AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 2 June 2014 (VIS) – The Holy father received in audience:

- Mehriban Aliyeva, president of the “Heydar Aliyev Foundation, Azerbaijan.

- Eight prelates of the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops' Conference, on their “ad limina” visit:

Archbishop Alexander Thomas Kaliyanil, S.V.D., of Bulawayo;

Bishop Xavier Johnsai Munyongani of Gweru;

Bishop Joseph Albert Serrano Anton, I.E.M.E., of Hwange;

Bishop Michael Dixon Bhasera of Masvingo;

Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu of Harare;

Bishop Dieter Bernd Scholz , S.J., of Chinhoyi;

Bishop Angel Floro Martinez, I.E.M.E., of Gokwe;

Bishop Alexio Churu Muchabaiwa of Mutare.

On Saturday, 31 June, the Holy Father received in audience:

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

- Twelve prelates of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, on their “ad limina” visit:

Archbishop Valentin Sanchez Espinosa of Puebla de los Angeles, with his auxiliaries, Bishop Eugenio Andres Lira Rugarcia, Bishop Rutilo Felipe Pozos Lorenzini, and Bishop Tomas Lopez Duran;

Bishop Teodoro Enrique Pino Miranda of Huajuapan de Leon;

Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martinez of Tehuacan;

Archbishop Jesus Carlos Cabrero Romero of San Luis Potosi;

Bishop Roberto Octavio Balmori Cinta, M.J., of Ciudad Valles;

Bishop Sigifredo Noriega Barcelo of Zacatecas;

Archbishop Domingo Diaz Martinez of Tulancingo;

Bishop Gerardo de Jesus Rojas Lopez of Tabasco;

Bishop Georges M. Saad Abi Younes, O.L.M., of Nuestra Senora de los Martires del Libano en Mexico of the Maronites.