AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 15, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today the following members of the Synod of Bishops:

- Cardinal Jean Honore, archbishop emeritus of Tours, France.
- Archbishop Jean Zerbo of Bamako, Mali.
- Bishop Maurice Gaidon of Cahors, France.
- Bishop Franghiskos Papamanolis, O.F.M.Cap., of Syros, Greece.
- Bishop Simon-Victor Tonye Bakot of Edea, Cameroon.
- Bishop Pierre Morissette of Baie-Comeau, Canada.
- Bishop Claude Dagens of Angouleme, France.
- Bishop Joseph Cheng Tsai-Fa of Tainan, Taiwan.
- Bishop Jean-Claude Makaya Loembe of Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo.
- Bishop Anastase Mutabazi of Kabgayi, Rwanda.
- Bishop Emile Destombes, M.E.P., apostolic vicar of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia.
- Bishop Pierre Nguyen Soan of Quy Nhon, Vietnam.
- Bishop Mathieu Madega, auxiliary of Libreville, Gabon.

On Saturday, October 13, he received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio, secretary of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches.
- Archbishop Eusebio Oscar Scheid of Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Archbishop Giovanni Coppa, apostolic nuncio.
- Archbishop Dominik Hrusovsky, apostolic nuncio.
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

He also received the following synod participants:

- Cardinal Julius Riyadi Darmaatmadja, S.J., archbishop of Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Archbishop Henry Sebastian D'Souza of Calcutta, India.
- Archbishop Justin Francis Rigali of Saint Louis, U.S.A.
- Archbishop Sean B. Brady of Armagh, Ireland.
- Archbishop Paul K. Bakyenga of Mbarara, Uganda.
- Archbishop Buti Joseph Tlhagale, O.M.I., of Bloemfontein, South Africa.
- Bishop Nikol Joseph Cauchi of Gozo, Malta.
- Bishop Paul Khoarai of Leribe, Lesotho.
- Bishop Anthony Leopold Raymond Peiris of Kurunegala, Sri Lanka.
- Eparch Tesfamariam Bedho of Keren, Eritrea.
- Bishop David L. Walker of Broken Bay, Australia.
- Bishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu of Hwange, Zimbabwe.
- Bishop Cherubim Dambui, auxiliary of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

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