AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 26, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences six prelates of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan, on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit.
- Archbishop Francis Xavier Kaname Shimamoto of Nagasaki.
- Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada of Tokyo.
- Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga of Osaka, with Auxiliary Bishop Michael Goro Matsuura.
- Bishop Paul Shinichi Itonaga of Kagoshima.
- Bishop Joseph Satoshi Fukahori of Takamatsu.

On Saturday, March 24, he received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Bruno Musaro, apostolic nuncio in Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles; apostolic delegate in the Comoro Islands with functions of apostolic delegate in Reunion.
- Five prelates of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Korea, on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit.
- Bishop Paul Choi Duk-ki of Suwon.
- Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun of Ch'ongju.
- Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon, military ordinary.
- Fr. Placidus Ri Dong-ho, O.S.B., abbot of Tokwon; apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Hamhung.
- Msgr. Leo Kim Ok-tai, diocesan administrator of Andong.
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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