First Chinese bishop ordained since controversial Vatican-China agreement

By Jeffrey Cimmino

Published August 27, 2019 4:14pm ET

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First Chinese bishop ordained since controversial Vatican-China agreement — Pope Francis meets a group of faithful from China at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. | (Gregorio Borgia/AP)

The Roman Catholic Church has ordained its first bishop in China since Vatican and Chinese officials came to a controversial agreement concerning the appointment of bishops last September.

Fr. Antonio Yao Shun was ordained bishop of Jining on Monday morning, according to AsiaNews. He was ordained a priest in 1991, and completed his seminary studies in Beijing before spending much of the 1990s studying in the United States and Jerusalem.

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