This morning the Holy Father received in audience:
- Participants in the General Chapter of the Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians);
- Prelates of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India, on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:
- Archbishop Albert D’Souza of Agra;
- Bishop Raphy Manjaly of Allahabad;
- Bishop Ignatius D’Souza of Bareilly;
- Bishop Oswald Lewis of Jaipur;
- Bishop Peter Parapullil of Jhansi;
- Bishop Gerald John Mathias of Lucknow;
- Bishop Francis Kalist of Meerut;
- Bishop Devprasad John Ganawa, S.V.D., of Udaipur;
- Bishop Eugene Joseph of Varanasi;
- Archbishop Leo Cornelio, S.V.D., of Bhopal;
- Bishop Joseph Thykkattil of Gwalior;
- Bishop Chacko Thottumarickal, S.V.D., of Indore;
- Bishop Gerald Almeida of Jabalpur;
- Bishop Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D., of Jhabua;
- Bishop Alangaram Arokia Sebastin Durairaj, S.V.D., of Khandwa;
- Reverend lsaac Puthenangady, diocesan administrator of Balasore,
with the emeritus:
- Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil, C.M.;
- Bishop Sarat Chandra Nayak of Berhampur;
- Bishop Aplinar Senapati, C.M., of Rayagada;
- Bishop Kishor Kumar Kujur of Rourkela;
- Bishop Niranjan Sualsingh of Sambalpur;
- Archbishop Sebastian Kallupura, coadjutor of Patna, apostolic administrator of Buxar;
- Bishop Peter Sebastian Goveas of Bettiah;
- Bishop Kurien Valiakandathil of Bhagalpur;
- Bishop Cajetan Francis Osta of Muzaffarpur;
- Bishop Angelus Kujur, S.J., of Purnea;
- Archbishop Victor Henry Thakur of Raipur;
- Bishop Emmanuel Kerketta of Jashpur;
- Bishop Paul Toppo of Raigarh;
- Archbishop Felix Toppo, S.J., of Ranchi,
with the auxiliaries:
- Bishop Telesphore Bilung, S.V.D., titular of Rutabo and apostolic administrator of Jamshedpur;
- Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas, S.F.X., titular of Lisinia;
- Bishop Anand Jojo of Hazaribag, apostolic administrator “sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis” of Daltonganj;
- Bishop Julius Marandi of Dumka;
- Bishop Paul Alois Lakra of Gumla;
- Bishop Binay Kandulna of Khunti;
- Reverend Visuvasam Selvaraj, diocesan administrator of Port Blair,
with the emeritus:
- Bishop Aleixo das Neves Dias, S.F.X.;
- Bishop Vincent Barwa of Simdega.