AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 17 May 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father received in separate audiences:

nine prelates from the Sardegna Region of the Italian Episcopal Conference on their "ad limina" visit:

   - Archbishop Arrigo Miglio of Cagliari,

   - Archbishop Paolo Mario Virgilio Atzei, O.F.M. Conv., of Sassari,

   - Archbishop Ignazio Sanna of Oristano,

   - Bishop Antioco Piseddu of Lanusei,

   - Bishop Sebastiano Sanguinetti of Tempio-Ampurias,

   - Bishop Giovanni Dettori of Ales-Terralba,

   - Bishop Mose Marcia of Nuoro,

   - Bishop Giovanni Paolo Zedda of Iglesias, and

   - Bishop Mauro Maria Morfino, S.D.B., of Alghero-Bosa.

and Cardinal Domenico Calcagno, president of the Administration of the Patrimony of the Apostolic See (APSA).

This afternoon he is scheduled to receive Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for Bishops.