AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, 5 DEC 2011 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:

 - Archbishop Nicola Girasoli, apostolic nuncio to Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Dominica, Jamaica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Grenadines, Suriname, Guyana, and apostolic delegate in the Antilles.

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

    - Archbishop John Myers of Newark, accompanied by Auxiliary Bishops Edgar M. da Cunha S.D.V., Gaetano Aldo Donato and Manuel A. Cruz, and by former Auxiliary Bishops David Arias O.A.R. and Dominic Anthony Marconi.

    - Bishop Paul Gregory Bootkoski of Metuchen.

    - Bishop Arthur Joseph Serratelli of Paterson, accompanied by Bishop emeritus Frank Joseph Rodimer.

    - David M. O'Connell C.M. of Trenton, accompanied by Bishop emeritus John Mortimer Smith.

    - Bishop Donald Walter Trautman of Erie.

 - Jasna Krivosic-Prpic, ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina, on her farewell visit.

 - Cardinal Marc Ouellet P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.
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