The Coordinating Commission

At the end of the First Session of the Council, Pope John XXIII appointed a Coordinating Commission whose role was to coordinate the work of the various conciliar commissions.

Members of the Commission

Cardinal Amleto Cicognani, Secretary of State

Cardinal Achille Liénart, Lille, France

Cardinal Francis Spellman, New York, USA

Cardinal Giovanni Urbani, Venice, Italy

Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Secretary of the Congregation for Semaries and for the Sacred Consistorial Congregation

Cardinal Julius Döpfner, Munich and Friesing, West Germany

Cardinal Léon-Joseph Suenens, Malines-Brussels, Belgium.

SOURCE

Stefan Gigacz, The Leaven in the Council, Chapter 7, The Council opens without Cardijn (Australian Cardijn Institute)