Today the Holy Father received in audience:
- Benefactors of the Foundation of the Pontifical Swiss Guard;
- Prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:
H.E. Msgr. Marcos Aurelio Pérez Caicedo, archbishop of Cuenca;
H.E. Msgr. Oswaldo Patricio Ventimilla Cabrera, bishop of Azogues;
H.E. Msgr. Alfredo José Espinoza Mateus, S.B.D., bishop of Loja;
H.E. Msgr. Ángel Polivio Sánchez Loaiza, bishop of Machala
with the auxiliary bishop:
H.E. Msgr. Hermenegildo José Torres Asanza, titular bishop of Centenaria;
H.E. Msgr. Luis Gerardo Cabrera Herrera, O.F.M.,archbishop of Guayaquil
with the auxiliary bishops:
H.E. Msgr. Guido Iván Minda Chalá, titular bishop of Nisa di Licia;
H.E. Msgr. Giovanni Battista Piccioli, titular bishop of Patara;
H.E. Msgr. Aníbal Nieto Guerra, O.C.D., bishop of San Jacinto;
H.E. Msgr. Lorenzo Voltolini Esti, bishop of Portoviejo
with the auxiliary bishop:
H.E. Msgr. Eduardo José Castillo Pino, titular bishop of Tarasa di Bizacena;
H.E. Msgr. Bertram Víctor Wick Enzler, bishop of Santo Domingo in Ecuador;
H.E. Msgr. Fausto Gabriel Trávez Trávez, O.F.M., archbishop of Quito;
with the auxiliary bishop:
H.E. Msgr. Vicente Danilo Echeverría Verdesoto, titular bishop of Tibuzabeto;
H.E. Msgr. Jorge Giovanny Pazmiño Abril, O.P., bishop of Ambato
with the bishop emeritus:
H.E. Msgr. Germán Trajano Pavón Puente;
H.E. Msgr. Skiper Bladimir Yánez Calvachi, bishop of Guaranda;
H.E. Msgr. Valter Dario Maggi, bishop of Ibarra;
H.E. Msgr. Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado, bishop of Latacunga;
H.E. Msgr. Julio Parrilla Díaz, bishop of Riobamba
with the bishop emeritus:
H.E. Msgr. Victor Alejandro Corral Mantilla;
H.E. Msgr. Fausto Feliciano Gaibor García, bishop of Tulcán;
H.E. Msgr. Segundo René Coba Galarza, military Ordinary
with the military Ordinary bishop emeritus:
H.E. Msgr. Miguel Ángel Aguilar Miranda;
Mons. José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, O.F.M Cap., titular bishop of Ubaba, vicar apostolic of Aguarico
with the vicar apostolic emeritus
H.E. Msgr. Jesús Esteban Sábada Pérez, O.F.M Cap., titular bishop of Assura;
H.E. Msgr. Eugenio Arellano Fernández, M.C.C.J., titular bishop of Celle di Proconsolare, vicar apostolic of Esmeraldas;
H.E. Msgr. Áureo Patricio Bonilla Bonilla, O.F.M., titular bishop of Bida, vicar apostolic of Galápagos
with the vicar apostolic emeritus:
H.E. Msgr. Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O.F.M., titular bishop of Questoriana;
H.E. Msgr. Néstor Vidal Montesdeoca Becerra, S.D.B., titular bishop of Celle di Mauritania, vicar apostolic of Méndez,
with the vicar apostolic emeritus:
H.E. Msgr. Pietro Gabrielli, S.D.B., titular bishop of Taparura;
H.E. Msgr. Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.I.,titular bishop of Abtugni, vicar apostolic of Napo;
H.E. Msgr. Rafael Cob García, titular bishop of Cerbali, vicar apostolic of Puyo;
H.E. Msgr. Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I., titular bishop of Muzuca di Proconsolare, vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos;
H.E. Msgr. Walter Jeová Heras Segarra, O.F.M., titular bishop of Vazari, vicar apostolic of Zamora en Ecuador.