Papal Audiences

2009.06

DateAscendingPrelates in Papal Audience
2009.06.04

Brazil Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno Assis, Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil) and President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Venezuela Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela and First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Argentina Archbishop Andrés Stanovnik, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Corrientes (Argentina) and Second Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Mexico Bishop José Leopoldo González González, Titular Bishop of Thuburnica and Auxiliary Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico)

Australia Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson, Metropolitan Archbishop of Adelaide (Australia) and President of Australian Catholic Bishops Conference

Australia Bishop William Martin Morris, Bishop of Toowoomba (Australia)

Venezuela Archbishop Roberto Lückert León, Metropolitan Archbishop of Coro (Venezuela) and Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Venezuela Archbishop Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cumaná (Venezuela)

Venezuela Archbishop Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M., Bishop of Carora (Venezuela)

2009.06.05

Venezuela Bishop César Ramón Ortega Herrera, Bishop of Barcelona (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Felipe González González, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Tucupita (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Sinnuara

Venezuela Bishop Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval, Bishop of Barinas (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Mariano José Parra Sandoval, Bishop of Ciudad Guayana (Venezuela)

Malta Archbishop Joseph Spiteri, Titular Archbishop of Serta and Apostolic Nuncio to Sri Lanka

Ireland Cardinal Seán Baptist Brady, Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta, Metropolitan Archbishop of Armagh (Northern Ireland) and President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

Ireland Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Metropolitan Archbishop of Dublin (Ireland) and Vice-President of Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

2009.06.06

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

Venezuela Bishop Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A., Apostolic Exarch of Venezuela of the Greek-Melkites (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Abila Lysaniæ

Venezuela Bishop Rafael Ramón Conde Alfonzo, Bishop of Maracay (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop José Angel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B., Vicar Apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Bamaccora

2009.06.08

Venezuela Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria ai Monti, Metropolitan Archbishop of Caracas (Venezuela) and Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See

Venezuela Bishop Saúl Figueroa Albornoz, Titular Bishop of Amudarsa and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Luis Armando Tineo Rivera, Titular Bishop of Horrea Cœlia and Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Jesús Andoni González de Zárate Salas, Titular Bishop of Suava, Auxiliary Bishop of Caracas (Venezuela) and General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Venezuela Bishop Pedro Nicolás Bermúdez Villamizar, C.I.M., Titular Bishop of Lamsorti and Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Caracas (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Ramiro Díaz Sánchez, O.M.I., Vicar Apostolic of Machiques (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Lari Castellum

Venezuela Bishop José Luis Azuaje Ayala, Bishop of El Vigía–San Carlos del Zulia (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Jesús Tomás Zárraga Colmenares, Bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Venezuela Archbishop Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida (Venezuela), Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela and First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Venezuela Bishop Luis Alfonso Márquez Molina, C.I.M., Titular Bishop of Turris rotunda and Auxiliary Bishop of Mérida (Venezuela)

2009.06.12

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

Venezuela Archbishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I., Metropolitan Archbishop of Maracaibo (Venezuela) and President of Episcopal Conference of Venezuela

Venezuela Archbishop Antonio José López Castillo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Venezuela Archbishop Tulio Manuel Chirivella Varela, Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Barquisimeto (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Vicente Ramón Hernández Peña, Bishop of Trujillo (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Enrique Pérez Lavado, Bishop of Maturín (Venezuela) and Apostolic Administrator of Carúpano (Venezuela)

Venezuela Archbishop Reinaldo Del Prette Lissot, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Venezuela)

Spain Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, S.J., Titular Archbishop of Thibica and Secretary of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

2009.06.13

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

Venezuela Bishop Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez, Bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez, Bishop of Los Teques (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Joaquín José Morón Hidalgo, Bishop of Acarigua–Araure (Venezuela)

2009.06.15

Venezuela Bishop Gustavo García Naranjo, Bishop of Guarenas (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap., Vicar Apostolic of Caroní (Venezuela) and Titular Bishop of Leptiminus

2009.06.18

Venezuela Bishop José Sótero Valero Ruz, Bishop of Guanare (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Ramón José Aponte Fernández, Bishop of Valle de la Pascua (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, Bishop of Margarita (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop Ramón José Viloria Pinzón, H.S.O.D., Bishop of Puerto Cabello (Venezuela)

2009.06.19

Poland Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, Cardinal-Deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere, Prefect of Congregation for Catholic Education (for Educational Institutions), President of Interdicastery Commission for Equitable Distribution of Priests, President of Interdicastery Commission for Candidates to Sacred Order, President of Pontifical Work for Ecclesiastical Vocations, Patron of Pontifical Superior Institute of Latinità, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music and Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Gregorian University

Venezuela Bishop José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo, Bishop of La Guaira (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop William Enrique Delgado Silva, Bishop of Cabimas (Venezuela)

Venezuela Bishop José Hernán Sánchez Porras, Military Ordinary of Venezuela (Venezuela)

Lebanon Patriarch Ignace Youssif III Younan, Patriarch of Antioch of the Syriacs (Lebanon) and President of Synod of the Syriac Catholic Church

2009.06.20

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

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)

2009.06.25

Vietnam Archbishop Joseph Ngô Quang Kiệt, Metropolitan Archbishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Laurent Chu Văn Minh, Titular Bishop of Thinisa in Numidia and Auxiliary Bishop of Hà Nôi (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Cosme Hoàng Văn Ðạt, S.J., Bishop of Bac Ninh (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Joseph Hoàng Văn Tiệm, S.D.B., Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Pierre Nguyễn Văn Đệ, S.D.B., Titular Bishop of Ammædara and Auxiliary Bishop of Bùi Chu (Vietnam)

2009.06.26

Vietnam Bishop Joseph Vũ Văn Thiên, Bishop of Hai Phòng (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Antoine Vũ Huy Chương, Bishop of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Joseph Ðặng Ðức Ngân, Bishop of Lang Són et Cao Bang (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop François Xavier Nguyễn Văn Sang, Bishop of Thái Bính (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Joseph Nguyễn Chí Linh, Bishop of Thanh Hoá (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Paul-Marie Cao Ðình Thuyên, Bishop of Vinh (Vietnam)

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)

2009.06.27

Vietnam Archbishop Étienne Nguyễn Như Thể, Metropolitan Archbishop of Huê (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop François Xavier Lê Văn Hồng, Titular Bishop of Gadiaufala and Auxiliary Bishop of Huê (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Vincent Nguyễn Văn Bản, Bishop of Ban Mê Thuôt (Vietnam)

Vietnam Bishop Joseph Châu Ngọc Tri, Bishop of Đà Nang (Vietnam)

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

2009.06.30

Algeria Archbishop Ghaleb Moussa Abdalla Bader, Metropolitan Archbishop of Alger–Iulia Caesarea (Algeria)

Mexico Archbishop Domingo Díaz Martínez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tulancingo (Mexico)

Canada Archbishop Pierre-André Fournier, Metropolitan Archbishop of Rimouski (Canada)

Brazil Archbishop Sérgio da Rocha, Metropolitan Archbishop of Teresina (Brazil)

Italy Archbishop Giuseppe Betori, Metropolitan Archbishop of Firenze (Italy)

Italy Archbishop Salvatore Pappalardo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Siracusa (Italy)

Ukraine Archbishop Mieczysław Mokrzycki, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lviv (Ukraine) and President of Episcopal Conference of Ukraine

Brazil Archbishop Maurício Grotto de Camargo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Botucatu (Brazil)

Cote d’Ivoire Archbishop Joseph Aké Yapo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Gagnoa (Cote d’Ivoire) and President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Côte d’Ivoire

South Africa Archbishop Paul Mandla Khumalo, C.M.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of Pretoria (South Africa) and Military Ordinary of South African Defence Force (South Africa)

Congo-Kinshasa Archbishop Marcel Utembi Tapa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kisangani (Congo-Kinshasa)

Venezuela Archbishop Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez, Metropolitan Archbishop of Calabozo (Venezuela)

El Salvador Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Salvador (El Salvador) and President of Episcopal Conference of El Salvador

Canada Archbishop John Michael Miller, C.S.B., Metropolitan Archbishop of Vancouver (Canada)

USA Archbishop Allen Henry Vigneron, Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit (USA) and Ecclesiastical Superior of Cayman Islands (Cayman Islands)

Spain Archbishop Carlos Osoro Sierra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Valencia (Spain) and Apostolic Administrator of Oviedo (Spain)

Brazil Archbishop Gil Antônio Moreira, Metropolitan Archbishop of Juiz de Fora (Brazil)

Mexico Archbishop Victor Valentin Sánchez Espinosa, Metropolitan Archbishop of Puebla de los Ángeles (Mexico)

Mexico Archbishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico) and President of Conferencia del Episcopado Mexicano (C.E.M.)

Indonesia Archbishop Anicetus Bongsu Antonius Sinaga, O.F.M. Cap., Metropolitan Archbishop of Medan (Indonesia)

Ghana Archbishop Philip Naameh, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale (Ghana)

Colombia Archbishop Ismael Rueda Sierra, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucaramanga (Colombia)

Poland Archbishop Andrzej Dzięga, Metropolitan Archbishop of Szczecin–Kamień (Poland)

USA Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan, Metropolitan Archbishop of New York (USA)

Brazil Archbishop Orani João Tempesta, O. Cist., Metropolitan Archbishop of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

England Archbishop Vincent Gerard Nichols, Metropolitan Archbishop of Westminster (England) and President of Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales

Italy Archbishop Domenico Umberto D’Ambrosio, Metropolitan Archbishop of Lecce (Italy) and Apostolic Administrator of Manfredonia–Vieste–San Giovanni Rotondo (Italy)

Spain Archbishop Braulio Rodríguez Plaza, Metropolitan Archbishop of Toledo (Spain)

USA Archbishop Robert James Carlson, Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Louis (USA)

Burkina Faso Archbishop Philippe Nakellentuba Ouédraogo, Metropolitan Archbishop of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Thailand Archbishop Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand)

USA Archbishop George Joseph Lucas, Metropolitan Archbishop of Omaha (USA)

USA Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond, Metropolitan Archbishop of New Orleans (USA)

Sri Lanka Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don, Metropolitan Archbishop of Colombo (Sri Lanka)

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