Papal Audiences

2007.12

DateAscendingPrelates in Papal Audience
2007.12.01

South Korea Bishop John Chrysostom Kwon Hyeok-ju (권혁주 요한 크리소스토모 / 權赫周), Bishop of Andong 안동 (South Korea)

South Korea Bishop Gabriel Chang Bong-hun (장봉훈 가브리엘 / 張峰軒), Bishop of Cheongju 청주 (South Korea)

South Korea Bishop Francis Xavier Ahn Myong-ok (안명옥 프란치스코 하비에르 / 安明玉), Bishop of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

South Korea Bishop Michael Pak Jeong-il (박정일 미카엘 / 朴正一), Bishop emeritus of Masan 마산 (South Korea)

South Korea Bishop Paul Hwang Cheol-soo (황철수 바오로 / 黃哲洙), Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

2007.12.03

Italy Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto, Prefect of Congregation for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

South Korea Bishop Peter Lee Ki-heon (이기헌 베드로 / 李基憲), Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea)

North Korea Fr. Simon Peter Ri Hyong-u (이형우 시몬베드로), O.S.B., Apostolic Administrator of Tŏkwon 덕원 (North Korea)

Mongolia Bishop Wenceslao Selga Padilla (黃旭東), C.I.C.M., Prefect Apostolic of Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) and Titular Bishop of Tharros

2007.12.06

Honduras Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras), President of Caritas Internationalis and President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

USA Bishop William Edward Lori, Bishop of Bridgeport (USA) and Supreme Chaplain of Knights of Columbus

2007.12.10

Japan Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami (ヨセフ 高見三明), P.S.S., Metropolitan Archbishop of Nagasaki 長崎 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Paul Kenjiro Koriyama (パウロ 郡山 健次郎), Bishop of Kagoshima 鹿児島 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Berard Toshio Oshikawa (ベラルド 押川壽夫), O.F.M. Conv., Bishop of Naha 那覇 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Joseph Atsumi Misue (ヨゼフ 三末篤實), Bishop of Hiroshima 広島 (Japan)

2007.12.11

India Cardinal Ivan Dias, Cardinal-Priest of Spirito Santo alla Ferratella, Prefect of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, President of Interdicastery Commission for Consecrated Religious, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Bombay (India)

2007.12.13

Japan Archbishop Leo Jun Ikenaga (レオ 池長 潤), S.J., Metropolitan Archbishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Michael Gorō Matsuura (ミカエル 松浦悟郎), Titular Bishop of Sfasferia and Auxiliary Bishop of Osaka 大阪 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Dominic Ryōji Miyahara (ドミニコ 宮原良治), Bishop of Oita 大分 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Paul Yoshinao Otsuka (パウロ 大塚喜直), Bishop of Kyoto 京都 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Augustinus Jun-ichi Nomura (アウグスチノ 野村純一), Bishop of Nagoya 名古屋 (Japan)

2007.12.14

Croatia Archbishop Nikola Eterović, Secretary General of General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops and Titular Archbishop of Sisak

Japan Archbishop Peter Takeo Okada (ペトロ 岡田武夫), Metropolitan Archbishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan

Japan Bishop James Kazuo Koda (ヤコブ 幸田和生), Titular Bishop of Sinnada in Mauretania and Auxiliary Bishop of Tokyo 東京 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Francis Xavier Osamu Mizobe (フランシスコ・ザビエル 溝部 脩), S.D.B., Bishop of Takamatsu 高松 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Tarcisius Isao Kikuchi (タルチシオ 菊地 功), S.V.D., Bishop of Niigata 新潟 (Japan)

2007.12.15

Italy Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto, Prefect of Congregation for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

Japan Bishop Marcellino Taiji Tani (マルセリーノ 谷 大二), Bishop of Saitama さいたま (Japan)

Japan Bishop Peter Toshio Jinushi (ペトロ 地主敏夫), Bishop of Sapporo 札幌 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Martin Tetsuo Hiraga (マルチノ 平賀徹夫), Bishop of Sendai 仙台 (Japan)

Japan Bishop Rafael Masahiro Umemura (ラファエル 梅村昌弘), Bishop of Yokohama 横浜 (Japan)

2007.12.17

Portugal Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, C.M.F., Cardinal-Deacon of Nostra Signora del Sacro Cuore and Prefect of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Italy Cardinal Andrea Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Portico and Archpriest of Papal Basilica of Saint Paul Outside-the-Walls

France Archbishop Jean-Paul Aimé Gobel, Titular Archbishop of Galazia in Campania and Apostolic Nuncio to Iran

Germany Fr. Ambrosius Eßer, O.P., Relator General of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Fr. Daniel Ols, O.P., Relator of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

2007.12.20

Italy Cardinal Luigi Poggi, Cardinal-Priest of S. Lorenzo in Lucina, Librarian emeritus of Vatican Apostolic Library and Archivist emeritus of Vatican Secret Archives

2007.12.21

USA Cardinal William Joseph Levada, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Maria in Domnica, Prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, President of Pontifical Biblical Commission, President of International Theological Commission and Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of San Francisco (USA)

2007.12.22

Italy Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina–Poggio Mirteto, Prefect of Congregation for Bishops and President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America

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