AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, APR 22, 2002 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Four prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan of Abuya.
- Bishop Athanasius Atule Usuh of Makurdi.
- Bishop Vincent Valentine Egwuchukwu Ezeonyia of Aba.
- Bishop John Moore, apostolic vicar of Bauchi.
- Cardinal Lubomyr Husar, archbishop major of Lviv of the Ukrainians, with Auxiliary Bishops Stanislaw Padewski, O.F.M.Cap., Ihor Vozniak, C.SS.R., and Hlib Lonchyna, M.S.U.

On Saturday April 20, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, apostolic nuncio in Kazakhstan and Tadjikistan.
- Two prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria, on their "ad limina" visit:
- Bishop Hilary Paul Odili Okeke of Nnewi.
- Bishop Joseph Egerega, apostolic vicar of Bomadi.
- Bishop Joseph Edra Ukpo of Ogoja.
- Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.

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