AUDIENCES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 29, 2001 (VIS) - The Holy Father received today in separate audiences six prelates of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan, on the occasion of their "ad limina" visit.
- Bishop Joseph Hisajiro Matsunaga of Fukuoka.
- Bishop Francis Keiichi Sato of Niigata.
- Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi of Sapporo, apostolic administrator "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the apostolic prefecture of Karafuto.
- Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura of Nagoya.
- Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa of Naha.
- Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka of Kyoto.

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