# List of participants at the Second Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops

In addition to Pope John Paul II, who served as president of the Second Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in 1985, there were multiple other classes of participants. Archbishop Jan Pieter Schotte, CICM, served as Secretary General, Cardinal Godfried Danneels was the Relator General, and the Rev. Walter Kasper was the Special Secretary. The delegate presidents were cardinals John Krol, Joseph Malula, and Johannes Willebrands. Overall, there were 165 cardinals, archbishops, and bishops and ten observer-delegates. No women were invited to participate.

## Eastern Catholic Churches

The Eastern Catholic Churches were represented by:
| | See | Church | Country |
| Patriarch Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni | Cilicia | Armenian Catholic Church | Lebanon |
| Archbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev | Sofia | Bulgarian Greek Catholic Church | Bulgaria |
| Archeparch Youhannan Semaan Issayi | Tehran | Chaldean Catholic Church | Iran |
| Eparch Andraos Ghattas | Luxor | Coptic Catholic Church | Egypt |
| Cardinal Paulos Tzadua | Addis Ababa | Ethiopian Catholic Church | Ethiopia |
| ? | | Melkite Greek Catholic Church | Israel |
| ? | | Romanian Greek Catholic Church | Romania |
| ? | | Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church | United States |
| ? | | Slovak Greek Catholic Church | Czechoslovakia |
| Patriarch Antoine Pierre Khoraiche | Antiochia | Syriac Maronite Church | Lebanon |
| Patriarch Ignace Antoine II Hayek | Antiochia | Syriac Catholic Church | Israel |
| Major Archbishop Antony Padiyara | Ernakulam-Angamaly | Syro-Malabar Catholic Church | India |
| Major Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios Thangalathil | Trivandrum | Syro-Malankara Catholic Church | India |
| Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky | Lviv | Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church | Soviet Union |

## Representatives of episcopal conferences

The following bishops were presidents or representatives of episcopal conferences. Unlike in ordinary general assemblies of the Synod of Bishops, where episcopal conferences can elect a bishop to represent them, in extraordinary general assemblies, the representative is almost always the episcopal conference's president.

### Africa

| Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
| Bishop Henri Teissier | Algiers | Regional Episcopal Conference of North Africa | Algeria |
| Archbishop Manuel Franklin da Costa | Lubango | Episcopal Conference of Angola and São Tomé | Angola |
| Archbishop Christophe Adimou | Cotonou | Episcopal Conference of Benin | Benin |
| Archbishop Anselme Titianma Sanon | Bobo-Dioulasso | Conference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of Niger | Burkina Faso |
| Archbishop Joachim Ruhuna | Gitega | Conference of Catholic Bishops of Burundi | Burundi |
| Cardinal Christian Tumi | Garoua | National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon | Cameroon |
| Archbishop Joachim N'Dayen | Bangui | Central African Episcopal Conference | Central African Republic |
| Archbishop Charles Louis Joseph Vandame | N'Djaména | Episcopal Conference of Chad | Chad |
| Bishop Georges-Firmin Singha | Owando | Episcopal Conference of the Congo | Congo |
| Archbishop Rafael María Nze Abuy | Malabo | Episcopal Conference of Equatorial Guinea | Equatorial Guinea |
| Cardinal Paulos Tzadua | Addis Ababa | Assembly of Catholic Hierarchs of Ethiopia | Ethiopia |
| Bishop Félicien-Patrice Makouaka | Franceville | Episcopal Conference of Gabon | Gabon |
| Archbishop Peter Poreku Dery | Tamale | Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference | Ghana |
| Archbishop Robert Sarah | Conakry | Episcopal Conference of Guinea | Guinea |
| Cardinal Bernard Yago | Abidjan | Episcopal Conference of the Côte d'Ivoire | Ivory Coast |
| Bishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'Nzeki | Nakuru | Kenyan Episcopal Conference | Kenya |
| Bishop Sebastian Koto Khoarai | Mohale's Hoek | Lesotho Catholic Bishops' Conference | Lesotho |
| Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis | Monrovia | Inter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Gambia, Liberia, and Sierra Leone | Liberia |
| Cardinal Victor Razafimahatratra | Antananarivo | Episcopal Conference of Madagascar | Madagascar |
| Archbishop James Chiona | Blantyre | Episcopal Conference of Malawi | Malawi |
| Archbishop Luc Sangaré Auguste | Bamako | Episcopal Conference of Mali | Mali |
| Archbishop Jaime Pedro Gonçalves | Beira | Episcopal Conference of Mozambique | Mozambique |
| Bishop Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka | Jos | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Bishop Joseph Ruzindana | Byumba | Conference of Catholic Bishops of Rwanda | Rwanda |
| Cardinal Hyacinthe Thiandoum | Dakar | Conference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea Bissau | Senegal |
| Archbishop Denis Hurley | Durban | Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference | South Africa |
| Archbishop Gabriel Zubeir Wako | Khartoum | Sudan Catholic Bishops' Conference | Sudan |
| Bishop Anthony Mayala | Musoma | Tanzania Episcopal Conference | Tanzania |
| Archbishop Robert-Casimir Dosseh-Anyron | Lomé | Episcopal Conference of Togo | Togo |
| Bishop Barnabas Halem 'Imana | Kabale | Uganda Episcopal Conference | Uganda |
| Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya | Kisangani | Episcopal Conference of Zaire | Zaire |
| Bishop James Mwewa Spaita | Mansa | Zambia Episcopal Conference | Zambia |
| Bishop Wunganayi Chiginya Tobias | Gweru | Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference | Zimbabwe |

### The Americas

| Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
| Cardinal Juan Carlos Aramburu | Buenos Aires | Argentine Episcopal Conference | Argentina |
| Bishop Julio Terrazas Sandoval | Oruro | Bolivian Episcopal Conference | Bolivia |
| Bishop Ivo Lorscheiter | Santa Maria | National Conference of Bishops of Brazil | Brazil |
| Bishop Bernard Hubert | Saint-Jean-Longueuil | Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops | Canada |
| Archbishop Bernardino Piñera | La Serena | Episcopal Conference of Chile | Chile |
| Archbishop Héctor Rueda Hernández | Bucaramanga | Episcopal Conference of Colombia | Colombia |
| Bishop Darío Castrillón Hoyos | Pereira | Latin American Episcopal Conference | Colombia |
| Archbishop Román Arrieta Villalobos | San José de Costa Rica | Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
| Bishop Adolfo Rodríguez Herrera | Camagüey | Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba | Cuba |
| Archbishop Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez | Santo Domingo | Conference of the Dominican Episcopate | Dominican Republic |
| Archbishop Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz | Guayaquil | Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference | Ecuador |
| Bishop Marco René Revelo Contreros | Santa Ana | Episcopal Conference of El Salvador | El Salvador |
| Archbishop Próspero Penados del Barrio | Guatemala | Episcopal Conference of Guatemala | Guatemala |
| Bishop François Gayot, SMM | Cap-Haïtien | Episcopal Conference of Haiti | Haiti |
| Archbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández | Tegucigalpa | Episcopal Conference of Honduras | Honduras |
| Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter | Kingston in Jamaica | Antilles Episcopal Conference | Jamaica |
| Archbishop Sergio Obeso Rivera | Xalapa | Mexican Episcopal Conference | Mexico |
| Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo | Managua | Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
| Archbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrath | Panamá | Episcopal Conference of Panama | Panama |
| Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero | Asunción | Paraguayan Episcopal Conference | Paraguay |
| Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts | Lima | Peruvian Episcopal Conference | Peru |
| Bishop Juan Fremiot Torres Oliver | Ponce | Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference | Puerto Rico |
| Bishop James William Malone | Youngstown | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | United States |
| Archbishop José Gottardi Cristelli | Montevideo | Episcopal Conference of Uruguay | Uruguay |
| Cardinal José Lebrún Moratinos | Caracas | Venezuelan Episcopal Conference | Venezuela |

### Asia

| Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
| Archbishop Michael Rozario | Dhaka | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bangladesh | Bangladesh |
| Bishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng | Mandalay | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Burma | Burma |
| Archbishop Simon Pimenta | Bombay | Conference of Catholic Bishops of India | India |
| Bishop Francis Xavier Sudartanta Hadisumarta | Manokwari–Sorong | Bishops' Conference of Indonesia | Indonesia |
| Archeparch Youhannan Semaan Issayi | Tehran | Iranian Episcopal Conference | Iran |
| ? | | Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy Land | Israel |
| Archbishop Peter Shirayanagi | Tokyo | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan | Japan |
| ? | | Episcopal Conference of Laos and Cambodia | Laos Cambodia |
| Cardinal Joseph Cordeiro | Karachi | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Pakistan | Pakistan |
| Cardinal Ricardo Vidal | Cebu | Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines | Philippines |
| Archbishop Gregory Yong | Singapore | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei | Singapore |
| Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan | Seoul | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea | South Korea |
| Bishop Frank Marcus Fernando | Chilaw | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| Archbishop Stanislaus Lo Kuang | Tapei | Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference | Taiwan |
| Archbishop Louis Chamniern Santisukniram | Thare and Nonseng | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Thailand | Thailand |
| Bishop Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine Dubois | Constantinople | Episcopal Conference of Turkey | Turkey |
| Cardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như Khuê | Hanoi | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam | Vietnam |

### Europe

| Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
| Archbishop Karl Berg | Salzburg | Austrian Bishops' Conference | Austria |
| Cardinal Godfried Danneels | Mechelen-Brussels | Episcopal Conference of Belgium | Belgium |
| Archbishop Metodi Dimitrov Stratiev | Sofia | Episcopal Conference of Bulgaria | Bulgaria |
| Archbishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie Vilnet | Lille | Bishops' Conference of France | France |
| Cardinal Joachim Meisner | Berlin | Berlin Conference of Bishops | West Germany |
| Cardinal Joseph Höffner | Cologne | German Bishops' Conference | West Germany |
| Archbishop Antonios Varthalitis | Corfu, Zakynthos, and Cephalonia | Holy Synod of Catholic Bishops of Greece | Greece |
| Cardinal László Lékai | Esztergom | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Hungary | Hungary |
| Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich | Armagh | Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference | Ireland |
| Cardinal Ugo Poletti | Cardinal Vicar of Rome | Italian Episcopal Conference | Italy |
| Archbishop Joseph Mercieca | Malta | Maltese Episcopal Conference | Malta |
| Cardinal Adrianus Johannes Simonis | Utrecht | Bishops' Conference of the Netherlands | Netherlands |
| Bishop John Willem Gran | Oslo | Scandinavian Bishops Conference | Norway |
| Cardinal Józef Glemp | Warsaw | Polish Episcopal Conference | Poland |
| Bishop Manuel d'Almeida Trindade | Aveiro | Portuguese Episcopal Conference | Portugal |
| ? | | Romanian Episcopal Conference | Romania |
| Cardinal Thomas Winning | Glasgow | Bishops' Conference of Scotland | Scotland |
| Archbishop Gabino Díaz Merchán | Oviedo | Spanish Episcopal Conference | Spain |
| Bishop Henri Schwery | Sion | Swiss Bishops Conference | Switzerland |
| Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky | Lviv | Ukrainian Episcopal Conference | Soviet Union |
| Cardinal Basil Hume | Westminster | Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales | United Kingdom |

### Oceania

| Name | See | Episcopal conference | Country |
| Archbishop Francis Roberts Rush | Brisbane | Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference | Australia |
| Cardinal Thomas Williams | Wellington | New Zealand Catholic Bishops' Conference | New Zealand |
| Bishop Gregory Singkai | Bougainville | Catholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands | Papua New Guinea |
| Archbishop Petero Mataca | Suva | Episcopal Conference of the Pacific | Fiji |

## Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia

The following heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia attended:
| Name | Office | Country |
| Cardinal Agostino Casaroli | Cardinal Secretary of State | Italy |
| Cardinal Bernardin Gantin | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Bishops | Benin |
| Cardinal William Wakefield Baum | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic Institutions | United States |
| Cardinal Pietro Palazzini | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of Saints | Italy |
| Cardinal Silvio Oddi | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy | Italy |
| Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship | West Germany |
| Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | West Germany |
| Cardinal Jozef Tomko | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples | Czechoslovakia |
| Cardinal Jean Jérôme Hamer | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular Institutes | Belgium |
| Cardinal Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy | Prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches | India |
| Cardinal Paul Augustin Mayer | Prefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments | West Germany |
| Cardinal Luigi Dadaglio | Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary | Italy |
| Cardinal Aurelio Sabattani | Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura | Italy |
| Cardinal Gabriel-Marie Garrone | President of the Pontifical Council for Culture | France |
| Cardinal Roger Etchegaray | President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum | France |
| Archbishop Édouard Gagnon | President of the Pontifical Council for the Family | Canada |
| Cardinal Roger Etchegaray | President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace | France |
| Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio | President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity | Argentina |
| Cardinal Rosalio José Castillo Lara | President of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican Council | Venezuela |
| Archbishop Fiorenzo Angelini | President of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Assistance of Health Care Workers | Italy |
| Archbishop John Patrick Foley | President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications | United States |
| Cardinal Paul Poupard | President of the Secretariat for Non-Believers | France |
| Cardinal Francis Arinze | President of the Secretariat for Non-Christians | Nigeria |
| Cardinal Johannes Willebrands | President of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity | Netherlands |
| Cardinal Agnelo Rossi | President of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See | Brazil |
| Cardinal Giuseppe Caprio | President of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See | Italy |

## Papal invitees

There were additional members invited by Pope John Paul II:
| Name | Office | Country |
| Rev. Hans Urs von Balthasar | Theologian | Switzerland |
| Cardinal Joseph Bernardin | Archbishop of Chicago | United States |
| Cardinal John Francis Dearden | Archbishop emeritus of Detroit | United States |
| Archbishop Maxim Hermaniuk | Archbishop of Winnipeg | Canada |
| Cardinal Franz König | Archbishop emeritus of Vienna | Austria |
| Cardinal John Krol | Archbishop of Philadelphia | United States |
| Cardinal Bernard Francis Law | Archbishop of Boston | United States |
| Cardinal Aloísio Lorscheider | Archbishop of Fortaleza | Brazil |
| Cardinal Henri de Lubac, SJ | Theologian | France |
| Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger | Archbishop of Paris | France |
| Cardinal Friedrich Wetter | Archbishop of Munich and Freising | West Germany |
| Cardinal Eugênio Sales | Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro | Brazil |
| Cardinal Ángel Suquía Goicoechea | Archbishop of Madrid | Spain |

## Fraternal delegates

The following delegates represented non-Catholic organizations:
| Name | Profession | Religion | Country |
| Rev. Andreas Aarflot | Bishop of Oslo Representative of the Lutheran World Federation | Lutheranism (Church of Norway) | Norway |
| Bishop William Ragsdale Cannon | Bishop emeritus of the Raleigh Area Representative of the World Methodist Council | Methodism (United Methodist Church) | United States |
| Rev. Henry Chadwick | Professor emeritus of Divinity, University of Cambridge | Anglican Communion (Church of England) | United Kingdom |
| Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis | Archbishop of Australia | Eastern Orthodox (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) | Australia |
| Bishop Anba Paula | General Bishop | Oriental Orthodox (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria) | Egypt |
| Rev. Lewis Mudge | Dean of McCormick Theological Seminary Representative of the World Reformed Alliance | Calvinism (Presbyterian Church (USA)) | United States |
| Rev. David M. Thompson | Professor, University of Cambridge | Calvinism (Disciples of Christ) | United Kingdom |
| Rev. David S. Russell | General Secretary emeritus of the Baptists Union of Great Britain Representative of the Baptist World Alliance | Baptist | United Kingdom |
| Rev. Justus T. du Plessis | Pentecostal pastor | Pentecostalism | South Africa |
| Rev. Jacques Maury (fr) | President of the Protestant Federation of France World Council of Churches | Calvinism (Reformed Church of France) | France |