Tuesday, January 12, 1999

AUDIENCES

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

- Four prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Bosnia- Herzegovina on their "ad limina" visit:
- Cardinal Vinko Puljic, archbishop of Vrhbosna, Sarajevo, accompanied by his auxiliary, Bishop Pero Sudar.
- Bishop Franjo Komarica of Banja Luka.
- Bishop Ratno Peric of Mostar-Duvno, apostolic administrator of Trebinje-Mrkan.
- Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, apostolic nuncio in South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland and Lesotho, and also apostolic delegate in Botswana.
- Archbishop Hans Schwemmer, apostolic nuncio in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
- Jozsef Bratinka, ambassador of Hungary, accompanied by his wife, on a farewell visit.
- Daniel Micallef, ambassador of Malta, accompanied by his wife, on a farewell visit.

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