AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, SEP 1, 2005 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences ten prelates from the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Archbishop Jose Fernandez Arteaga of Chihuahua.

    - Bishop Renato Ascencio Leon of Ciudad Juarez.

    - Bishop Gerardo de Jesus Rojas Lopez of Nuevo Casas Grandes, accompanied by Bishop emeritus Hilario Chavez Joya M.N.M.

    - Bishop Jose Andres Corral Arredondo of Parral.

    - Bishop Rafael Sandoval Sandoval of Tarahumara

    - Archbishop Hector Gonzalez Martinez of Durango, accompanied by Archbishop emeritus Jose Trinidad Medel Perez.

    - Bishop Benjamin Jimenez Hernandez of Culiacan.

    - Bishop Mario Espinosa Contreras of Mazatlan.
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