List of dignitaries at the funeral of Pope John Paul II

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Eastern Christian churches • Bartholomew I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, primus inter pares of the Eastern Orthodox Church • Karekin II, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church • Abune Paulos, Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church • Mesrob II Mutafyan, Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul and Turkey • Christodoulos, Archbishop of Athens • Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and all Albania • Jovan, Metropolitan of Zagreb-Ljubljana and All-Italy of the Serbian Orthodox Church • Kirill, Metropolitan of Smolensk-Kaliningrad, head of the Department of Interchurch relations of the Russian Orthodox Church • Lavrentije, Bishop of Šabac and Valjevo of the Serbian Orthodox Church • Leo, Archbishop of Karelia and All Finland • Seraphim, Bishop of Ottawa, of the Orthodox Church in America Anglican Communion • Rowan Williams, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England, spiritual leader of the Church of England and primus inter pares of the Anglican Communion Protestant churches • Dr Alison Elliot, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland • K. G. Hammar, Archbishop of Uppsala, Head of the Church of Sweden • Jukka Paarma, Archbishop of Turku, Head of the Church of Finland • Finn Wagle, Bishop of Nidaros and Primus of the Norwegian Lutheran State Church (part of Norwegian official delegation) Jewish religious leaders • Oded Viener, representing the Chief Rabbis of Israel • Shear-Yishuv Cohen, Chief Rabbi of Haifa • Riccardo Di Segni, Chief Rabbi of Rome Druze religious leaders • Mowafaq Tarif, spiritual leader of the Druze community in Israel ==Unofficial delegations==

A selection of dignitaries not seated in the section for official national delegations during the funeral: Brazil Individually invited (by the Holy See): • Fernando Henrique Cardoso, former president of Brazil • Itamar Franco, Brazilian Ambassador to Italy; former president of Brazil • Bishop Odilo Scherer, secretary-general of the CNBB (Assembly of the Brazilian Bishops) Presidential delegation (invited by the President, but did not seat for Requiem Mass): • José Sarney, Brazilian senator; former president of Brazil and former president of the Brazilian Senate • Henry Sobel, leading Rabbi of the Brazilian Jewish community • Sheik Armando Hussein Saleh, of the "Brazilian Mosque" (representing the Muslims of Brazil) • Rolf Schunemann, of the Brazilian Lutheran Church (representing the Protestants of Brazil) • Father João Áviz, Archbishop of Brasília • Father José Ernanne, representing the Brazilian clergy Canada All representing Quebec • Gérald Tremblay, Mayor of Montreal • Louise Harel, Representative of the Parti Québécois • Mario Dumont, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec Germany • Angela Merkel, Party leader of the CDU • Edmund Stoiber, Minister-President of Bavaria Philippines • Leonida Vera, ambassador to the Holy See • Hermilando Mandanas, Batangas congressman United States Members of Congress and other dignitaries (not part of the official delegation, thus no VIP treatment): • John Kerry, Senator from Massachusetts • Bill Frist, Senate Majority Leader, Republican, from Tennessee • Ted Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts, last living brother of John F. Kennedy (the first Catholic to serve as U.S. President). • White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card • New York Governor George Pataki • New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg == Notes ==