AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, FEB 19, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences the following six prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Turkey, on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit:

- Archbishop Hovannes Tcholakian of Istanbul of the Armenians. - Archbishop Paul Karatas of Diarbekir of the Chaldeans.
- Archbishop Giuseppe Germano Bernardini of Izmir.
- Bishop Louis Pelatre of Sasima, apostolic vicar of Istanbul.
- Bishop Ruggero Franceschini, apostolic vicar of Anatolia.
- Chorbishop Yusuf Sag, patriarchal exarach of Syrian Catholics of Turkey.

On Saturday he received in separate audiences:

- Cardinal William Wakefield Baum, major penitentiary.
- Cardinal Frederic Etsou Nzabi-Bamungwabi, C.I.C.M., archbishop of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, apostolic nuncio in Mexico.
- Archbishop Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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