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: SeeChurchCountryPatriarch Nerses Bedros XIX TarmouniCiliciaArmenian Catholic ChurchArchbishop Metodi Dimitrov StratievSofiaBulgarian Greek Catholic ChurchArcheparch Youhannan Semaan IssayiTehranChaldean Catholic ChurchEparch Andraos GhattasLuxorCoptic Catholic ChurchCardinal Paulos TzaduaAddis AbabaEthiopian Catholic Church?Melkite Greek Catholic Church?Romanian Greek Catholic Church?Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church?Slovak Greek Catholic ChurchPatriarch Antoine Pierre KhoraicheAntiochiaSyriac Maronite ChurchPatriarch Ignace Antoine II HayekAntiochiaSyriac Catholic ChurchMajor Archbishop Antony PadiyaraErnakulam-AngamalySyro-Malabar Catholic ChurchMajor Archbishop Benedict Varghese Gregorios ThangalathilTrivandrumSyro-Malankara Catholic ChurchCardinal Myroslav Ivan LubachivskyLvivUkrainian Greek Catholic Church
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 NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryBishop Henri TeissierAlgiersRegional Episcopal Conference of North AfricaArchbishop Manuel Franklin da CostaLubangoEpiscopal Conference of Angola and São ToméArchbishop Christophe AdimouCotonouEpiscopal Conference of BeninArchbishop Anselme Titianma SanonBobo-DioulassoConference of Bishops of Burkina Faso and of NigerArchbishop Joachim RuhunaGitegaConference of Catholic Bishops of BurundiCardinal Christian TumiGarouaNational Episcopal Conference of CameroonArchbishop Joachim N'DayenBanguiCentral African Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Charles Louis Joseph VandameN'DjaménaEpiscopal Conference of ChadBishop Georges-Firmin SinghaOwandoEpiscopal Conference of the CongoArchbishop Rafael María Nze AbuyMalaboEpiscopal Conference of Equatorial GuineaCardinal Paulos TzaduaAddis AbabaAssembly of Catholic Hierarchs of EthiopiaBishop Félicien-Patrice MakouakaFrancevilleEpiscopal Conference of GabonArchbishop Peter Poreku DeryTamaleGhana Catholic Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Robert SarahConakryEpiscopal Conference of GuineaCardinal Bernard YagoAbidjanEpiscopal Conference of the Côte d'IvoireBishop Raphael S. Ndingi Mwana a'NzekiNakuruKenyan Episcopal ConferenceBishop Sebastian Koto KhoaraiMohale's HoekLesotho Catholic Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Michael Kpakala FrancisMonroviaInter-territorial Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Gambia, Liberia, and Sierra LeoneCardinal Victor RazafimahatratraAntananarivoEpiscopal Conference of MadagascarArchbishop James ChionaBlantyreEpiscopal Conference of MalawiArchbishop Luc Sangaré AugusteBamakoEpiscopal Conference of MaliArchbishop Jaime Pedro GonçalvesBeiraEpiscopal Conference of MozambiqueBishop Gabriel Gonsum GanakaJosCatholic Bishops' Conference of NigeriaBishop Joseph RuzindanaByumbaConference of Catholic Bishops of RwandaCardinal Hyacinthe ThiandoumDakarConference of Bishops of Senegal, Mauritania, Cape Verde, and Guinea BissauArchbishop Denis HurleyDurbanSouthern African Catholic Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Gabriel Zubeir WakoKhartoumSudan Catholic Bishops' ConferenceBishop Anthony MayalaMusomaTanzania Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Robert-Casimir Dosseh-AnyronLoméEpiscopal Conference of TogoBishop Barnabas Halem 'ImanaKabaleUganda Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Laurent Monsengwo PasinyaKisanganiEpiscopal Conference of ZaireBishop James Mwewa SpaitaMansaZambia Episcopal ConferenceBishop Wunganayi Chiginya TobiasGweruZimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference
The Americas NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryCardinal Juan Carlos AramburuBuenos AiresArgentine Episcopal ConferenceBishop Julio Terrazas SandovalOruroBolivian Episcopal ConferenceBishop Ivo LorscheiterSanta MariaNational Conference of Bishops of BrazilBishop Bernard HubertSaint-Jean-LongueuilCanadian Conference of Catholic BishopsArchbishop Bernardino PiñeraLa SerenaEpiscopal Conference of ChileArchbishop Héctor Rueda HernándezBucaramangaEpiscopal Conference of ColombiaBishop Darío Castrillón HoyosPereiraLatin American Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Román Arrieta VillalobosSan José de Costa RicaEpiscopal Conference of Costa RicaBishop Adolfo Rodríguez HerreraCamagüeyConference of Catholic Bishops of CubaArchbishop Nicolás de Jesús López RodríguezSanto DomingoConference of the Dominican EpiscopateArchbishop Bernardino Echeverría RuizGuayaquilEcuadorian Episcopal ConferenceBishop Marco René Revelo ContrerosSanta AnaEpiscopal Conference of El SalvadorArchbishop Próspero Penados del BarrioGuatemalaEpiscopal Conference of GuatemalaBishop François Gayot, SMMCap-HaïtienEpiscopal Conference of HaitiArchbishop Héctor Enrique Santos HernándezTegucigalpaEpiscopal Conference of HondurasArchbishop Samuel Emmanuel CarterKingston in JamaicaAntilles Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Sergio Obeso RiveraXalapaMexican Episcopal ConferenceCardinal Miguel Obando y BravoManaguaEpiscopal Conference of NicaraguaArchbishop Marcos Gregorio McGrathPanamáEpiscopal Conference of PanamaArchbishop Ismael Blas Rolón SilveroAsunciónParaguayan Episcopal ConferenceCardinal Juan Landázuri RickettsLimaPeruvian Episcopal ConferenceBishop Juan Fremiot Torres OliverPoncePuerto Rican Episcopal ConferenceBishop James William MaloneYoungstownUnited States Conference of Catholic BishopsArchbishop José Gottardi CristelliMontevideoEpiscopal Conference of UruguayCardinal José Lebrún MoratinosCaracasVenezuelan Episcopal Conference
Asia
NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop Michael RozarioDhakaCatholic Bishops' Conference of BangladeshBishop Paul Zinghtung GrawngMandalayCatholic Bishops' Conference of BurmaArchbishop Simon PimentaBombayConference of Catholic Bishops of IndiaBishop Francis Xavier Sudartanta HadisumartaManokwari–SorongBishops' Conference of IndonesiaArcheparch Youhannan Semaan IssayiTehranIranian Episcopal Conference?Assembly of Catholic Ordinaries of the Holy LandArchbishop Peter ShirayanagiTokyoCatholic Bishops' Conference of Japan?Episcopal Conference of Laos and CambodiaCardinal Joseph CordeiroKarachiCatholic Bishops' Conference of PakistanCardinal Ricardo VidalCebuCatholic Bishops' Conference of the PhilippinesArchbishop Gregory YongSingaporeCatholic Bishops' Conference of Malaysia, Singapore and BruneiCardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwanSeoulCatholic Bishops' Conference of KoreaBishop Frank Marcus FernandoChilawCatholic Bishops' Conference of Sri LankaArchbishop Stanislaus Lo KuangTapeiChinese Regional Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Louis Chamniern SantisukniramThare and NonsengCatholic Bishops' Conference of ThailandBishop Gauthier Pierre Georges Antoine DuboisConstantinopleEpiscopal Conference of TurkeyCardinal Joseph-Marie Trịnh Như KhuêHanoiCatholic Bishops' Conference of Vietnam
Europe
NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop Karl BergSalzburgAustrian Bishops' ConferenceCardinal Godfried DanneelsMechelen-BrusselsEpiscopal Conference of BelgiumArchbishop Metodi Dimitrov StratievSofiaEpiscopal Conference of BulgariaArchbishop Jean-Félix-Albert-Marie VilnetLilleBishops' Conference of FranceCardinal Joachim MeisnerBerlinBerlin Conference of BishopsCardinal Joseph HöffnerCologneGerman Bishops' ConferenceArchbishop Antonios VarthalitisCorfu, Zakynthos, and CephaloniaHoly Synod of Catholic Bishops of GreeceCardinal László LékaiEsztergomCatholic Bishops' Conference of HungaryCardinal Tomás Ó FiaichArmaghIrish Catholic Bishops' ConferenceCardinal Ugo PolettiCardinal Vicar of RomeItalian Episcopal ConferenceArchbishop Joseph MerciecaMaltaMaltese Episcopal ConferenceCardinal Adrianus Johannes SimonisUtrechtBishops' Conference of the NetherlandsBishop John Willem GranOsloScandinavian Bishops ConferenceCardinal Józef GlempWarsawPolish Episcopal ConferenceBishop Manuel d'Almeida TrindadeAveiroPortuguese Episcopal Conference?Romanian Episcopal ConferenceCardinal Thomas WinningGlasgowBishops' Conference of ScotlandArchbishop Gabino Díaz MerchánOviedoSpanish Episcopal ConferenceBishop Henri SchwerySionSwiss Bishops ConferenceCardinal Myroslav Ivan LubachivskyLvivUkrainian Episcopal ConferenceCardinal Basil HumeWestminsterCatholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales
Oceania NameSeeEpiscopal conferenceCountryArchbishop Francis Roberts RushBrisbaneAustralian Catholic Bishops' ConferenceCardinal Thomas WilliamsWellingtonNew Zealand Catholic Bishops' ConferenceBishop Gregory SingkaiBougainvilleCatholic Bishops' Conference of Papua New Guinea and Solomon IslandsArchbishop Petero MatacaSuvaEpiscopal Conference of the Pacific
Heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia The following heads of the Dicasteries of the Roman Curia attended: NameOfficeCountryCardinal Agostino CasaroliCardinal Secretary of StateCardinal Bernardin GantinPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for BishopsCardinal William Wakefield BaumPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for Catholic InstitutionsCardinal Pietro PalazziniPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Causes of SaintsCardinal Silvio OddiPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for the ClergyCardinal Paul Augustin MayerPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for Divine WorshipCardinal Joseph RatzingerPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the FaithCardinal Jozef TomkoPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of PeoplesCardinal Jean Jérôme HamerPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for Religious and Secular InstitutesCardinal Duraisamy Simon LourdusamyPrefect of the Congregation for the Oriental ChurchesCardinal Paul Augustin MayerPrefect of the Sacred Congregation for the SacramentsCardinal Luigi DadaglioMajor Penitentiary of the Apostolic PenitentiaryCardinal Aurelio SabattaniPrefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic SignaturaCardinal Gabriel-Marie GarronePresident of the Pontifical Council for CultureCardinal Roger EtchegarayPresident of the Pontifical Council Cor UnumArchbishop Édouard GagnonPresident of the Pontifical Council for the FamilyCardinal Roger EtchegarayPresident of the Pontifical Council for Justice and PeaceCardinal Eduardo Francisco PironioPresident of the Pontifical Council for the LaityCardinal Rosalio José Castillo LaraPresident of the Pontifical Council for the Interpretation of the Decrees of the Second Vatican CouncilArchbishop Fiorenzo AngeliniPresident of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Assistance of Health Care WorkersArchbishop John Patrick FoleyPresident of the Pontifical Council for Social CommunicationsCardinal Paul PoupardPresident of the Secretariat for Non-BelieversCardinal Francis ArinzePresident of the Secretariat for Non-ChristiansCardinal Johannes WillebrandsPresident of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian UnityCardinal Agnelo RossiPresident of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic SeeCardinal Giuseppe CaprioPresident of the Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See
Papal invitees
There were additional members invited by Pope John Paul II: