AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JAN 7, 2003 (VIS) - This morning, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

-The following Bishops ordained yesterday, with his family members:
- Archbishop Paul Tschang In-nam, Apostolic Nuncio in Bangladesh.

- Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Permanent Observer to the United Nations.

- Archbishop Pierre Nguyen Van Tot, Apostolic Nuncio in Benin and Togo.

- Archbishop Pedro Lopez Quintana, Apostolic Nuncio.

- Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

- Bishop Calogero La Piana, of Mazara del Vallo, Italy.

- Bishop Rene-Marie Ehuzu, of Abomey, Benin.

- Bishop Jan Babjak, of the Eparchy of Presov of Catholics of the Byzantine Rite, Slovak Republic.

- Bishop Andraos Abouna, Auxiliary of the Patriarchate of Babylonia of the Chaldeans, Iraq.

- Bishop Milan Sasik, Apostolic Adminstrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the Eparchy of Mukacheve, Ukraine.

- Bishop Giuseppe Nazzaro, Apostolic Vicar of Alep of Latin Rite, Syria.

- Bishop Brian Farrell, Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity.

Last Saturday, January 4, he received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Eugenio Sbarbaro, Apostolic Nuncio to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

- Bishop Javier Echevarria Rodriguez, Prelate of the personal Prelature of Opus Dei.

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