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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, Kosovo, 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. 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 Representatives of heads of state Heads of government Ambassadors Unless otherwise stated, all listed ambassadors are accredited to the Holy See. Other officials Argentina Karina Milei, General Secretary of the Presidency of the Argentine Nation • Guillermo Francos, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers of Argentina • Michael McCormack, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia • Luís Roberto Barroso, President of the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil • José Miguel Castro, President of the Chamber of Deputies of Chile • Bruno Retailleau, Minister of the Interior of France • Ketevan Kvinikadze, Chief of Staff of the President of Georgia • Anke Rehlinger, President of the Bundesrat and Minister-President of SaarlandPéter Magyar, Member of the European Parliament for Hungary India Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs of India • George Kurian, Minister of State for Minority Affairs and Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying of India • Joshua De Souza, Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly • S. M. Nasar, Minister for Minorities Welfare and Non-Resident Tamils Welfare of Tamil Nadu • Inigo S. Irudayaraj, Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Italy Matteo Renzi, former Prime Minister of Italy (2014–2016) • Paolo Gentiloni, former Prime Minister of Italy (2016–2018) • Alfredo Mantovano, Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Italy • Michele De Pascale, President of Emilia-Romagna • Azalina Othman Said, Minister of Law and Institutional Reform of Malaysia • Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Poland Portugal José Pedro Aguiar-Branco, President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal • Michelle O'Neill, First Minister of Northern IrelandJohn Swinney, First Minister of Scotland United States Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff • Dan Scavino, White House Deputy Chief of Staff • Senate delegation consisting of: • Susan Collins, Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations • Dick DurbinMike RoundsEdward MarkeyEric SchmittHouse of Representatives delegation consisting of: • Steve Scalise, House Majority Leader • French HillNancy PelosiBrendan BoyleAnn WagnerTom SuozziJohn JoycePete StauberScott FitzgeraldLaura Gillen Other countries == International organizations ==
International organizations
Council of Europe • Bjørn Berge, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe • Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament International Fund for Agricultural Development Álvaro Lario, President of the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development • Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, Moderator of the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches • Maurizio Martina, Deputy Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization • Gilbert Houngbo, Director-General of the International Labour Organization • Amy E. Pope, Director General of the International Organization for Migration • Pia Kauma, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe • António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations • Chiara Cardoletti, UNHCR Representative for Italy • Carl Skau, Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Program • Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization == Descendants of deposed royal families ==
Descendants of deposed royal families
House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: • Prince Pedro, Duke of Calabria and Sofia, Duchess of Calabria • House of Borghese, Neapolitan branch: • Prince Flavio Borghese (President of the Italian Royal Commission of the Constantinian Order) • Prince Jaime, Count of BardiPrince Aimone, Duke of Aosta and Princess Olga, Duchess of AostaHouse of Windisch-Graetz: • Mariano Hugo, Prince of Windisch-Graetz == Religious representatives ==
Religious representatives
Catholic Church Archbishops • Cardinal Jose Advincula, Archbishop of Manila • Luis Argüello, Archbishop of Valladolid and President of the Spanish Episcopal ConferenceDonald Bolen, Archbishop of Regina • Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua • Cardinal Stephen Breslin, President of the Southern African Bishops' Conference • José Rodríguez Carballo, Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz • Ignatius Chama, Archbishop of Kasama and President of the Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops • Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, Archbishop emeritus of Santiago • Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago • Cardinal John Dew, Archbishop emeritus of Wellington • Arjan Dodaj, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tirana and Durrës • Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Kraków • Dermot Farrell, Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland • Adrian Galbas, Metropolitan Archbishop of Warsaw • Marek Jędraszewski, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kraków • Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland and President of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference • Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster • Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, Metropolitan Archbishop of Łódź BishopsAntonius Subianto Bunjamin, Bishop of Bandung and President of the Bishops' Conference of Indonesia • Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of San Salvador • Cardinal Stephen Chow, Bishop of Hong Kong • Andrzej Czaja, Bishop of Opole • , Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo and Secretary General of the Spanish Episcopal Conference • William McGrattan, Bishop of Calgary • Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost (the future Pope Leo XIV), Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops • , Bishop of Coria-Cáceres • , President of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea • , Bishop of Plasencia • , Bishop of Eisenstadt • Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Bishops • Cardinal Ernest Simoni, Deacon of the Santa Maria della Scala • Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Pro-Prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the Dicastery for EvangelizationRaphaël Bedros XXI Minassian, Patriarch of Cilicia and Catholicos of the Armenian Catholic Church • Cardinal Louis Raphaël I Sako, Patriarch of Baghdad of the Chaldean Catholic ChurchIgnatius Joseph III Yonan, Patriarch of Antioch and all the East of the Syrians of the Syriac Catholic Church Major Archbishops • Cardinal George Alencherry, Major Archbishop Emeritus of Ernakulam-Angamaly and the Syro-Malabar Church • Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram and Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic ChurchSviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Galicia and Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic ChurchJonáš Maxim, Metropolitan Archbishop of Prešov and Primate of the Slovak Greek Catholic Church • Cardinal Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, Metropolitan Archbishop of Addis Abeba of the Ethiopian Catholic Church • Cardinal Mykola Bychok, Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saints Peter and Paul of MelbourneCristian Dumitru Crișan, Auxiliary Bishop of Făgăraș and Alba Iulia (representing the Major Archbishop of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church) • Hryhoriy Komar, Apostolic Administrator of the Ukrainian Catholic Apostolic Exarchate of ItalyKenneth Nowakowski, Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London • , Procurator of the Maronite Church at the Holy See (representing the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch) Anglican communion Archbishops Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York and Primate of England • Philip Freier, former Archbishop of Melbourne and Primate of Australia • Metropolitan Gerasime, Eparch of Zugdidi and Tsaishi and Chairman of the Patriarchate's Department for External Relations, Georgian Orthodox Church • Protopresbyter Giorgi Zviadadze, Rector of the Tbilisi Theological Academy and Seminary Lutheran churches • Pastor Michael Jonas, representative of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Italy • Dirk Lange, Assistant General Secretary for Ecumenical Relations, Lutheran World FederationMartin Modéus, Archbishop of Uppsala and Primate of the Church of SwedenHenrik Stubkjær, Bishop of Viborg and President of the Lutheran World Federation • Casely Essamoah, ordained minister of the Methodist Church Ghana and Secretary of the Global Christian Forum • Archbishop Mor Joseph Bali, Patriarchal Assistant and Media Office Director • Barnaba, Coptic Bishop of Turin and Rome (representing Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria) • Antonio, Coptic Bishop of Milan • Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the EastRiccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome • Hajji Baba Mondi, Dedebaba of BektashismBujar Spahiu, Grand Mufti of Albania == Absences ==
Absences
Heads of state and government The following heads of state and government were noted in media coverage for not attending the Requiem Mass: Eastern Catholic representatives The following Eastern Catholic hierarchs were noted in media coverage for not attending the Supplicatio Ecclesiae Orientalium: • Gregory III Laham, Patriarch Emeritus of Antioch and of All the East of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church, who did not travel due to his advanced age; • Cardinal Lucian Mureșan, Major Archbishop of Făgăraș-Alba Iulia and Primate of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church, who did not travel due to his advanced age; • Cardinal Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, who issued a written farewell after having undergone surgery following an Easter liturgy during which he broke his hip; 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. == See also ==
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