AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, NOV 15, 1999 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Abdelaziz Bouteflika, president of Algeria, accompanied by an entourage.
- Thirteen prelates from the German Episcopal Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Cardinal Friedrich Wetter, archbishop of Munich and Freising, accompanied by his auxiliaries, Bishops Engelbert Siebler, Bernhard Hasslberger and Franz Dietl.
- Archbishop Oskar Saier of Freiburg im Breisgau, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Paul Friedrich Wehrle.
- Archbishop Karl Braun of Bamberg, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Werner Radspieler.
- Bishop Manfred Muller of Regensburg, accompanied by his auxiliaries, Bishops Vinzenz Guggenberger and Wilhelm Schraml.
- Bishop Paul-Werner Scheele of Wurzburg accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Helmut Bauer.

On Saturday, November 13, he received in separate audiences:

- Their Majesties King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden, accompanied by an entourage.
- Six prelates from the German Episcopal Conference, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Bishop Franz Kamphaus of Limburg, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Gerhard Pieschl.
- Bishop Josef Homeyer of Hildesheim, accompanied by his auxiliaries, Bishops Hans-Georg Koitz and Nikolaus Schwerdtfeger.
- Rudolf Muller of Gorlitz.
- Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, apostolic nuncio in Belgium and Luxembourg.
- Archbishop Felix del Blanco Prieto, apostolic nuncio in Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea.

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