Dear brothers and sisters in Christ!
It is with great joy and gratitude in my heart to inform you that Pope Leo XIV has confirmed the date of the long-awaited beatification of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich SJ.
The solemn Mass of the beatification will take place on Saturday, 6 September 2025 at Tallinn’s Freedom Square, starting at 11:00. The rite of beatification will be celebrated on behalf of the Pope by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn of Vienna.
This day is a great gift not only for the Estonian Catholic Church but for the entire Catholic Church and Estonian society. Mgr Profittlich’s faithfulness to Christ and his love for Estonia until his martyrdom are a living example of hope, courage and love for Christians.
I invite you all to pray and celebrate with me on this special day. We also welcome all other Christians and all people who are touched by the beatification and the example and death of Eduard Profittlich. We also welcome guests from abroad who wish to share in our joy and faith on this solemn occasion.
More detailed information about the organization of the ceremony and liturgical preparations will be available in the coming weeks. We ask you to keep this date free and begin to prepare in prayer for this great day of grace now.
Servant of God Eduard Profittlich, pray for us!
✠ Philippe Jourdan
Bishop of Tallinn
Tallinn, 21.06.2025
News
The new beatification date has not yet been announced.
All previously planned beatification ceremonies have been suspended. The College of Cardinals, which met on the morning of 22.04 for the first general congregation, decided to suspend all beatification ceremonies.
We will inform you in more detail about any changes to the beatification of Archbishop Profittlich through the official channels of the Tallinn Diocese as soon as possible.
Diocese of Tallinn
The new Bishop of Rome was born on September 14, 1955, in Chicago, Illinois, to Louis Marius Prevost, of French and Italian descent, and Mildred Martínez, of Spanish descent. He has two brothers, Louis Martín and John Joseph.
He spent his childhood and adolescence with his family and studied first at the Minor Seminary of the Augustinian Fathers and then at Villanova University in Pennsylvania, where in 1977 he earned a Degree in Mathematics and also studied Philosophy.
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
On April 21, Pope Francis went to be with his heavenly Father. We have all experienced the day of his death and funeral with great grief. Especially since he visited us, in Tallinn, six years ago. With his death, a special time began in the Church, which is called Sede Vacante, meaning we currently do not have a Pope and we are waiting for the election of a new Pope.
ANNOUNCEMENT: All beatifications planned so far have been suspended until the election of a new pope.
The College of Cardinals, which met on the morning of 22.04 for the first general congregation, decided to suspend all beatification ceremonies until a new pope has been elected.
We will inform you in more detail about any changes to the beatification of Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, S.J. through the official channels of the Tallinn Diocese as soon as possible.
Source: Tallinn Diocese.
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