AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, 8 FEB 2010 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in separate audiences eight prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Romania, on their "ad limina" visit:

    - Archbishop Ioan Robu of Bucharest, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Cornel Damian.

    - Archbishop Gyorgy-Miklos Jakubinyi of Alba Iulia, apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the ordinariate for Catholics of Armenian rite resident in Romania, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Jozsef Tamas.

    - Bishop Petru Gherghel of Iasi, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishop Aurel Perca.

    - Bishop Laszlo Bocskei of Oradea Mare of the Latins.

    - Bishop Jeno Schonberger of Satu Mare.

  On Saturday 6 February he received in separate audiences:

 - Cardinal Michele Giordano, archbishop emeritus of Naples, Italy.

 - Bishop Kurt Koch of Basel, Switzerland.

 - Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
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