AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUN 25, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Guntis Ulmanis, president of the Republic of Latvia, accompanied by his wife and entourage.
- Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J., archbishop emeritus of Lima, Peru.
- Archbishop Francois Bacque, apostolic nuncio in the Dominican Republic and apostolic delegate to Puerto Rico.
- Two prelates from the Irish Episcopal Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Bishop James McLoughlin of Galway and Kilmacduagh.
- Bishop William Lee of Waterford and Lismore.
- Bishop Jorge Enrique Jimenez Carvajal of Zipaquira C.I.M., Colombia, president of CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Council), accompanied by Archbishops Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa of Santiago de Chile, Chile, and Geraldo Majella Agnelo of Sao Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, respectively first and second vice presidents, and also by Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of Tapachula, Mexico, secretary general of the council.
He is scheduled to meet later this evening with Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone S.D.B., emeritus of Vercelli, Italy and secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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