AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, NOV 15, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences:

- Ilir Meta, prime minister of Albania, accompanied by his wife and an entourage.
- Six prelates of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Myanmar, on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop Matthias U Shwe of Taunggyi.
- Bishop Abraham Than of Kengtung, with Auxiliary Bishop Peter Louis Caku.
- Bishop Gregory Taik Maung, apostolic administrator "sede plena" of Pyay.
- Bishop Paul Zinghtung Grawng of Myitkyina.
- Bishop Isaac Danu of Taungngu.

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OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS

VATICAN CITY, NOV 15, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed:

- Archbishop Giovanni Angelo Becciu, apostolic nuncio in Angola, as apostolic nuncio in Sao Tome and Principe.

- Archbishop Peter Stephan Zurbriggen, apostolic nuncio in Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, as apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of Estonia.

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