Posted on 08/06/2015 5:09:00 AM PDT by marshmallow
Ordination Mass drew 1,400 people, with an extra 500 turned away by authorities
A bishop has been ordained publicly in China for the first time in three years – and for the first time since the Vatican and China restarted its dialogue last summer.
Fr Joseph Zhang Yinlin was ordained coadjutor bishop at Sacred Heart Cathedral in the Diocese of Anyang by three Vatican-approved and government-recognised bishops. Bishops not recognised by the Vatican were not present at the ordination, according to ucanews.com.
August 4 was chosen as the ordination date because it is the feast of St John Vianney, patron saint of priests, ucanews.com reported.
According to the website of the Henan Catholic Church, the ordination Mass was concelebrated by 75 priests and attended by about 1,400 people, including 120 nuns.
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