AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, FEB 5, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, archbishop of Montreal, Canada, with Prime Minister of Quebec, Lucien Bouchard and his family, and J. Fernand Tanguay, ambassador of Canada to the Holy See, and an entourage.
- Bishop Henry Theophilus Howaniec, apostolic administrator of Almaty, Kazakhstan, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.
- Bishop Giuseppe Pasotto, apostolic administrator of Caucasus of the Latins, Georgia, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.
- Fr. Tomasz Peta, apostolic administrator of Astana, Kazakhstan, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.
- Fr. Janusz Kaleta, apostolic administrator of Atyrau, Kazakhstan, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.
- Fr. Aleksandr Kan, S.J., superior of the "sui iuris" mission of Kyrgyzstan, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.

On Saturday the Holy Father received in separate audiences:
- Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, major penitentiary, and Bishop Luigi De Magistris, regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary.
- Jose Bernardo Domingos Quiosa, ambassador of the Republic of Angola to the Holy See, on a farewell visit.
- Bishop Jan Pawel Lenga of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.
- Archbishop Nerses der Nersessian, ordinary for the Armenian Catholics of Eastern Europe, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.
- Fr. Wenceslaus Padilla, C.I.C.M., superior of the "sui iuris" mission in Urga, Ulanbator, Mongolia, on the occasion of his "ad limina" visit.
- Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
- Cardinal Fiorenzo Angelini.

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