AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 22, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in audience Archbishop Pierre Mouallem of Akka of the Greek-Melkites, Israel.
He also received the following participants of the Synod of Bishops:

- Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iniguez, archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico.
- Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz, archbishop of Bogota, Colombia.
- Archbishop Elias Yanes Alvarez of Zaragoza, Spain.
- Archbishop Eduardo Vicente Miras of Rosario, Argentina.
- Archbishop Jose Mario Ruiz Navas of Portoviejo, Ecuador.
- Archbishop Roberto Octavio Gonzalez Nieves, O.F.M., of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico.
- Bishop Jeronimo Tomas Abreu Herrera of Mao-Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic.
- Bishop Mario de Gasperin Gasperin of Queretaro, Mexico.
- Bishop Fabio Suescun Mutis, military ordinary, Colombia.
- Bishop Juan Matogo Oyana, C.M.F., of Ebebiyin, Equatorial Guinea.
- Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca of Talca, Chile.
- Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I., of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.

On Saturday, October 19, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- His Royal Highness El Hassan bin Talal, prince of Jordan, accompanied by his entourage.
- Archbishop Antonio Franco, apostolic nuncio in the Philippines.
- Archbishop John Baptist Odama of Gulu, Uganda.

He also received the following participants of the Synod of Bishops:

- Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinsangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Archbishop Georges Edmond Robert Gilson of Sens, France.
- Archbishop Vital Komenan Yao of Bouake, Ivory Coast.
- Bishop Paulin Pomodimo of Bossangoa, Central African Republic.
- Bishop Timothee Modibo-Nzockena of Franceville, Gabon.
- Bishop Alphonse Georger of Oran, Algeria.
- Bishop Norbert Brunner of Sion, Switzerland.
- Bishop Jean Ntagwarara of Bubanza, Burundi.
- Bishop Louis Pelatre, A.A., apostolic vicar of Istanbul, Turkey.
- Bishop Jacques Sarr of Thies, Senegal.
- Bishop Olivier de Berranger of Saint-Denis, France.
- Bishop Vincent Mensah, emeritus of Porto Novo, Benin.

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