Let us pray for our Dominican Prelates

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Let us pray for all of those clerics, whether they be a Cardinal, Bishop, Priest, or Brother, who belong to the Order of Preachers. Let us pray for their vocation, for their perseverance, and for all those whom they are appointed to safeguard, teach, and preach the love of Jesus Christ to.

O God, the Pastor and Ruler of all the faithful, look favourably upon Your servant N., whom You have been pleased to appoint as shepherd of the Church of N.; grant, we beseech You, that he may edify those over whom he is placed by word and example, so that, with the flock entrusted to his care, he may attain life everlasting. Through our Lord, etc. Amen.

We especially pray for:

  • The Very Rev. Gerard Timoner III, O.P., Master of the Order of Preachers

    and all those who God has called to serve in the Order of Preachers

Those Cardinals who belong to the Order of Preachers:

  • His Eminence José F. Advincula, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Manila

  • His Eminence Dominik Duka, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus of Prague

  • His Eminence Frank Leo, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Toronto

  • His Eminence Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., Master Emeritus of the Order of Preachers

  • His Eminence Christoph Schönborn, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus of Vienna

  • His Eminence Jean-Paul Vesco, O.P., Archbishop of Algiers

Those Bishops who belong to the Order of Preachers:

  • The Most Rev. Yousif Thomas Mirkis, O.P., Archbishop of Kerkuk

  • The Most Rev. David Thomas Daniel Macaire, O.P., Archbishop of Fort-de-France (e Saint Pierre)

  • The Most Rev. Najib Mikhael Moussa, O.P., Archbishop of Mossul-Aqra

  • The Most Rev. José S. Palma, O.P., Metropolitan Archbishop of Cebu

  • The Most Rev. Rufino C. Sescon Jr., O.P., Bishop of Balanga

  • The Most Rev. Steven John Maekawa, O.P., Bishop of Fairbanks

  • The Most Rev. Jean Marie Henri Legrez, O.P., Archbishop Emeritus of Albi

  • The Most Rev. Charles Morerod, O.P., Bishop of Lausanne

  • The Most Rev. Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P., Bishop Emeritus of Hà Tĩnh

Those Cardinals and Bishops, who belonged to the Order of Preachers, who have reposed in the Lord:

  • His Eminence Hugh of Saint-Cher, O.P., (d. 1263), First Cardinal Belonging to the Order of Preachers

  • His Eminence Yves Congar, O.P. (d. 1995), Cardinal-Deacon of San Sebastiano al Palatino

  • His Eminence Paul-Pierre Philippe, O.P. (d. 1984), Patron of the Order of Malta

  • His Eminence Andreas Frühwirth, O.P. (d. 1933), Chancellor of the Apostolic Chancery

  • His Eminence Michael Cardinal Browne O.P. (d. 1971), Master General Emeritus of the Order of Preachers

  • His Eminence Philip Thomas Howard, O.P (d. 1694), Archpriest of Saint Mary Major

    His Eminence Jean Jérôme Hamer, O.P. (d. 1996), Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life

  • His Eminence Georges Marie Martin Cottier, O.P. (d. 2016), Theologian Emeritus of the Prefecture of the Papal Household

  • His Eminence Félix-Raymond-Marie Rouleau, O.P. (d. 1931), Archbishop of Québec

  • The Most Rev. Ernest Bertrand Boland, O.P. (d. 2023), Bishop Emeritus of Multan

  • The Most Rev. Michael James Dempsey, O.P. (d. 1996), Bishop Emeritus of Sokoto

  • The Most Rev. Jean-Louis Bruguès, O.P., Archivist Emeritus of the Vatican Secret Archive