosif, Metropolitan for Western and Southern Europe of the Romanian Orthodox Church
Rev. Fr Ciprian Campineanul, Assistant to the Patriarch
H.E. Siluan, Bishop Assistant to the Metropolitan for Western and Southern Europe
Rev. Deacon Costin Spiridon, Protocol Office of the Patriarchate
Orthodox Church of Finland
H.E. Leo, Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland
Orthodox Church of Bulgaria
H.E. Neofit, Metropolitan of Russe
H.E. Dometian, Metropolitan of Vidin
H.E. Tihon, Bishop Vicar of the Metropolitan of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church for Europe
Rev. Deacon Dionissii
Orthodox Church of the Czech Republic and of Slovakia
Rev. Ladislav Bilý, Chancellor of the Metropolitan Curia
Rev. Ján Novák, Secretary of the Metropolitan Curia
Orthodox Church of Cyprus
H.E. Chrysostomos, Metropolitan of Paphos, Acting Archbishop of Nea Justiniana and Cyprus
H.E. Basilios, Bishop of Tremithus, Assistant Bishop
H.E. Nikiphoros, Bishop of Kykkou, Hegumen of the Sacred Monastery of Kykkou
Rev. Dyonisios Papachristophorou, Abbot of the Monastery of Chrysoroyatissa
Rev. Archimandrite Isaias, Sacred Monastery of Kykkou
Orthodox Church of Greece
H.B. Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece
H.E. Ignatios, Metropolitan of Demetrias; President of the Synodal Committee for Inter-Orthodox and Inter-Christian Relations
H.E. Nectarios, Metropolitan of Corfu
H.E. Dorotheos, Metropolitan of Syros
Rev. Proto-Presbyter Thomas Synodinos, Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Athens
Rev. Archimandrite Ignatios Sotiriadis, Secretary of the Synodal Commission for Inter-Christian Relations
Orthodox Church of Poland
H.E. Jeremiasz, Archbishop of Wrocław and Szczecin
Orthodox Church of Albania
H.B. Anastas, Archbishop of Tirana and All Albania
Rev. Deacon Bakalbassi
Orthodox Church in America
H.E. Seraphim, Bishop of Ottawa
Rev. Dr Alexander Rentel, Lecturer, St Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary
Delegations of the Eastern Orthodox Churches [Ancient Churches of the East]
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Egypt
H.E. Barnaba El-Soryany, Bishop of Orthodox Copts in Italy
Syrian Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
S.E. Mar Gregorios Yohanna Ibrahim, Archbishop of Aleppo
Armenian Apostolic Church
See of Etchmiadzin
H.H. Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians
H.B. Mesrob II [Mutafian], Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul
S.E. Khajag [Barsamian], Primate of the Eastern Diocese of the United States (New York)
Rev. Fr Geghard Vahuni, [Private Secretary of the Patriarch]
Rev. Fr Tatul Anushian, [Armenian Patriarchate of Istanbul]
Catholicossate of Cilicia for Armenians
See of Antelias
H.H. Aram I, Catholicos of Cilicia for Armenians
H.E. Bishop Nareg Alemezian, Head of Relations with the Catholic Churches
Orthodox Church of Ethiopia
H.H. Abba Paulus, Patriarch of Ethiopia
H.E. Abuna Dr Timotheos [Habtselassie Tesfa], Archbishop, Rector of St Trinity Theological College
H.E. Abuna Filipos [Gebremariam Feleke], Archbishop of Illubabor
Mr Ato Mulgete Bekele
Orthodox Church of Eritrea
H.E. Abuna Shenouda, Bishop of the Eritrean Churches in Europe
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church
Catholicate of the East
H.G. Philipose Mar Eusebios, Metropolitan of Thumpamon; President of the Inter-Church Relations Committee
Assyrian Church of the East
H.H. Mar Dinkha IV, Catholicos Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
H.E. Mar Bawai Ashur Soro, Bishop of Eastern (U.S.A.), General Secretary of the Commission on Inter-Church Relations and Education Development (CIRED)
Christian Churches and Communions of the West
Anglican Communion
His Grace the Most Reverend and Right Honourable Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Rev. Canon Kenneth Kearon, General Secretary of the Anglican Communion
Rev. Canon Gregory Camerun, Vice-General Secretary and Director for Ecumenical Questions and Relations of the Anglican Communion
H.G. Bishop John Flack, Representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See, Director of the Anglican Centre in Rome
H.G. Peter Carnley, Primate of the Anglican Church of Australia, Co-President of the Joint Catholic Anglican International Commission (ARCIC)
H.G. Geoffrey Rowell, Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar and for Europe and Rome
H.G. David Hamid, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Gibraltar and for Europe and Rome
Rev. Andrew Norman, First Chaplain of the Archbishop of Canterbury
Rev. Jonathan Goodall, Chaplain of H.G. Bishop Rowell
Mrs Julia Flack, Consort of Bishop John Flack
Mr Jemery Harris, [Staff of Lambeth Palace]
Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht
H.G. Joris Vercammen, President of the Union of Utrecht
Lutheran World Federation
Rev. Dr Ishmael Noko, Secretary General of the Lutheran World Federation
Methodist World Council
Rev. Dr George Freeman, General Secretary of the Methodist World Council
Mrs Virginia Freeman, Consort of Dr Freeman
Rev. Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright, Co-President of the Joint International Commission for Catholic-Methodist Dialogue
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
Rev. Dr Setri Nyomi, General Secretary of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches
World Baptist Alliance
Dr David Coffey, President of the British Free Church Council and President appointed by the World Baptist Alliance
Dr Denton Lotz, General Secretary of the World Baptist Alliance
Mrs Janice Lotz, Consort of Dr Denton Lotz
Dr Tony Peck, General Secretary of the European Baptist Federation
Mennonite World Conference
Dr Larry Miller, Executive Secretary of the Mennonite World Conference
Disciples of Christ [Disciples of Christ, Christian Church]
Rev. Dr Robert Welsh, President, "Council for Christian Unity", Disciples of Christ
Ms Nancy Welsh, Consort of Dr Robert Welsh
Salvation Army
Major Massimo Paone
Major Jane Paone
Representing the Department for Interecclesial Relations of the Salvation Army
Christian International Organizations
World Council of Churches
Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia, General Secretary
H.G. Jonas Jonson, Lutheran Bishop of Strägnäs, Sweden, Co-President of the Joint Work Group of the Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches
Mrs Teny Pirri-Simonian, General Director of WCC, Co-Secretary of the Joint Working Group
Conference of European Churches
H.E. Daniel, Metropolitan of Moldova and Bucovina, President (Metropolitan Daniel is also included in the Delegation of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Romania)
Rev. Dr Keith Winston Clements, General Secretary
Delegations of Judaism
Rome and Italy
Dr Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome
Prof. Elio Toaff, Chief Rabbi emeritus of Rome
Prof. Amos Luzzatto, President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities
Mr Leone Paserman, President of the Jewish Community of Rome
Israel
Rabbi Shear Yashuv Cohen, Grand Rabbi of Haifa
Dr Oded Wiener, General Director of the Grand Rabbinate of Israel
World Jewish Congress
Rabbi Israel Singer, President of the Governing Board of the World Jewish Congress, President of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC)
Mrs Evelyne Singer, Consort of Rabbi Singer
Mrs Maram Stern, Vice-General Secretary of the World Jewish Congress
H.E. Shmul Hadas, Former Ambassador of Israel to the Holy See
Rabbi Arthur Schneier, President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation
Special Guests of the Churches and Ecclesial Communions
Church of Scotland
Dr Alison Elliot, OBE, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
National Lutheran Churches
Landesbischof Wolfgang Huber, President of the Evanghelische Kirche Deutschlands (EKD) [German Evangelical Churches]
H.G. Karl-Gustav Hammar, Archbishop President of the Lutheran Church of Sweden
H.G. Jukka Paarma, Archbishop President of the Lutheran Church of Finland
H.G. Finn Wagle, Bishop of Nidaros, Lutheran Church of Norway
Polish National Church [United States]
Most Rev. Robert M. Nemkovich, Bishop Primate
Rev. Robert M. Nemkovich, Jr., Member of the Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Polish National Church of the United States
Rev. Ramsi Musallam
World Alliance of YMCAs
Dr Bartholomew Shaha, General Secretary
Mr Alessandro Indovina, President of YMCAs Italy
Mr Stefano Tomarelli, General Secretary of YMCAs of Italy
Billy Graham Evangelist Association
Dr John Akers
Dr Anne Graham Lotz
Mr Morrow Reitmaier
Dr Margaret Hoenig
Universal Biblical Alliance
Dr Valdo Bertalot, General Secretary, Biblical Alliance in Italy
Representatives of other Churches
and Ecclesial
Communities in Rome and in Italy:
Exponents of Judaism
Mr Roger Cukierman, National President of the Centre of Representation of Jewish Institutions in France (CRIF)
Dr Richard Prasquier, President of Yad-Vashem, National Delegate of CRIF for relations with Catholics
Grand Rabbi Michel Serfaty, Delegate of the Consistory of Paris for Relations with Catholics
[The above-mentioned Delegation is accompanied by Rev. Patrick Desbois, Secretary of the Episcopal Committee for Relations with Jews of the French Bishops' Conference].
Maestro Gilbert Levine
Mr Daniel Berger
Rabbi Joseph Ehrenkranz, Executive Director, Center for Christian Jewish Understanding, Sacred Heart University (Fairfield, U.S.A.)
Dr Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D., President, Sacred Heart University
Mr Thomas Cernera
Representatives of Other Religions and
Organizations for Interreligious Dialogue
ISLAM
Islamic Cultural Centre of Italy (Mosque, Rome)
Dr Abdellah Redouane, General Secretary
Sheikh Mahmoud Hammad Ibrahim Sheweita, Imam
Druse Community in Israel
Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, Spiritual Leader
Mr Kamel Salameh, Secretary
Sheikh Hassan Tarif, Staff Member
Religious Delegation of Albania
Sheikh Selim Muca, Grand Mufti of Albania
Sheikh Rashad Bardhi, Grand "Nono" of the Bektashana Organization in the World
Mr Ilir Kulla, President of the State Committee for Forms of Religious Worship
Mr Syrja Xhelaj, Staff Member
Al-Khoei Foundation (London, U.K.)
Sayyed Saheb Khoei, Secretary General
Qassim al-Jalali, Imam
Shaykh Salah Bilal, Religious Affairs
Mr Yousef al-Khoei, Director of Public Relations
World Islamic Call Society (Tripoli, Libya)
Dr Mansour Tantush, Director of the Rome Office
Union of Islamic Communities and Organizations in Italy (U.C.O.I.)
Dr Mohamed Nour Dachan, President
Dr Abd al-Qadir Muhammad, Imam of the Islamic Community, Perugia
Italian Islamic Religious Community (Milan)
Shaykh Abd al-Wahid Pallavicini, President
BUDDHISM
Rissho Kosei Kai (Tokyo, Japan)
Rev. Michio Matsubara, Director, External Affairs Department
Rev. Yasutomo Sawahata, Staff Member
Mr Yuichiro Taketani, Staff Member
Shinnyo-En Buddhist Order, Italy
Rev. Yutaga Okano from the Temple in Japan
Rev. Luigi Nico Vozza, General Secretary of Shinnyo-en Italy, from the Temple in Milan
Buddhist Monastery of Rome
Ven. Dheerananda, Monk from Sri Lanka in Italy
SIKH
Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewa Jatha (Birmingham, U.K.)
Bhai Sahibji Mohinder Singh Ahluwalia, Founder
Seva Mandla, Staff Member
HINDU
Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University (London, U.K.)
Sr Maureen, Representative of the Head, Ms Dadi Janki
Sr Wendy, Staff Member
International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON)
Enzo Barchi (Ekadashi Nath)
Roberto Cultrera (Raghubeer das)
Alessandra (Akashini Radhika dasi)
Siddha Shiva Center (U.S.A.)
Jeevan Mukta Swami Ganapati
Erick Philips
Marc Oliver Manser
Organizations for Interreligious Dialogue
World Conference of Religions for Peace (W.C.R.P. Europe)
Mr Jehangir Sarosh (Zoroastrian, Moderator)
Mrs Lisa Palmieri-Billig (Vice-Moderator)
"Arigatou Foundation" in Geneva
Ms Agneta Ucko, Representative of the President
Mr Keishi Miyamoto
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