AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 4, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received in audience today:

- George Bush, former president of the United States of America, accompanied by his entourage.

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

- Cardinal Francis Eugene George, O.M.I., archbishop of Chicago, U.S.A.
- Archbishop Michael Kpakala Francis of Monrovia, Liberia.
- Archbishop Gaudencio B. Rosales of Lipa, the Philippines.
- Archbishop Vincent Michael Concessao of Delhi, India.
- Archbishop Berhaneyesus Demerew Suoraphiel, C.M., metropolitan of Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.
- Bishop Victor Adibe Chikwe of Ahiara, Nigeria.
- Bishop Paulinus Costa of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
- Bishop Stephen Joseph Reichert, O.F.M. Cap., of Mendi, Papua New Guinea.
- Bishop Erkolano Lodu Tombe, of Yei, Sudan.
- Bishop Franklyn Nubuasah, S.V.D., apostolic vicar of Francistown, Botswana.
- Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka of Kyoto, Japan.
- Auxiliary Bishop Robert Patrick Maginnis of Philadelphia, U.S.A.

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