Cardinals who have confirmed their participation at the Solemn Mass, which will be presided over by Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig, Apostolic Nuncio emeritus in Italy and in the Republic of San Marino, are
– His Eminence Fernando Vergez Alzaga, President of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and of the Governorate of Vatican City State.
– His Eminence Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for Eastern Churches;
– His Eminence Lazarus You Heung-sik, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Clergy;
– His Eminence Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments;
– His Eminence Domenico Calcagno, President Emeritus of APSA;
– His Eminence Giuseppe Bertello, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State and the Governorate;
– His Eminence Cristóbal López Romero, SDB, Archbishop of Rabat, Morocco, co-consecrator;
– His Eminence Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB, Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay;
– His Eminence Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB, Archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa;
– His Eminence Riccardo Ezzati Andrello, SDB, Archbishop emeritus of Santiago de Chile;
There will also be numerous bishops present at the celebration, starting with the Salesian Bishop Lucas Van Looy, SDB, Bishop emeritus of Ghent, Belgium, also co-consecrator of the two ordinands. There are already some 20 prelates registered, and others could still arrive.
Given the ecclesial relevance of the event, Vatican News will also provide a live stream of the broadcast – in Italian and English – in addition to the live commentary in language on the YouTube channel of the Salesian Info Agency (ANS) in Italian, English, Spanish, French and Portuguese.
After the rite, there will be a moment of congratulations and agape to Card. Fernández Artime and Archbishop Piccinotti.
