AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, JUN 1, 2004 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences:

- Archbishop Pablo Puente, apostolic nuncio to Great Britain.

- Archbishop Jean-Paul Gobel, apostolic nuncio to Nicaragua.

- Eight prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (Region XIII) on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Archbishop Charles Joseph Chaput O.F.M., of Denver, accompanied by his auxiliary Jose Horacio Gomez.

    - Bishop Gerald Frederick Kicanas of Tucson, accompanied by Bishop Manuel D. Moreno, emeritus of the same diocese.

    - Bishop David Laurin Ricken of Cheyenne, accompanied by Bishop Joseph Hubert Hart, emeritus of the same diocese.

    - Bishop Michael John Sheridan of Colorado Springs, accompanied by Bishop Richard Charles Hanifen, emeritus of the same diocese.
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