AUDIENCES

Vatican City, 18 June 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:

- Eduardo Gutierrez Saenz de Buruaga, the new Spanish ambassador to the Holy See, for the presentation of his Letters of Credence.

- Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, archbishop of San Cristobal de la Habana, Cuba.

- Ten prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, on their "ad limina" visit:

- Archbishop Oscar Urbina Ortega of Villavicencio.

- Bishop Jose Figueroa Gomez of Granada en Colombia.

- Bishop Francisco Antonio Nieto Sua of San Jose del Guaviare.

- Bishop Antonio Bayter Abud M.X.Y., apostolic vicar of Inirida.

- Msgr. Damian E. Chavarria Carvajal, pro apostolic vicar of Mitu.

- Bishop Jose de Jesus Quintero Diaz, apostolic vicar of Leticia.

- Bishop Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, apostolic vicar of Puerto Carreno.

- Msgr. Oswaldo Jaramillo Osorio, pro apostolic vicar of Puerto Gaitan.

- Bishop Eulises Gonzalez Sanchez, apostolic vicar of San Andres y Providencia.

- Bishop Edgar Hernando Tirado Mazo M.X.Y., apostolic vicar of Tierradentro.

On Saturday 16 June the Holy Father received in audience:

- Cardinal Fernado Filoni, prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples.

- Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.

- Six prelates from the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, on their "ad limina" visit:

- Archbishop Flavio Calle Zapata of Ibague.

- Bishop Pablo Emiro Sales Anteliz of Espinal.

- Bishop Jose Miguel Gomez Rodriguez of Libano-Honda.

- Bishop Froilan Tiberio Casas Ortiz of Neiva.

- Bishop Francisco Javier Munera Correa I.M.C., apostolic vicar of San Vicente - Puerto Leguizamo.

- Msgr. Obed Ramirez Granada, diocesan administrator of Florencia.

- Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum".