AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, APR 12, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Eleven bishops from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on their "ad limina" visit:
- Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop of Montreal, accompanied by his auxiliaries, Bishops Jude Saint-Antoine, Andre Rivest, Anthony Mancini and Louis Dicaire.
- Archbishop Bertrand Blanchet of Rimouski.
- Archbishop Roger Ebacher of Gatineau-Hull.
- Archbishop Andre Gaumond of Sherbrooke.
- Bishop Jean-Guy Hamelin of Rouyn-Noranda.
- Bishop Jean-Guy Couture of Chicoutimi, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Roch Pedneault.
- Archbishop Edmond Farhat, apostolic nuncio in Slovenia and in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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