Pope Francis on June 29, 2019, blessed the palliums of the 31 new Metropolitan Archbishops appointed during the past year, during the Mass, he celebrated in St. Peter’s Basilica for the feast of Saints Peter and Paul. Among the new Metropolitans is Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington, DC.
The white wool pallium adorned with black silk cross is worn above the chasuble. It is a sign of communion with the Successor of Peter and the other bishops, but also of the pastoral solicitude of the good pastor who carries the sheep on his shoulders. The bishops of Rome have worn it since the end of the fourth century.
Here is the full list of the new Metropolitans:
1. Bishop Peter Andrew COMENSOLI
Archbishop of Melbourne (Australia)
2. Archbishop Launay SATURNÉ
Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haïti)
3. Mons. Éric DE MOULINS-BEAUFORT
Archbishop of Reims (France)
4. Mons. Zeferino ZECA MARTINS, S.V.D.
Archbishop of Huambo (Angola)
5. Archbishop Fridolin AMBONGO BESUNGU, O.F.M. Postal Code.
Archbishop of Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
6. Mons. Angelito R. LAMPON, O.M.I.
Archbishop of Cotabato (Philippines)
7. Mons. Dario CAMPOS, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Vitória (Brazil)
8. Archbishop Philip A. ANYOLO
Archbishop of Kisumu (Kenya)
9. Mons. Joseph VU VĂN THIÊN
Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Viêt Nam)
10. Archbishop Antoine KAMBANDA
Archbishop of Kigali (Rwanda)
11. Bishop João Justino DE MEDEIROS SILVA
Archbishop of Montes Claros (Brazil)
12. Archbishop Elias Joseph GONSALVES
Archbishop of Nagpur (India)
13. Mons. Kornelius SIPAYUNG, O.F.M. Postal Code.
Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)
14. Bishop Peter Joseph HUNDT
Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland (Canada)
15. Bishop Gervas John MWASIKWABHILA NYAISONGA
Archbishop of Mbeya (Tanzania)
16. Bishop John Bonaventure KWOFIE, C.S.Sp.
Archbishop of Accra (Ghana)
17. Mons. Carlos CASTILLO MATTASOGLIO
Archbishop of Lima (Peru)
18. Bishop José Antonio FERNÁNDEZ HURTADO
Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico)
19. Bishop Renatus Leonard NKWANDE
Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)
20. Bishop Michael MULHALL
Archbishop of Kingston (Canada)
21. Bishop Wilton Daniel GREGORY
Archbishop of Washington (U.S.A.)
22. Bishop Michael Jude BYRNES
Archbishop of Agaña (Guam)
23. Mons. Alfredo José ESPINOZA MATEUS, S.D.B.
Archbishop of Quito (Ecuador)
24. Bishop Mark TIN WIN
Archbishop of Mandalay (Myanmar)
25. Bishop Dabula Anton MPAKO
Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa)
26. Bishop Joan PLANELLAS I BARNOSELL
Archbishop of Tarragona (Spain)
27. Bishop Andrea BELLANDI
Archbishop of Salerno-Campagna-Acerno (Italy)
28. Mons. Roberto CARBONI, O.F.M. Conv.
Archbishop of Oristano (Italy)
29. Mons. Augusto Paolo LOJUDICE
Archbishop of Siena-Colle Val d’Elsa-Montalcino (Italy)
30. Bishop João Inácio MÜLLER, O.F.M.
Archbishop of Campinas (Brazil)
31. Bishop John WILSON
Archbishop of Southwark (England)
