AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, 20 MAY 2011 (VIS) - Today, in separate audiences, the Holy Father received eight prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India on their ad limina visit:

 - Noel Fahey, the ambassador of Ireland to the Holy See, on his farewell visit.

 - Eight prelates from the Catholic Bishops' Conference of India on their ad limina visit:

    - Archbishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar with Emeritus Archbishop Raphael Cheenath, S.V.D.

    - Bishop Stephen M. Tiru of Khunti.

    - Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias of Port Blair.

    - Bishop Vincent Barwa of Simdega.

    - Bishop Victor Henry Thakur of Bettiah.

    - Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil of Bhagalpur.

    - Bishop Sebastian Kallupura of Buxar.

  The Holy Father is scheduled to receive this afternoon Cardinal William Joseph Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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