This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

- Prelates of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:

  H.E. Msgr. Juan Carlos Bravo Salazar, bishop of Acarigua-Araure;

  H.E. Msgr. Luis Armando Tineo Rivera, bishop of Carora;

  H.E. Msgr. José de la Trinidad Valera Angulo, bishop of Guanare;

  H.E. Msgr. Víctor Hugo Basabe, bishop of San Felipe;

  H.E. Msgr. Manuel Felipe Díaz Sánchez, archbishop of Calabozo;

  H.E. Msgr. Alfredo Enrique Torres Rondón, bishop of San Fernando de Apure;

  H.E. Msgr. Ramón José Aponte Fernández, bishop of Valle de la Pascua;

  H.E. Msgr. Gustavo García Naranjo, bishop of Guarenas;

  H.E. Msgr. Raúl Biord Castillo, S.D.B., bishop of La Guaira;

  H.E. Msgr. Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M., archbishop of Ciudad Bolivar;

  H.E. Msgr. Helizandro Terán Bermúdez, O.S.A., bishop of Ciudad Guayana;

  H.E. Msgr. Enrique Pérez Lavado, bishop of Maturín;

  H.E. Msgr. Mariano José Parra Sandoval, archbishop of Coro

   with the archbishop emeritus:

  H.E. Msgr. Roberto Lückert León;

  H.E. Msgr. Carlos Alfredo Cabezas Mendoza, bishop of Punto Fijo;

  H.E. Msgr. Jesús González de Zárate Salas, archbishop of Cumaná;

  H.E. Msgr. Jorge Aníbal Quintero Chacón, bishop of Barcelona;

  H.E. Msgr. Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez, bishop of Carúpano;

  H.E. Msgr. Fernando José Castro Aguayo, bishop of Margarita;

  H.E. Msgr. José Manuel Romero Barrios, bishop of El Tigre;

  H.E. Msgr. José Luis Azuaje Ajala, archbishop of Maracaibo

   with the auxiliary bishop:

  H.E. Msgr. Ángel Francisco Caraballo Fermín, titular bishop of Dagno,

   and with the archbishop emeritus:

  H.E. Msgr. Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I.;

  H.E. Msgr. Juan de Dios Peña Rojas, bishop of El Vigía-San Carlos del Zulia;

  H.E. Msgr. Jesús Alfonso Guerrero Contreras, O.F.M. Cap., bishop of Machiques;

  His Eminence Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, archbishop of Mérida; apostolic administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum  Sanctae Sedis” of Caracas,

   with the auxiliary bishop of Mérida:

  H.E. Msgr. Luis Enrique Rojas Ruiz, titular bishop of Unizibira

   with the auxiliary bishops of Caracas:

  H.E. Msgr. Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla, titular bishop of Ausuccura;

  H.E. Msgr. José Trinidad Fernándenz Angulo, titular bishop of Cerenza;

  H.E. Msgr. Enrique José Parravano Marino, S.D.B., titular bishop of Isola

   and with the archbishop emeritus of Caracas:

  His Eminence Cardinal Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino;

  Rev. Víctor Manuel Roa, diocesan administrator of Barinas

   with the bishop emeritus:

  H.E. Msgr. Ramón Antonio Linares Sandoval;

  H.E. Msgr. Pablo Modesto Gonzáles Pérez, S.D.B., bishop of Guasdualito;

  H.E. Msgr. Mario del Valle Moronta Rodríguez, bishop of San Cristóbal de Venezuela;

  H.E. Msgr. Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D., bishop of Trujillo;

  H.E. Msgr. Reinaldo Del Prette Lissot, archbishop of Valencia en Venezuela;

  H.E. Msgr. Saúl Figueroa Albornoz, bishop of Puerto Cabello;

  H.E. Msgr. Polito Rodríguez Méndez, bishop of San Carlos de Venezuela;

  H.E. Msgr. Georges Kahhalé Zouhaïraty, B.A., titular bishop of Abila di Lisania, apostolic exarch for Greek-Melkite faithful resident in Venezuela;

  H.E. Msgr. Timoteo Hikmat Beylouni, titular bishop of Sabrata, apostolic exarch for Syrian faithful resident in Venezuela;

  H.E. Msgr. Benito Adán Méndez Bracamonte, military ordinary;

  H.E. Msgr. Felipe González González, O.F.M., titular bishop of Sinnaura, vicar apostolic of Caroní;

  H.E. Msgr. Jonny Eduardo Reyes Sequera, S.D.B., titular bishop of Canapio, vicar apostolic of Puerto Ayacucho

   with the vicar apostolic emeritus:

  H.E. Msgr. José Ángel Divassón Cilveti, S.D.B., titular bishop of Bamaccora;

  H.E. Msgr. Ernesto José Romero Rivas, O.F.M., titular bishop of Novasparsa, vicar apostolic of Tucupita.