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.