This morning the Holy Father received in audience:

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

Archbishop Michael Jude Byrnes of Agaña, Guam;

Bishop Amando Samo of the Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia and Palau, with the coadjutor:

Bishop Julio Angkel;

Bishop Ryan Jimenez of Chalan Kanoa, Northern Mariana Islands;

Fr. Ariel Galido, M.S.C., prefect apostolic of the Marshall Islands;

Archbishop Michel-Marie-Bernard Calvet, S.M., of Nouméa, New Caledonia;

Bishop Jean-Bosco Baremes, S.M., of Port-Vila, Vanuatu;

Bishop Susitino Sionepoe, S.M., of Wallis et Futuna, Wallis and Futuna;

Archbishop Jean-Pierre Cottanceau, SS.CC., of Papeete, Tahiti;

Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC., of Taiohae or Tefenuaenata, Marquesas Islands;

Archbishop Alapati Lui Mata’eliga of Samoa-Apia, Samoa; superior of the “sui iuris” Mission of Tokelau, Tokelau;

Archbishop Peter Loy Chong of Suva, Fiji;

Bishop Paul Patrick Donoghue, S.M., of Rarotonga, Cook Islands;

Bishop Paul Eusebius Mea Kaiuea, M.S.C., of Tarawa and Nauru, Kiribati and Nauru;

His Eminence Cardinal Soane Patita Paini Mafi, bishop of Tonga, Tonga and Niue;

Fr. Reynaldo B. Getalado, M.S.P., superior of the “sui iuris” Mission of Funafuti, Tuvalu;

Bishop Peter Hugh Brown, C.SS.R., of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa;

- Fr. James Martin, S.J.

Today the Pope will receive in audience:

- Delegations of Missionary Institutes of Italian foundation.