The following are photos I've found or scanned here and there. If you have other good images of Roman Catholic usage of the cappa magna, do send them along.
His Beatitude, Michel Sabbah, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, in the winter cappa magna, flanked by priests of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, of which he is the Grand Prior.
The Patriarch of Jerusalem again.
Monsignor Raymond Burke, Archbishop of St Louis, in the cappa magna.
Raymond Burke, at the time Bishop of LaCrosse, processes wearing the cappa magna.
Another shot of Bishop Burke, with the train of the cappa magna extending into the sanctuary.
George Cardinal Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, processing in cappa magna at the 2005 World Youth Day festivities in Cologne.
Monsignor Roger Foys, the Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, at a graduation ceremony.
Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope John Paul II, in cappa magna as Archbishop of Krakow.
Angelo Cardinal Roncalli, Patriarch of Venice and future Pope John XXIII, in a fine winter cappa magna. Note the little black tails on the ermine of the cappa.
Good Pope John XXIII enthroned, flanked by two Cardinals in the winter cappa magna.
The Cardinals process inside the Cathedral of San Giovanni in Laterano to make their public obedience to the new Pope John XXIII. Notice the trains of the cappe.
One the left, a photograph of the Cardinals making their obedience to Pope John, immediately after his election, in the Sistine Chapel. Notice the folded canopies (baldachini) over the cardinals' thrones. On the right, the same in 1939 for Pius XII. During the conclave, all the Cardinals are equal and therefore were entitled to a baldachino above their thrones. When one of their number is elected Pope, he becomes the superior in dignity and the other cardinals' canopies were then folded shut.
Eminences at a consistory. The Cardinals are wearing the winter cappa magna. Notice the Carmelite Cardinal with a different color scheme: in the old days religious-order prelates had distinct choir vesture.
Princes of the Church sit swathed in their cappe magne during the one of the Requiem Masses for Pope Pius XII. Notice, also, the enormous size of the papal catafalque and the great quantity of candles.
Giovanni Battista Montini, Archbishop of Milan, during a penitential procession along the city streets in mourning for the failed anti-Communist coup in Hungary. The penitential character of the procession calls into play the rare rubric for the cappa's hood to be worn on the head. The archbishop is accompanied by canons of the Metropolitan Chapter of Milan. They are wearing folded cappe magne with ermine, a privilege dating back to the Middle Ages, and wearing pectoral crosses with gems, a privilege granted them by Pope Pius XI.
Three fantastic photographs of Angelo Roncalli, kindly sent in by The Far Sight. As the blog author pointed out, in the first of the photos you can clearly see the difference between the plain silk cappa magna of the Archbishop of Marseilles and Archbishop Roncalli's watered silk cappa, to which he was entitled as Papal Nuncio to France.
Emmanuel Cardinal Suhard, the Archbishop of Paris, with Marshal Petain.
Cardinal Palazzini, in biretta and winter cappa magna at a pontifical celebration in the Old Rite. Gricigliano,1993.
Bishop Mve from Gabon, Africa, photographed in the 1990s wearing the cappa magna.
Pope Pius XI on his throne at the Lateran, Cardinal Pompilj, Cardinal-Vicar of Rome in folded cappa magna at the Pope's right. Behind them Monsignor (later Cardinal) Cacci-Dominioni, Maggiordomo of His Holiness. Early 1930s.
A newly-created cardinal kneels before the Pope at St Peter's in the Vatican. In this great shot, you can see the train of the cappa flowing down the steps. The Pope imposes the cardinal's galero on his head, covered with the cappa's hood. Circa 1960.
Pope Paul VI enthroned, flanked by the Cardinal Deacons (Ottaviani, De Jorio & ?) in their cappe magne. On the Pope's right is Prince Colonna, Prince-assistant to the Pontifical Throne, andon his left Archbishop Enrico Dante, papal Master of Ceremonies.
Two excellent photos of Richard Cardinal Cushing of Boston. Notice that in the second photograph, although he's identified as "Cardinal," you can tell that he is in fact still just an archbishop by the tuft on his biretta and the fact that the biretta and cappa are not watered silk.
Alfons Cardinal Stickler entering the seminary at Gricigliano in the cappa magna.
The Archbishop of Salzburg, in procession, with another bishop following him.
Jorge Cardinal Medina Estévez in cappa magna (and capello Romano!) at Gricigliano. In case you haven't noticed, the Institute of Christ the King has a knack for getting clerics and laymen to dress up.
Dom Fernando Rifan, bishop of the Old-Rite Apostolic Administration of Campos, Brazil, wearing the winter cappa.
Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli in the winter cappa magna (notice the ermine piece that covers the upper body) as Archpriest of St Peter's in the Vatican.
Pope Pius XII in the Sistine Chapel, immediately after his election. The two Cardinals Deacons flanking him, Cardinals Canali and Caccia-Dominioni, are wearing folded winter cappe magne.
Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Archbishop of Genoa, descending stairs in a cappa magna. Cardinal Siri was long a favorite papabile of the conservatives.
Cardinal Castrillón Hoyos, in Brazil for the consecration of Monsignor Fernando Rifan.
His Eminence Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, wearing the cappa magna. Two papal knights escort him.
Pope Pius XII places the galero on the head of a new cardinal, at the Public Concistory of 1953. The kneeling cardinal is wearing the cappa magna with its hood covering his head. Holding the galero is Monsignor enrico Dante, master of Ceremonies. On the Pope's right is Archbishop Diego Venini, Secret Elemosinary. In black, behind the book is Archbishop Peter-Canisius van Lierde, "Monsignor Sacristano" (Papal Vicar) of the Vatican City, traditionally an Augustinian canon. Kneeling is Monsignor Cocchetti wearing a mantellone.
Archbishop Eugenio Pacelli in procession as Apostolic Nuncio to Germany, between the World Wars.
An old print of Henry Edward Cardinal Manning, Archbishop of Westminster, and the head of the English hierarchy, which had been restored in 1850. The cardinal is wearing the winter cappa magna, with its ermine upper piece.
Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop of New York and Vicar of the U.S. Military, wearing the winter cappa magna in the first photo. In procession with the summer cappa in the second photo.
Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago.
Pedro Cardinal Segura y Sáenz, wrapped in a cappa magna. He was Cardinal-Archbishop of Sevilla and a bit of a thorn in the side of General Francisco Franco, with whom he is here pictured.
Blessed Ildefonso Schuster, 20th-century Cardinal Archbishop of Milan. Over top of his cappa magna, he's wearing the insigna of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre.
Another shot of Cardinal Schuster.
Archbishop Michael Hannan of Halifax, Canada. I'm really liking the ermine with the little tails and everything.
Cardinal Koenig of Vienna, Austria.
Cardinal Richelieu, prime minister of France under Louis XIII, is seen here in cappa magna, with the French Order of the Holy Spirit worn over it.
Joseph Cardinal Ritter, Archbishop of St Louis, wearing the winter cappa magna. By the pom-pom on his biretta, you can tell (even without color) that he has not yet been created cardinal.
A better image of Cardinal Ritter. Notice the woolen cardinal's biretta (abolished in 1969), worn in winter and for penitential services.
Two images of Patrick Cardinal Hayes of New York.
A Bishop James Sweeney is photographed after a High Mass in the Philippines.
Very special thanks to Father Athanasius McVay, OSBN, and Professor David Kubiak for their help in locating, scanning, and identifying these photographs.
