Today the Holy Father received in audience:

- Bishop Hugo Manuel Salaberry Goyeneche, S.J., bishop of Azul, Argentina.

- Prelates of the Episcopal Conference of the United States of America (Region IX), on their “ad Limina Apostolorum” visit:

  - Bishop Thomas Robert Zinkula of Davenport;

  - Bishop William M. Joensen of Des Moines
    with the emeritus
    - Bishop Richard Edmund Pates;

  - Bishop Ralph Walker Nickless of Sioux City;

  - Archbishop Joseph Fred Naumann of Kansas City in Kansas;

  - Bishop John Balthasar Brunardt of Dodge City;

  - Bishop Gerald L. Vincke of Salina;

  - Bishop Carl Alan Kemme of Wichita;

  - Archbishop George Joseph Lucas of Omaha;

  - Bishop Joseph G. Hanefeldt of Grand Island;

  - Archbishop Robert James Carlson of Saint Louis
    with the auxiliary:
    - Bishop Mark S. Rivituso, titular of Turuzi;

  - Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City;

  - Bishop James Vann Johnston of Kansas City-Saint Joseph;

  - Bishop Edward M. Rice of Springfield-Cape Girardeau.