Vatican Metropolis, Could 17, 2025 /
15:00 pm
U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are amongst quite a few worldwide leaders and dignitaries, representing roughly 200 international delegations, who will attend Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass on the Vatican on Sunday, Could 18.
The worldwide leaders and representatives who will likely be current in St. Peter’s Sq. for the ten a.m. Sunday Mass embrace:
Americas
JD Vance, vice chairman of the US
Marco Rubio, U.S. secretary of state of the US
Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada
Rodney Williams, governor common of Antigua and Barbuda
Teresa Susana Subieta Serrano, ambassador of Bolivia to the Holy See
Javier Milei, president of Argentina
Joseph Curry, ambassador of the Bahamas to the Holy See
Milton Inniss, ambassador of Barbados to the Holy See
Geraldo Alckmin, vice chairman of Brazil
Manuel José Ossandón, president of the senate of Chile
Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia
Arnoldo André Tinoco, minister for international affairs and worship of Costa Rica
Salvador Valdés Mesa, vice chairman of Cuba
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Raquel Peña Rodríguez, vice chairman of the Dominican Republic
Félix Ulloa, vice chairman of El Salvador
Daniel Noboa, president of Ecuador
Alrich Nicolas, consultant of Haiti
Alfredo Vásquez Rivera, ambassador of Guatemala to the Holy See
Rebeca Ráquel Obando, president of the supreme court docket of justice of Honduras
Rosa Icela Rodríguez Velázquez, inside minister of Mexico
Maurizio Gelli, concurrent ambassador of Nicaragua to the UK
Javier Martínez-Acha, minister of international affairs of Panama
Santiago Peña, president of Paraguay
Dina Boluarte, president of Peru
Matteo Forconi, honorary consul of St. Kitts and Nevis in Florence
Gilbert Chaguory, ambassador of St. Lucia to the Holy See
Ruediger Ackermann, honorary consul of St. Vincent and the Grenadines to Germany
Colin Connelly, ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to Belgium and the European Union
Ricardo Duarte Vargas, cost d’affaires of Uruguay to the Holy See
Carmen Meléndez Rivas, mayor of Caracas, Venezuela
Europe
Bajram Begaj, president of Albania
Patrice Faure, consultant of the Co-Prince of Andorra Emmanuel Macron
Xavier Zamora, prime minister of Andorra
Vahagn Khachaturyan, president of Albania
Christian Stocker, chancellor of Austria
Sahiba Gafarova, president speaker of Azerbaijan
Ihar Sierhiejenka, president speaker of Belarus
King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium
Borjana Krišto, chairwoman of the council of ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Rosen Zhelyazkov, prime minister of Bulgaria
Andrej Plenković, prime minister of Croatia
Constantinos Kombos, minister of international affairs of Cyprus
Marek Výborný, minister of agriculture of the Czech Republic
Susanne Shine, ambassador of Denmark to Belgium, Luxembourg and Vatican State
Lauri Hussar, president speaker of Estonia
Anders Adlercreutz, minister of schooling of Finland
François Bayrou, prime minister of France
Mikheil Kavelashvili, president of Georgia
Friedrich Merz, federal chancellor of Germany
Julia Klöckner, president of the Bundestag, Germany
Sofia Zacharaki, minister of schooling and spiritual affairs of Greece
Tamás Sulyok, president of Hungary
Einar Gunnarsson, ambassador and everlasting consultant of Iceland in Geneva
Michael Higgins, president of Eire
Vjosa Osmani, president of Kosovo
Evika Siliņa, prime minister of Latvia
Prince Alois of Liechtenstein
Brigitte Haas, prime minister of Liechtenstein
Gitanas Nausėda, president of Lithuania
Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
Luc Frieden, prime minister of Luxembourg
Robert Abela, prime minister of Malta
Prince Albert II of Monaco
Milojko Spajić, prime minister of Montenegro
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
Dick Schoof, prime minister of the Netherlands
Kjersti Rødsmoen, ambassador of Norway to Holy See
Andrzej Duda, president of Poland
Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, president of Portugal
Mircea Abrudean, appearing president of the senate of Romania
Olga Lyubimova, minister of tradition of Russia
Denise Bronzetti, captain regent of San Marino
Đuro Macut, prime minister of Serbia
Peter Pellegrini, president of Slovakia
Robert Golob, prime minister of Slovenia
King Filipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain
María Jesús Montero, vice chairman of Spain
Princess Victoria of Sweden
Jakob Forssmed, minister for well being and social affairs of Sweden
Karin Keller-Sutter, president of Switzerland
Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, to characterize King Charles of the UK
Angela Rayner, deputy prime minister of the UK
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine
Nuriddin Ismoilov, president speaker of Uzbekistan
Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Fee
Center East and North Africa
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, prime minister of Bahrain
Ahmed Fouad Hano, minister of tradition of Egypt
Reza Salehi-Amiri, minister of cultural heritage, tourism and handicrafts of Iran
Saywan Barzani, ambassador of Iraq to Italy
Isaac Herzog, president of Israel
Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad of Jordan
Nasser Sanhat Alqahtani, ambassador of Kuwait to Italy
Joseph Aoun, president of Lebanon
Aziz Akhannouch, prime minister of Morocco
Benvinda Levy, prime minister of Mozambique
Sayyid Nazar Al Julanda Majid Alsaid, ambassador of Oman to Italy
Mahmood bin Hamad Al Hasani, ambassador of Oman to the Holy See
Ramzi Khoury, minister of non secular affairs of Palestine
Varsen Aghabekian, minister of state for international affairs of Palestine
Issa Kassissieh, ambassador of Palestine to the Holy See
Asma Naji Al-Amri, ambassador of Qatar to the Holy See
Prince Faisal bin Sattam bin Abdulaziz, ambassador of Saudi Arabia in Italy
Adel al-Jubeir, minister of state for international affairs of Saudi Arabia
Louay Fallouh, ambassador of Syria to the Holy See
Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, minister of tradition and tourism of Turkey
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, United Arab Emirates
Africa
Barthélémy Kéré, president of the constitutional council of Burkina Faso
Prosper Bazombanza, vice chairman of Burundi
Paul Atanga Nji, minister of territorial administration of Cameroon
Janine Lélis, minister of defence of Cape Verde
Ahmad Makaila, ambassador of Chad to the Holy See
Rrigobert Itoua, ambassador of Congo to the Holy See
Patrick Jérôme Achi, minister of state of Côte d’Ivoire
Joaquín Mbana Nchama, ambassador of Equatorial Guinea to the Holy See
Russell Dlamini, prime minister of Eswatini
Brice Oligui Nguema, president of Gabon
Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, member of the parliament of Ghana
Yvette Sylla, ambassador of Madagascar to United Nations Schooling, Scientific and Cultural Group
Patrick Gervais Assirvaden, minister of vitality and public utilities of Mauritius
Betty Cherwon, ambassador of Kenya to France, Portugal, Serbia, Holy See and Monaco
Lucia Witbooi, vice chairman of Namibia
Bola Tinubu, president of Nigeria
Jean-Baptiste Tine, inside minister of Senegal
Sylvestre Radegonde, minister for international affairs of Seychelles
Nosipho Nausca-Jean Jezile ambassador of South Africa to Italy
Monday Semaya Kumba, minister of international affairs and worldwide cooperation of South Sudan
Salah Mohamed Ishag Rahama, cost d’affaires of Sudan to the Holy See
Hassani Iddi Mwamweta, ambassador of Tanzania to the Holy See
Faure Gnassingbé, president of the council of ministers of Togo
Thomas Tayebwa, deputy speaker of parliament of Uganda
Macenje Mazoka, ambassador of Zambia to the Holy See
Simon Muzenda, vice chairman of Zimbabwe
Asia-Pacific
Anthony Albanese, prime minister of Australia
Tareq Md Ariful Islam, ambassador of Bangladesh to the United Nations
Harivansh Narayan Singh, deputy chairman of higher home of parliament of India
Muhaimin Iskandar, minister of group empowerment of Indonesia
Tarō Asō, member of the home of representatives of Japan
Hendy Anak Assan, ambassador of Malaysia to the Holy See
Gerelmaa Davaasuren, ambassador of Mongolia to the Holy See
Hmway Hmway Khyne, ambassador of Myanmar to Italy
Tara Morton, ambassador of New Zealand to Andorra, Malta, Morocco and the Holy See
Yusuf Raza Gilani, chairman of the senate of Pakistan
Myla Grace Ragenia Macahilig, ambassador of the Philippines to the Holy See
Edwin Tong, minister for tradition, group and youth of Singapore
Yoo In-chon, minister of tradition, sports activities and tourism of South Korea
Oh Hyun-joo, ambassador of South Korea to the Holy See
Chen Chien-jen, former vice chairman and ex-premier of Taiwan, to characterize president Lai Ching-te of Taiwan (China)
Theerarat Samrejvanich, deputy minister of inside of Thailand
Maria Fernanda Lay, member of the nationwide parliament of Timor-Leste
Bernard Leclerc, ambassador of Vanuatu to Israel and Russia
Duong Hai Hung, ambassador of Vietnam to Italy