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Notice from the Office of Liturgical Celebrations: Interment of the coffin of the Roman Pontiff Francis, 23.04.2025

NOTIFICATION

INTERMENT OF THE COFFIN
OF THE ROMAN PONTIFF FRANCIS

 

On Saturday 26 April 2025, at the end of the funeral Holy Mass, the coffin of the Roman Pontiff Francis will be accompanied to the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major for interment.

His Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, will preside over the rite provided for in the Ordo Exsequiarum Romani Pontificis (nos. 110-123).

The following are therefore required to take part in the celebration:

 

1. His Eminence Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell                  Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church

2. His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re                 Dean of the College of Cardinals

3. His Eminence Cardinal Roger Michael Mahony             Cardinal Presbyter

4. His Eminence Cardinal Dominique Mamberti                Cardinal Protodeacon

5. His Eminence Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko                       Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

6. His Eminence Cardinal Rolandas Makrickas                 Coadjutor Archpriest of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

7. His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin                          former Secretary of State

8. His Eminence Cardinal Baldassare Reina                     Vicar General of His Holiness for the Diocese of Rome

9. His Eminence Cardinal Konrad Krajewski                     Almoner of His Holiness

10. His Excellency Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra              Substitute of the Secretariat of State

11. His Excellency Archbishop Ilson de Jesus Montanari   Vice Camerlengo di Santa Romana Chiesa

    12. Msgr. Leonardo Sapienza                                    Regent of the Pontifical Household

13. Canons of the Chapter of the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major

14. Liberian Ordinary Penitentiaries

15. Secretaries of the Holy Father

16. Other persons admitted by the Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations

 

The ecclesiastics shall wear their own choral habit.

Vatican City, 23 April 2025

 

By mandate of the College of Cardinals

✠ Diego Ravelli
Titular Archbishop of Recanati
Master of Pontifical Liturgical Celebrations