To carry out the immense task of organising and coordinating the work of 2500 bishops and 500-odd theologians, Pope John appointed a 10-member Council of Presidents to coordinate the work of the General Congregations.
The Council of Presidents
Cardinal Eugène Tisserant, a Frenchman, who had been a Sillon sympathiser, and was Vatican Librarian and Archivist
Cardinal Achille Liénart, Lille, France
Patriarch Ignace Gabriel I/Cardinal Théophile Tappouni, Patriarch of Antioch and Bishop of Beirut
Cardinal Norman Gilroy, Sydney, Australia
Cardinal Francis Spellman, New York, USA
Cardinal Josef Frings, Cologne, West Germany
Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini, Palermo, Italy
Cardinal Antonio Caggiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cardinal Bernard Alfrink, Utrecht, Netherlands
Cardinal Albert Meyer, Chicago, USA
Cardinal Stefan Wyszinski, Gniezno and Warsaw, Poland
Cardinal Giuseppe Siri, Genoa, Italy
SOURCE
Stefan Gigacz, The Leaven in the Council, Chapter 7, The Council opens without Cardijn (Australian Cardijn Institute) (Australian Cardijn Institute)