China ignores Vatican over bishop

Posted on April 30, 2006 11:50 PM | | Comments (0)

BBC News
April 30, 2006

The state-controlled Catholic church in China has ignored the Vatican's wishes and consecrated a new bishop.

Father Ma Yingling was consecrated as bishop of Kunming at a ceremony in the southwestern Yunnan province on Sunday.

The Vatican had called for a delay in the appointment over concerns the bishop is inexperienced and too closely aligned with China's communist regime.

The Chinese Church does not recognise the Vatican's power to appoint bishops, causing tension between the two sides.

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