AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, SEP 13, 2004 (VIS) - Today the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Seven prelates from the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Cardinal Thomas Stafford Williams, archbishop of Wellington, accompanied by Coadjutor Bishop John Atcherley Dew.

    - Bishop Patrick James Dunn of Auckland.

    - Bishop John Jerome Cunneen of Christchurch.

    - Bishop Colin David Campbell of Dunedin.

    - Bishop Denis George Browne of Hamilton in New Zealand.

    - Bishop Peter James Cullinane of Palmerston North.

- Professor Aurelian Bondrea, rector of Spiru Haret University in Bucharest, Romania.

- Archbishop Stanislaw Rylko, president of the Pontifical Council for Laity, with Bishop Josef Clemens, secretary of the same council.

    On Saturday September 11, the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

- Five prelates from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Archbishop Stefan Soroka of Philadelphia of the Ukrainians, accompanied by Bishop Wolodymyr Walter Paska, auxiliary emeritus.

    - Bishop John M. Kudrick of Parma of the Ruthenians.

    - Bishop Andrew Pataki of Passaic of the Ruthenians.

    - Archbishop Basil Myron Schott of Pittsburgh of the Byzantines.

- Cardinal Camillo Ruini, vicar general for the diocese of Rome and president of the Italian Episcopal Conference.
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