AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, OCT 19, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in audience His Beatitude Gregoire III Laham, patriarch of Antioch of the Greek-Melkites, Damascus-Syria, accompanied by his entourage.

He also received the following participants in the Synod of Bishops:
- Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, archbishop of Westminster, England.
- Archbishop Leonardo Legaspi, O.P., of Caceres, the Philippines.
- Archbishop Thomas Meram of Urmya of the Chaldeans, bishop of Salmas of the Chaldeans, Iran.
- Archbishop Telesphore Placidus Toppo of Ranchi, India.
- Archbishop George Pell of Sydney, Australia.
- Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe of Lusaka, Zambia.
- Archbishop Tarcisius Gervazio Ziyaye of Blantyre, Malawi.
- Bishop Vincent Logan of Dunkeld, Scotland.
- Bishop Charles Maung Bo, S.D.B., of Pathein, Myanmar.
- Bishop Wilton Daniel Gregory of Belleville, U.S.A.
- Bishop John Lee Hiong Fun-Yit Yaw of Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.
- Bishop Peter Fernando of Tuticorin, India.

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